Saw over at DistroWatch that Ark Linux 1.0 Alpha 8 has been released

The developers of Ark Linux have reached a new milestone with the release of Ark Linux 1.0-alpha8. The ISO images are available from various FTP mirrors, which are slowly being populated. No release notes or readme files have been published at the time of writing, but the ISO images (only the first image is required for installation) can be downloaded from here.

Download CD #1 (Main)
Download CD #2 (Extra software)
Download CD #3 (Development)