Arch Linux April Jokes (简体中文)

每年4月1日，Arch Linux网站都会在头版刊登一则April Fools' Day笑话。本文档收集了这些笑话，供本wiki的读者阅读。

2014–2020

The April Fools' Day jokes for those years were so subtle and sharp that they have not been understood yet, but we certify that they have been published somewhere. Check out the failed attempts to discover them in the 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2020 forum posts.

2013: Pacman基于systemd

published: 2013 / permalink: Pacman 4.1 released

该版本的主要特性是PackageManager和systemd之间的紧密集成。在对如何最好地在滚动发布系统上执行更新进行了大量讨论之后，我们意识到，在执行更新时，尽可能少地运行其他进程是至关重要的。此外，更新的安全方面意味着必须尽快提供更新。我们认为实现这一点的最佳方法是在关机时执行更新。这是通过一个新的守护进程pacmand实现的，它在后台监视和下载更新。当发现更新时，它会安排重新启动系统（因此需要集成systemd）。此时，重新启动的时间不可配置，但会弹出一个计时器，允许您将其延迟预设的时间。配置可能会添加到pacman-4.2中，届时pacmanctl将可供一般使用。在该版本发布之前，Arch Linux将通过在其[testing]仓库中执行所有更新，并仅在一周内的某一时间推送更新，从而将影响降至最低。决定后将发布新闻。

当然，这些将使systemd成为pacman的硬依赖。我们认为这是可以接受的，因为ArchLinux已经正式改用systemd。由于此版本未在没有systemd的系统上进行测试（不太可能能够工作），因此如果Arch用户或其他使用pacman的发行版希望继续使用pacman作为其包管理器，则需要切换到systemd。在pacman-4.2中，与系统的集成将变得更加紧密，我们计划使用即将推出的kdbus消息传递接口——通过libsystemd总线——来允许其他程序与pacman交互，从而使替代前端的开发更加容易。

2012

看起来2012年没有愚人节笑话……

2011: Canterbury

published: 2011 / permalink: Arch news archive #519

History

At the FOSDEM 2011 Distribution collaboration event the lead developers of Arch Linux and Debian discussed the idea of combining the best features of their projects and work together to produce a new, superior distribution. This concept was first raised at an earlier openSUSE conference and they believe there is potential to work together, combining their efforts.

A week later, Feb 16, the Linux Standard Base version 4.1 was released. With a new standard base to work on, a unified distribution became a hot topic again; Gentoo and Grml got on board.

Dieter, the mastermind behind the dual ISO/usb-IMG installer file has already started working on the new installer discussion is underway, working out they will take care of further merging of the harder parts, such as infrastructure and system tools.

目标

我们的目标是真正在一起努力，并能够共同对抗专有操作系统，展示自由软件社区实际上能够为一个共同的目标而合作，而不是创造更多的。

Features

为了用户的利益，Canterbury发行版将把linux的精华结合到另一个规则改变者身上：

• 像Arch一样简单-技术简单且前沿。
• 与Debian一样稳定-高度可靠。
• 像Gentoo一样有延展性——你得到了你真正想要的。
• 像Grml一样便携-随时可用。
• 像openSUSE一样开放-广泛且欢迎所有人。

2010: April Fools Challenge

published: 2010 / permalink: Arch news archive #492

It is that time of year again, but this year we are being super subtle. In fact so subtle, many of you will not notice the April Fools at all. But there is definitely one there. Post your guesses in this dedicated forum thread. We have a donated netbook to give away as a prize for the first person who fully uncovers the joke.

About the april fools challenge joke

Arch Forum: April Fools Challenge

Page 01: "it's all about recursion."

Page 15: "We're almost half way through April, why on earth is this thread still active?"

Page 16: "I'll add a 'move along, nothing to see here' just so people can be absolutely sure..."

Page 16: "Noting to see here???? There are 386 replies and 49,275 views!!! ....... Trapped in The Matrix."

