He replaced Slackware's original init scripts and build system, and added Pacman, the package manager from Arch Linux.

[5] It is a fork of a CVS version of the complete rewrite of Pacman by Aurelien Foret, which was not officially released at the time.

[9] With Repoman, the user can also download all packages' buildscript and recompile them with specific build options.

[8] From the official web site, 2012: "Frugalware currently supports x86 (Pentium Pro or higher) and x86_64 (k8, aka.

[8] All the Frugalware releases except "Genesis" have been named after planets in science fiction books by Isaac Asimov.