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How Arch linux trended on Hacker News

Arch linux was mentioned 12,006 times on Hacker News between 2007 and 2026, peaking in Jan 2026 with 165 that month.

Every month from 2007 to 2026, counting how often Arch linux appears in Hacker News stories and comments. Each point is a live date-histogram over ~45M items, computed with Upstash Redis Search.

Top Hacker News stories about Arch linux

1. 1.Show HN: Twitch Installs Arch Linux – A cooperative text-based horror game 802 points · 250 comments · 2015 · discuss on HN
2. 2.Using the same Arch Linux installation for a decade 526 points · 411 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
3. 3.M1 Pro 14“ MacBook Pro Running KDE Plasma 5 on Arch Linux ARM 392 points · 259 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
4. 4.WebAssembly (WASM) arch support for the Linux kernel 299 points · 65 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
5. 5.Arch Linux adapted for Windows Subsystem for Linux 267 points · 160 comments · 2016 · discuss on HN
6. 6.Arch Linux turns 20: Small, simple, great documentation 261 points · 147 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
7. 7.Why I Fell in Love with Arch Linux (2015) 256 points · 281 comments · 2017 · discuss on HN
8. 8.From M1 MacBook to Arch Linux: A month-long experiment that became permanenent 253 points · 459 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
9. 9.Reproducible Arch Linux 243 points · 48 comments · 2017 · discuss on HN
10. 10.Arch Linux on MacBook Pro Retina 2014 235 points · 145 comments · 2015 · discuss on HN
11. 11.Arch Linux turns 10 227 points · 83 comments · 2012 · discuss on HN
12. 12.Ask HN: How would you set up a child’s first Linux computer? 227 points · 300 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN

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