2009: Dropping i686 Support

published: 2009 / permalink: Arch news archive #440

Recently the developers have been discussing the possibility of adding some additional optimizations to our i686 port to improve multimedia support. This would involve reducing the compatibility with older systems. As some of you may have heard ([1], Google translation [2]), this discussion has resulted in the decision to focus exclusively on the x86_64 port. The overall opinion of the developers is that the x86_64 port is now complete enough to justify this decision and that this is in keeping with Arch's philosophy of supporting current generation hardware. The x86_64 architecture has been available since 2002 (compared to i686 which is from 1995), and we believe most of our i686 users have x86_64 compatible hardware.

An official time-line for the deprecation of the i686 port has not been established, but an official announcement needs to be made, as the decision has already been leaked to the Arch Linux-BR community. However, it is likely that major updates (GNOME, KDE, Xorg, etc) will not be built for i686 in the immediate future. Users will still be able to build packages for i686 packages using ABS. As most of the architecture specific patches are for x86_64, this should be relatively pain free.

About the dropping i686 support joke

On April 1st, 2009, it was announced on the frontpage, as well as the Arch-Dev-Public mailing list that Arch would be dropping support for the i686 architecture. This announcement spurred a number of heated debates across the forums, mailing lists, and on IRC. Among other things, the debates led Aaron to threaten to leave Arch. Similar to previous years, various phrases on the forums and other Arch sites were filtered to make life more entertaining.

After-action Report

published: 2009 / permalink: Arch news archive #441

Hi, Arch Linux users, we are pleased to inform you that the i686 architecture is not going to be dropped from Arch Linux. It all was part of an April Fools joke, in which all the developers and the forum moderators played a big part.

Interestingly, this joke actually did some good. Some of our users discovered that they were, in fact, running 64-bit processors, and many of them switched to the Arch Linux 64-bit version. We encourage anyone who already switched to keep using the 64-bit version, to continue contributing to the architecture and encourage support from other major software vendors.

A prime example of a vendor giving in to the demands of the 64-bit community is Adobe. They've recently added 64-bit Linux support to the flash plug-in, for which we thank them.

Sorry for any inconvenience this joke may have caused, but how can we resist a prank on the 1st of April?

Actual end of support

On 2017-01-25 it was announced that support for the i686 architecture would be actually phased out due to its decreasing popularity among the developers and the community.

2008: Arch in German

published: 2008 / permalink: n/a

Important Notice for English Archers

Over the past two months, great discussion has passed on the private development list, and we have come to the conclusion that keeping Arch as a primarily English distro is a disservice to our largest user-base. As such, we have decided in majority vote to change the official, primary language of Arch Linux to German.

Please bear with us during this transition - we are working closely with archlinux.de to facilitate the switch, at which point we plan to merge the websites. Knowing the great community behind Arch, we are sure a community project will arise quickly to fill the small void left when we completely discontinue the English site.

Also, please note we're now using the German pronunciation for "Arch". Don't worry, you'll get used to it - 90% of our devs already are!

Happy Computenpeepers, The Management

About the German Arch joke

On April 1st, 2008, most of Arch Linux websites (including the BBS) were translated to German. The above notice appeared on most of them, and the BBS rewrote strings posted by users so that references to the Wiki articles all pointed to a page called "Deutschland", and words like "joke" were rewritten as "genius idea". For example: "Arch Linux April Jokes Collection" would read "Arch Linux Deutschland genius idea Collection".

2007: Arch Ark

published: 2007 / permalink: Arch news archive #307

We're changing our name!

After 5 years of being called Arch Linux and 5 years of people confusing us with Ark Linux, we've finally come up with a solution. We've spent the last few months talking to the Ark Linux people to come up with a solution that's beneficial for both distributions. Today, we are happy to announce a name change for Arch Linux. Today, I am happy to announce, we will be known as Ark Linux!

