feat: dinit or die

why the FUCK did i think making an init selector was a good idea
artix themselves dont even ship services in their online installer
they just give you a bare system and say "figure it out" and
it WORKS because people can just install their init of choice
afterwards. but nooooo i had to be clever and build a whole
netinstall-add monstrosity with openrc/runit/s6 service groups
that broke constantly because basestrap --overwrite is a lie
and init packages conflict with each other and sddm-openrc +
lightdm-openrc both Provide: init-displaymanager and pacman
just goes 🖕 during install.

so anyway. dinit only now. you want something else? read
changing-init.md, i literally copied the artix wiki tutorial.
i am not maintaining four init service groups in netinstall.yaml
for the rest of my life. this is my villain origin story.

actual changes:
- ripped out offline calamares mode (was never truly offline)
- ripped out packagechooser.conf (good fucking riddance)
- added packagechooser_dm.conf so you can at least pick your DM
- added BYODE offline installer (bare system + btrfs + snapper,
  no DE, you pacman -Sy plasma-meta yourself)
- added yay + snapper + btrfs-progs to rootfs
- shoved Init Services + DM groups into netinstall.yaml (dinit
  only, obviously)
- updated every markdown file that mentioned another init like
  they were cursed (they were)
- wrote changing-init.md so i can just paste the link next time
  someone asks
- X-KDE-IsAdminApplication=true so KDE stops acting like
  calamares is a virus (its not, its just desperate)
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2026-07-16 21:55:05 +02:00
parent 8661722ee7
commit 442980a7af
45 changed files with 602 additions and 813 deletions
@@ -144,3 +144,60 @@
selected: false
packages:
- cosmic
- name: "Init Services"
description: "Essential dinit services"
selected: true
critical: true
immutable: true
packages:
- dinit
- dbus-dinit
- networkmanager-dinit
- elogind-dinit
- cups-dinit
- avahi-dinit
- bluez-dinit
- cronie-dinit
- openssh-dinit
- alsa-utils-dinit
- acpid-dinit
- dhcpcd-dinit
- syslog-ng-dinit
- power-profiles-daemon-dinit
- name: "SDDM"
description: "SDDM display manager"
selected: false
packages:
- sddm
- sddm-dinit
- antergos-sddm-theme
- name: "LightDM"
description: "LightDM display manager"
selected: false
packages:
- lightdm
- lightdm-dinit
- name: "LXDM"
description: "LXDM display manager"
selected: false
packages:
- lxdm
- lxdm-dinit
- name: "greetd"
description: "greetd display manager"
selected: false
packages:
- greetd
- greetd-dinit
- name: "LY"
description: "LY display manager"
selected: false
packages:
- ly
- ly-dinit
@@ -1,294 +0,0 @@
---
mode: required
method: netinstall-add
labels:
step: "Init selection"
step[de]: "Initauswahl"
default: Dinit
items:
- id: Dinit
name: dinit
description: "Dinit init system"
screenshot: ""
netinstall:
name: "dinit"
description: "Dinit init system"
selected: true
critical: true
immutable: false
expanded: true
hidden: false
subgroups:
- name: "Default"
description: "Default services"
selected: true
hidden: true
packages:
- audit-dinit
- cryptsetup-dinit
- dbus-dinit
- dhcpcd-dinit
- lvm2-dinit
- mdadm-dinit
- name: "Cron"
description: "Cron init"
selected: true
packages:
- cronie-dinit
- name: "Syslog"
description: "Syslog init"
packages:
- syslog-ng-dinit
- metalog-dinit
- name: "Internet"
description: "Network init"
packages:
- avahi-dinit
- bluez-dinit
- iptables-dinit
- krb5-dinit
- networkmanager-dinit
- nfs-utils-dinit
- ntp-dinit
- openldap-dinit
- openssh-dinit
- rpcbind-dinit
- xinetd-dinit
- wpa_supplicant-dinit
- name: "Office"
description: "Office init"
packages:
- cups-dinit
- sane-dinit
- name: "Services"
description: "Services init"
packages:
- acpid-dinit
- alsa-utils-dinit
- apparmor-dinit
- brltty-dinit
- fuse-dinit
- gpm-dinit
- hdparm-dinit
- haveged-dinit
- lm_sensors-dinit
- openvpn-dinit
- power-profiles-daemon-dinit
- rsync-dinit
- id: OpenRC
name: openrc
description: "⚠ OpenRC init system — BROKEN in Antergos NeXT (init-rc conflict with dinit). Will be re-added once fixed."
screenshot: ""
netinstall:
name: "openrc"
description: "OpenRC init system"
selected: false
