Observed arrival · 2026-10-18

archix, an Arch Linux rollback system

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A Lua-configured system manager for Arch-family Linux that aims to lock package versions and make updates reversible.

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For: Arch-family Linux users managing system configurations
Worth noticing: The example lock pins official packages to a dated Arch Linux Archive snapshot and AUR packages to a commit.

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The homepage includes a Lua host configuration, a sample lockfile, pacman/AUR command examples, and terminal-style update and rollback transcripts. It says official packages are pinned to dated Arch Linux Archive snapshots and AUR builds to commits; the page also describes clean-chroot builds, cached packages, and boot-menu generations, but labels the project pre-alpha.

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