We will keep our domain archlinux.org for the next few weeks, while people are still getting used to the name change, but eventually we will switch domains as well. In changing names, we are sure that people will never again have problems discerning Arch Linux with Ark Linux.

Long Live Ark Linux!

Ark Linux

Ark Linux was an actual Linux distribution (since discontinued [1]). The above joke is especially funny to those Archers who started using Arch after mistakingly typing "www.archlinux.org" instead of "www.arklinux.org". The "Arch Linux" name is considered to be pronounced as /a-ch/ (rhymes with larch, starch, as in "archer"). However, there does not seem to exist a consensus on how it is really pronounced.[2]

The same joke was also posted on Ark Linux to make it even more convincing (at the first glance, at least; sadly, there does not seem to be an archive of Ark Linux news).

2006: Judd goes to Google

published: 2006 / permalink: Arch news archive #214

Current Changes

I just thought I would bring you all up to speed on some of the information currently going around the watercooler.

Judd has officially accepted a job offer from Google, and as such, will be unable to continue with his Arch Linux work.

Lead of the project has moved to the capable hands of Jason Chu (Xentac). Jason's first order of business, as we push towards the 0.7.1.1 release (Codename: Pony), will be creating a [stable] repository, with older software. This will be the main focus of our work from now on, with all the security backports and compatability fixes. As such, the normal repos will begin to lack a bit, but those will be removed in time as we move to a more 'stable' and 'production quality' release system.

Expect 0.7.1.1 in a few weeks.

Thanks, Aaron

Judd's 对Arch项目的最终告别

Arch Linux的创始人Judd Vinet实际上已于2007年10月1日离开该项目，成为“Arch的头号啦啦队员”。 [3] 自此，Aaron Griffin将是项目的领导者.

Arch-Linux及其发布的系统

Arch Linux不使用“稳定”和“产品质量”发布系统 . 它是一个 rolling release 系统, 系统始终保持最新，没有固定的发布时间表 .

2005: Arch against Wombats

published: 2005 / permalink: Arch news archive #147

CETW Problems

It is with great sadness that I write this message.

When we first released Arch Linux 0.7 (Wombat) we were contacted by the Centre for Ethical Treatment of Wombats (CETW). CETW felt that we were somehow hurting wombats worldwide by releasing an "open source project" with the codename Wombat. While we tried to convince them that Arch Linux was a Linux distribution and that no wombats were harmed during the creation of our release, they wouldn't accept it.

So they threatened to sue us unless we changed our destructive ways.

After much deliberation, we have figured out that we do not actually have enough money to fight them in court. Instead we have chosen to settle outside of court. Part of our settlement is to discontinue the development of Arch Linux.

And thus, through a poor choice of naming, Arch Linux is no more. All of the developers would like to thank the community for their support and contributions.

Wombats

"Wombats are Australian marsupials; they are short-legged, muscular quadrupeds, approximately one metre (39 inches) in length with a very short tail. They are found in forested, mountainous, and heathland areas of south-eastern Australia and Tasmania. The name wombat comes from the Eora Aboriginal community who were the original inhabitants of the Sydney area." wikipedia:Wombat

Wombats are not known to hire lawyers to harass Linux distributions.wikipedia:Wombat#Wombats and humans

2004: GNOME 2.6

published: 2004 / permalink: Arch news archive #58

GNOME 2.6 发布了!

正如标题所说, gnome 2.6 已经位于软件源中.没有太多需要注意的, Arjan 和 JGC 在测试阶段很好地消除了潜在问题所以安装后应该是完美的.

升级: pacman -Syu 安装: pacman -S gnome

一些与GTK2.x相关的软件包也进行了升级，以满足GNOME2.6的要求

GNOME version history

Before the above news was posted, the GNOME project had released 2.0 in 2002, and latest release before the 1st of April 2004 was GNOME 2.2.[4]