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2026-08-17 22:41:39 +00:00 | 6 commits to master since this releaseAntergos NeXT 2026.08.17 “Arranxo” — late semi-hotfix
⚠️ KNOWN ISSUE — please do not download/install this ISO yet.
The online installer currently cannot verify the signed Antergos package repository. A secure hotfix is being worked on. Do not use random workarounds that disable package signature verification.
yeah. this was supposed to release on the 17th.
then i found out, right at the finish line, that the new signed package repository was not actually ready for the ISO build. the repo database was signed, but Pacman asked for
antergos-pkgs.db.sigwhile the workflow only publishedantergos-pkgs.db.tar.gz.sig. then, after that got fixed, ISO CI did not know the public signing key before trying to verify the database.that is on me. i added repo signing and did not test the whole chain properly: is the signature published under the name Pacman wants, and can a clean build container trust that key before it touches the repo? the answer was “no” at 23:59. incredible timing.
the ISO build and publishing ended up crossing midnight, but the packages are already versioned 2026.08.17. so Arranxo stays a 2026.08.17 release that escaped into the 18th while being built. annoying as hell, but i would rather let the clock betray me than ship an ISO that cannot build or tells Pacman to trust a key it has never seen.
the actual release fixes
COSMIC + greetd is fixed
the big Xeitoso problem was COSMIC + greetd. you could choose it in the online installer, reboot, and then get thrown into a TTY instead of getting a proper graphical login screen. absolutely not the experience anyone asked for.
Calamares now writes the actual COSMIC greeter config instead of generic greetd stuff, and the install enables the custom
cosmic-greeterDinit service instead of plaingreetd. COSMIC also pulls incosmic-greeter-dinitautomatically now, so the service side is actually there after reboot.zsh was missing. yes, really.
zshis now in the Default package group. it being missing was why some fresh installs could reject a normal user login even with the right password. it was not your password. it was the shell being gone. that one is fixed too.other installer and build fixes
- greetd is properly listed and handled by the online installer now.
- service setup runs before display-manager setup, which matters for the COSMIC Greeter path.
- LightDM configuration got synced up too, because apparently every display manager wanted attention this release.
- minimal KDE Plasma is now an installer option.
- the repo database is properly signed now, and ISO CI bootstraps the public package-signing key before trying to use the repo.
- the ISO build scripts got more fixes and generate a SHA-256 checksum for the finished ISO.
thank you to the people who caught stuff before it got worse
huge thanks to @jtadlock91 and @GodmanAde — Adeolu Oluade — for testing and sending actual useful reports.
you both caught the COSMIC/greetd TTY thing, Sway acting weird after install, and the missing-zsh login mess. that testing is why this release got repaired instead of me finding all of it after people downloaded it.
thank you for being overzealous testers. genuinely.
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Proton Drive is the backup mirror in case pCloud decides to become a ghost at the worst possible time.
Antergos NeXT 2026.08.17 “Arranxo” is finally out. technically late. spiritually still the 17th.
please keep testing the online installer. and next time i add package signing, i will test it from a clean container before release night becomes a boss fight.
edit: i forgor to add the sha256 file here is the hash tho :)
linux: run
sha256sum antergos-next-dinit*.isoand make sure it matches.
windows: right-click the ISO → copy as path → open PowerShell → runGet-FileHash "PASTE_PATH_HERE" -Algorithm SHA256and make sure it matches.Downloads
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2026-08-10 17:19:17 +00:00 | 32 commits to master since this releaseAntergos NeXT 2026.08.11 "Xeitoso"
⚠️ KNOWN ISSUE — COSMIC + greetd is broken in this ISO and can boot to a TTY after installation. Do not choose that combination. A hotfix is planned.
Second release. First was 07.11 — this one is what we found while actually living with it.
It is 23:55. I am one person. This shipped today. Please be patient with me.
Artix Linux, dinit, KDE Plasma, Calamares. You know the drill.
