As a research and development service, the contract is excluded from the scope of public procurement law (cf. § 116(1)(2) GWB). Arch Linux is one of the major established non-commercial Linux distributions with a focus o…
n user-centrism and offering a modern Linux environment. This effort will support modernizing the Arch Linux Package Management (ALPM) subsystem which is the most central and security-critical infrastructure component of this distribution. Arch Linux serves a large and diverse user base consisting o
f individuals, but also larger companies are increasingly attracted by its principles (simplicity, modernity, pragmatism, user centrality and versatility). ALPM based packages are used by all users of Arch Linux and its many derivative dist