| Feature | Alpha Centauri Linux | Arch Linux | Debian Stable | Fedora Workstation | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | Rolling Snapshot | Rolling | Fixed (2 years) | Fixed (6 months) | | Package Manager | Rigel (Hybrid) | Pacman | APT | DNF | | Init System | Runit | systemd | systemd | systemd | | Target User | HPC / Performance junkie | Tinkerer | Server admin | General pro | | Average install time | 90 minutes | 30 minutes | 15 minutes | 20 minutes |
The developers have also announced a partnership with a small European RISC-V hardware maker to port Alpha Centauri to the chip. If successful, this would be the first mainstream Linux distro to run identically on x86, ARM, and RISC-V with zero source changes due to the rigel package manager. alpha centauri linux
The distro ships with a heavily modified kernel called . While based on mainline Linux, Proxima includes: | Feature | Alpha Centauri Linux | Arch