critical: false
immutable: false
expanded: true
hidden: false
subgroups:
- name: "Default"
description: "Default services"
selected: true
hidden: true
packages:
- audit-openrc
- cryptsetup-openrc
- dbus-openrc
- dhcpcd-openrc
- lvm2-openrc
- mdadm-openrc
- name: "Cron"
description: "Cron init"
selected: true
packages:
- cronie-openrc
- name: "Syslog"
description: "Syslog init"
packages:
- syslog-ng-openrc
- metalog-openrc
- name: "Internet"
description: "Network init"
packages:
- avahi-openrc
- bluez-openrc
- iptables-openrc
- krb5-openrc
- networkmanager-openrc
- nfs-utils-openrc
- ntp-openrc
- openldap-openrc
- openssh-openrc
- rpcbind-openrc
- xinetd-openrc
- wpa_supplicant-openrc
- name: "Office"
description: "Office init"
packages:
- cups-openrc
- sane-openrc
- name: "Services"
description: "Services init"
packages:
- acpid-openrc
- alsa-utils-openrc
- apparmor-openrc
- brltty-openrc
- fuse-openrc
- gpm-openrc
- hdparm-openrc
- haveged-openrc
- lm_sensors-openrc
- openrc-settingsd
- openvpn-openrc
- power-profiles-daemon-openrc
- rsync-openrc
- id: S6
name: s6
description: "S6 init system"
screenshot: ""
netinstall:
name: "s6"
description: "S6 init system"
selected: false
critical: true
immutable: false
expanded: true
hidden: false
subgroups:
- name: "Default"
description: "Default services"
selected: true
hidden: true
packages:
- audit-s6
- cryptsetup-s6
- dbus-s6
- dhcpcd-s6
- lvm2-s6
- mdadm-s6
- s6-contrib
- name: "Cron"
description: "Cron init"
selected: true
packages:
- cronie-s6
- name: "Syslog"
description: "Syslog init"
packages:
- syslog-ng-s6
- metalog-s6
- name: "Internet"
description: "Network init"
packages:
- avahi-s6
- bluez-s6
- iptables-s6
- krb5-s6
- networkmanager-s6
- nfs-utils-s6
- ntp-s6
- openldap-s6
- openssh-s6
- rpcbind-s6
- xinetd-s6
- wpa_supplicant-s6
- name: "Office"
description: "Office init"
packages:
- cups-s6
- sane-s6
- name: "Services"
description: "Services init"
packages:
- acpid-s6
- alsa-utils-s6
- apparmor-s6
- brltty-s6
- fuse-s6
- gpm-s6
- hdparm-s6
- haveged-s6
- lm_sensors-s6
- openvpn-s6
- power-profiles-daemon-s6
- rsync-s6
- id: Runit
name: runit
description: "Runit init system"
screenshot: ""
netinstall:
name: "runit"
description: "Runit init system"
selected: false
critical: true
immutable: false
expanded: true
hidden: false
subgroups:
- name: "Default"
description: "Default services"
selected: true
hidden: true
packages:
- audit-runit
- cryptsetup-runit
- dbus-runit
- dhcpcd-runit
- lvm2-runit
- mdadm-runit
- rsm
- name: "Cron"
description: "Cron init"
selected: true
packages:
- cronie-runit
- name: "Syslog"
description: "Syslog init"
packages:
- syslog-ng-runit
- metalog-runit
- name: "Internet"
description: "Network init"
packages:
- avahi-runit
- bluez-runit
- iptables-runit
- krb5-runit
- networkmanager-runit
- nfs-utils-runit
- ntp-runit
- openldap-runit
- openssh-runit
- rpcbind-runit
- xinetd-runit
- wpa_supplicant-runit
- name: "Office"
description: "Office init"
packages:
- cups-runit
- sane-runit
- name: "Services"
description: "Services init"
packages:
- acpid-runit
- alsa-utils-runit
- apparmor-runit
- brltty-runit
- fuse-runit
- gpm-runit
- hdparm-runit
- haveged-runit
- lm_sensors-runit
- openvpn-runit
- power-profiles-daemon-runit
- rsync-runit
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
---
mode: required
method: netinstall-select
labels:
step: "Display Manager"
step[de]: "Display Manager"
default: SDDM
items:
- id: SDDM
name: SDDM
description: "QML-based display manager (KDE default)"
screenshot: ""
- id: LightDM
name: LightDM
description: "Cross-desktop display manager (GTK)"
screenshot: ""
- id: LXDM
name: LXDM
description: "Lightweight display manager (LXDE)"
screenshot: ""
- id: LY
name: LY
description: "Minimal TUI display manager"
screenshot: ""
- id: greetd
name: greetd
description: "Minimal display manager (recommended for COSMIC)"
screenshot: ""
@@ -20,5 +20,7 @@ services:
action: "enable"
- name: "sddm"
action: "enable"
- name: "greetd"
action: "enable"
- name: "syslog-ng"
action: "enable"
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ sequence:
- welcome
- locale
- keyboard
- packagechooser
- packagechooser@dm
- netinstall
- partition