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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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Custom Packages

Custom PKGBUILDs live in the antergos-packages repo. Built and published via CI to GitHub Pages as a pacman repository.

Repo setup

[antergos-pkgs]
SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
Server = https://antergos-next.github.io/antergos-packages

Package list

Package	Purpose
`calamares`	Built with `packagechooser` module enabled; `dracut`/`initramfs` modules skipped
`calamares-branding-antergos-next`	Branding: slideshow, `branding.desc`, launcher script (`calamares-next.sh`), packagechooser configs, initcpio configs
`antergos-wallpapers`	Default wallpapers for KDE and other DEs
`linux-next`	Custom kernel based on `linux-artix`
`winver`	"About Antergos NeXT" dialog (KF6 + Qt6)
`pipewire` (forked)	Patched `artix-pipewire-launcher` for dinit support + XDG autostart entry
`antergos-sddm-theme`	SDDM theme files + `theme.conf` override for `kde_settings.conf`
`antergos-release`	`/usr/lib/os-release` with "Antergos NeXT" identification

PKGBUILD notes

calamares

_skip_modules includes dracut, initramfs, initramfscfg — these are systemd-holdovers not needed on Artix (uses mkinitcpio)
-DCMAKE_DISTRIBUTION_NAME is a no-op — Calamares ignores it completely. The "for <distro>" text in the about dialog comes from versionedName in the active branding component at runtime. Do NOT add this flag.

calamares-branding-antergos-next

Ships calamares-next.sh — the launcher script that presents the mode picker and manages config switching
packagechooser.conf provides a DM-only fallback for standalone use
SetConfig() must rm -f the symlink at /etc/calamares/settings.conf before copying, otherwise cp follows the symlink and overwrites the wrong file

pipewire (forked)

Ships pipewire.desktop at /etc/xdg/autostart/ so both offline and online installs get the XDG autostart entry
Patches artix-pipewire-launcher: changes dinit|openrc) SUPPORT='' to dinit|runit|s6) SUPPORT='YES'. Without this, the launcher silently exits on dinit systems and pipewire never starts.
Also modifies dinit|runit|s6) SUPPORT='YES' line handling to include dinit in the regex

antergos-sddm-theme

Ships theme.conf at /etc/sddm.conf.d/theme.conf with [Theme]\nCurrent=antergos
SDDM reads conf.d files in alphabetical order. Since theme.conf sorts after kde_settings.conf (from KDE's SDDM KCM), its Current=antergos wins
The theme directory must be named to match componentName in the theme descriptor (antergos)

antergos-wallpapers

Installs to /usr/share/wallpapers/antergos-wallpaper/contents/images/ with metadata.desktop for KDE picker support
Also available at /usr/share/backgrounds/antergos/ for other DEs
Ships three wallpapers: original Antergos PNG (default), Adwaita Morning, and antergos-darkest-hour

File conflicts

Package 1	Package 2	File	Resolution
`calamares`	`calamares-branding-antergos-next`	`/usr/share/calamares/branding/default/branding.desc`, `show.qml`	`--overwrite='*'` in `./buildiso`
`filesystem`	`antergos-release`	`/usr/lib/os-release`	`antergos-release` in basestrap operations list (uses `--overwrite`)

Build system

Packages are built and published via CI in the antergos-packages repo. Build order is defined in packages.yaml. AUR packages (yay, downgrade) are included with retry logic for transient clone failures. The package index (index.db, index.files) is generated with timestamps in Europe/Berlin timezone.

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