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Ark Linux
{{Distinguish|Arch Linux}}
{{Notability|Products|date=November 2009}}
{{Primary sources|date=November 2009}}
{{ infobox OS 
| logo                   = [[Image:Arklinux distrowatch.png|50px|The Ark Linux logo]] 
| screenshot             = [[Image:Arklinux installer.png|200px]] 
| caption                = Ark Linux installer 
| developer              = [[Bernhard Rosenkraenzer]] et al. 
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Additionally, a separate online repository of unsupported software (this includes software that's free to use, but not [[open source]], such as [[Adobe Flash]]) is available.

==Package management==
Ark Linux uses [[APT-RPM]], a version of the [[Advanced Packaging Tool|APT]] for the [[RPM Package Manager|RPM]], with Kynaptic (a KDE port of [[Synaptic Package Manager|Synaptic]]) as the graphical frontend, to manage its packages
.<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.arklinux.org/content/en/FAQ:What+packaging+system+does+Ark+Linux+use,+and+why%3F
| title=Ark Linux FAQ on packaging
| publisher=Ark Linux
| accessdate=2008-03-20}}</ref>. Future releases of Ark will use [[ZYpp]] as a replacement,<ref>[http://arklinux.wordpress.com/2009/06/02/another-look-at-linux-packaging-systems/ Another look at Linux packaging systems]</ref> making Ark the first third-party distribution to use the native package manager of [[openSUSE]].

In addition to its releases, Ark Linux has 4 package trees:
* Dockyard: Tested packages belonging to the core system.
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