14 DAY TRIAL // Believe it or not, we completely forgot to write our usual story about the updated installation medium (a.k.a. ISO image) for the month of September 2016 of the famous Arch Linux operating system.
It appears that there wasn't a release of the monthly Arch Linux ISO on the first day of September, as probably many of you had expected, but on the third, so one of our regular readers was kind enough to remind us about its availability for download from the distribution's website.
So there you have it, Arch Linux 2016.09.03 is out, and it brings with it all the latest software versions and security patches that have been pushed to the distro's official repositories since August 1, 2016, when the previous ISO image was announced, namely Arch Linux 2016.08.01.
Another exciting thing implemented in the Arch Linux 2016.09.03 ISO is the latest Linux 4.7.2 kernel (actually, Linux kernel 4.7.3 is now the most advanced release announced on September 7, 2016), but the switch to the Linux 4.7 branch was made in the second week of August, on the 11th.
You don't need to download the new ISO to get the latest updates
Again, if you're using Arch Linux, there's no need for you to download the Arch Linux 2016.09.03 ISO images, as, most probably, the package updates included are already installed on your computer, because Arch is a rolling release operating system. So make sure that you always keep your Arch Linux installation up to date.
Simply run the "pacman -Syu" command in a terminal window from time to time to make sure that you're getting the newest software releases and Linux kernel versions. If you plan on reinstalling or deploying Arch Linux on new PCs, go ahead and download Arch Linux 2016.09.03 now via our website or directly from the distribution's homepage.