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Archinstall 3.0.8: Breaking Changes, Bug Fixes, and New Features

Archinstall 3.0.8, a guided installer for Arch Linux, introduces breaking changes, updates log handlers, and removes internal function arguments.

Archinstall 3.0.7 introduces Btrfs snapshot support, improved disk encryption setup, and several key bug fixes and translation updates.

Archinstall 3.0.5 brings user credential encryption, password hashing, new window managers, and more.

Arch Linux is now officially available on Microsoft's Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) 2, expanding its reach to Windows users.

Redis, a popular in-memory data store, is being deprecated in Arch Linux's repo; Valkey steps in as a high-performance BSD-licensed replacement.

Archinstall 3.0.3 debuts with improved LVM prep, refined partitioning, enhanced Limine bootloader support, and more.

Arch Linux users can now upgrade to the new, sleek KDE Plasma 6.3 desktop environment just 24 hours after its release.

EndeavourOS Mercury landed with Linux kernel 6.13, Plasma 6.2.5, Xfce 4.20, dark themes by default, and better installer functionality.

Arch may soon become an officially offered distro on Microsoft's Windows Subsystem for Linux, expanding its reach to Windows users.

Here's how to install Java on Arch Linux, covering JDK options, environment setup, and managing Java versions.