c-ludenberg
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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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title, layout, nav_order
| title | layout | nav_order |
|---|---|---|
| Desktop Environments | default | 8 |
Desktop Environments
Available desktops in online mode, sourced from Artix repos.
Plasma (KDE)
| Repo | world |
| Group | plasma |
| Session | plasma.desktop (Wayland) / plasmax11.desktop (X11) |
| Notes | Default DE. Wayland is the default session. plasma-wayland-session is NOT a separate package on Artix — it's bundled in plasma-workspace. Includes discover (KDE's package manager GUI) |
Xfce
| Repo | galaxy |
| Group | xfce4 |
| Session | xfce.desktop |
Cinnamon
| Repo | galaxy |
| Packages | Individual (no meta-group) |
| Session | cinnamon.desktop |
MATE
| Repo | galaxy |
| Groups | mate + mate-extra |
| Session | mate.desktop |
LXQt
| Repo | galaxy |
| Group | lxqt |
| Session | lxqt.desktop |
i3
| Repo | world |
| Group | i3 |
| Session | i3.desktop |
Sway
| Repo | world |
| Packages | sway + related |
| Session | sway.desktop |
Hyprland
| Repo | world |
| Packages | hyprland |
| Session | hyprland.desktop |
COSMIC
| Repo | galaxy |
| Group | cosmic |
| Session | cosmic.desktop |
| Notes | Rust-based, Wayland-native. Uses greetd + cosmic-greeter (not SDDM). Alpha quality, not for production. |
No Desktop
Installs the base system only (TTY/login). Useful for servers or custom setups.
Not available
- Budgie — not in any Artix repo (system, world, galaxy, lib32). Slideshow entries removed.
- GNOME — dropped non-systemd support upstream. Not available.