What got fixed
KDE wasn't installing (fixes #14)
Caught by @FredBezies. Both the DE and DM choosers were fighting over the same netinstall queue and the DM one always won, so Plasma just never made it through. Had to patch Calamares itself to make each chooser mind its own business — that's now Calamares 3.4.2-w0k3. KDE installs now. Sorry about that one.
Live session wasn't booting
A sed command was eating the wrong line and killing the dinit service on parse. Anchored. It boots.
Clock was wrong by 2 hours (fixes #13)
Caught by @FredBezies. ntp wasn't installed or running after install so the clock just drifted. Added ntp-dinit to the default packages and enabled ntpd. Clock is fine now.
COSMIC crashing the displaymanager module
Calamares didn't know what start-cosmic was, so greetd setup would crash if you picked COSMIC. Added the detection. It doesn't crash anymore.
What's new
- Offline installer added (
antergos-offline-install) - DM selector got reworked — screenshots for every DM now, new branding slideshow, pick your init during install
- LightDM now ships with slick-greeter and a proper config out of the box (
antergos-lightdm-config) - Filesystem tools now in the default group: btrfs-progs, xfsprogs, f2fs-tools, snapper
Cleanup
- Dropped
antergos-plasma-theme, Layan handles everything now - Dead calamares configs removed, docs overhauled, community standards added
A note on other desktop environments
Only KDE Plasma was tested this release. Xfce, Cinnamon, MATE, LXQt, i3, Sway, Hyprland and COSMIC are in the installer but I cannot promise they work. If you test one and it breaks, open an issue. If you test one and it works, also open an issue so I know.
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@FredBezies caught both installer bugs. genuinely helpful, thank you.
it is almost midnight and i am 15. please be nice to me. 💙
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2026-08-09 19:19:10 +00:00 | 33 commits to master since this releaseAntergos NeXT 2026.08.11 "Xeitoso" — trailer (pre-release)
Second drop. First one was 07.11 — this one is what we found while living with it.
Artix Linux base, dinit, KDE Plasma live session, Calamares installer. Here's what actually changed on both repos since the first release.
The big one
- KDE now actually installs. Both the DE and DM choosers used
netinstall-add; upstream Calamares tagged all data with a single shared"packageChooser"source, so the second chooser wiped the first's groups and Plasma never reached the packages step. Fixed with a real source patch — Calamares 3.4.2-w0k3, each chooser tags and prunes by its own instance id. - Live session boots.
antergos-livesed was commenting out theremove_calamares_launcherdefinition (not just the call), killing the dinit service with a parse error. Anchored; boots clean.
Installer & install internals
- Offline installer added (
antergos-offline-install), offline calamares configs removed from overlay - DM selector rework (branding v2.0 slideshow + choose init at install)
- Filesystem tooling in the Default group: btrfs-progs, xfsprogs, f2fs-tools, snapper
ntp-dinitadded +ntpdenabled — clock stays right
Housecleaning
- Dropped obsolete
antergos-plasma-theme(Layan owns the desktop now), fixed optdepends descriptions, removed a no-op cmake flag, cleaned dead calamares configs - Docs overhauled (dinit docs, BYODE, installer/packages pages); AI moderator + community standards added to the repo
Trailer only — release lands 08.11.
note: there's no ISO for download this is purely an trailer for the 2nd release codename: Xeitoso
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- KDE now actually installs. Both the DE and DM choosers used
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Antergos NeXT 2026.07.11 Stable
released this
2026-07-11 18:21:53 +00:00 | 86 commits to master since this releaseFirst stable release of Antergos NeXT.
Download
https://archive.org/details/antergos-next-20260711-162
What's inside
- KDE Plasma 6 on Artix Linux (dinit)
- Calamares installer (offline + online modes)
- Audio working out of the box
- Antergos NeXT branding, themes, SDDM theme
- PipeWire audio with dinit support
Build
export WORKSPACE_DIR="$PWD" sudo -E ./buildiso -p antergosDownloads