We are creating a series of YouTube videos under the “edu-“ label to guide users through the migration from ArcoLinux to Arch Linux. These tutorials aim to make the transition process smoother by explaining each step clearly and providing practical examples. Whether you’re switching to gain more control or to learn vanilla Arch, our edu- videos are here to support your journey.

ArcoLinux has stopped

Teaching never stops—because learning is a lifelong journey for all of us.

Now using Zstandard instead of xz for package compression

This does NOT concern the users of
ArcoLinux or Arch Linux 

This does concern the packagers
ArcoLinuxB or Carli

Arch Linux decided to change the format of the packaging from pkg.tar.xz to pkg.tar.zst.

I let you read the official message from Arch Linux. See image above.

In the video we will show you need to change the default packaging extension in /etc/makepkg.conf

############### EXTENSION DEFAULTS############
PKGEXT='.pkg.tar.xz'
SRCEXT='.src.tar.gz'

to

############### EXTENSION DEFAULTS############
PKGEXT='.pkg.tar.zst'
SRCEXT='.src.tar.gz'