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| 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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| publisher=Ark Linux
| accessdate=2008-03-20}}</ref>
* Including all tools and applications a typical desktop user will need.<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.arklinux.org/content/en/FAQ:+What+is+this%3F
| title=Ark Linux FAQ
| publisher=Ark Linux
| accessdate=2008-03-20
 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20071102134736/http://www.arklinux.org/content/en/FAQ:+What+is+this |archivedate = 2007-11-02}}</ref>
* Including ''only'' tools and applications a typical desktop user will need—avoid becoming "bloated".<ref name="Announcement of Ark Linux 2007.1">{{cite web
| url=http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ark-Linux-Ark-Linux-Live-2007-1-Released-63133.shtml
| title=Announcement of Ark Linux 2007.1
| publisher=Softpedia
| accessdate=2008-03-20}}</ref>
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* Remain true to the [[The Free Software Definition|Free Software Standards]] <ref name="ArkLinuxSite"/>

== Content ==
The Ark Linux core system is made up of one CD that tries to provide what the typical new desktop user will need, such as an office suite, Internet access tools, instant messaging and filesharing clients.<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.arklinux.org/content/en/Software+Map
| title=Ark Linux software map
| publisher=Ark Linux
| accessdate=2008-03-20
 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080212031441/http://www.arklinux.org/content/en/Software+Map |archivedate = 2008-02-12}}</ref>
Nothing else is included, for example server-centric applications and development tools are not part of the core system.

Many applications that are not included in the core system can be installed online using [[Advanced Packaging Tool]], and are available on add-on CDs.

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}} {{Dead link|date=November 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</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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