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feat: switch default init from OpenRC to Dinit

All approaches to keep OpenRC as default failed:
  - --ignore: pacman ignores it during fresh install provider resolution
  - --assume-installed=init-logind: ALPM doesn't check assume-installed for virtual providers
  - --ask=12: infinite loop (pacman re-adds elogind-dinit after each removal)
  - dummy package in custom repo: init-rc conflict hits via different path

Dinit works because pacman --noconfirm naturally picks elogind-dinit
(alphabetically before elogind-openrc), pulling dinit-rc which has no
conflict. All inits (OpenRC, Runit, S6) remain selectable in the
online installer.

Changes:
  - buildiso: INITSYS='dinit', remove --assume-installed/--ask hacks
  - basestrap/main.py, packages/main.py: remove same hacks
  - profile.yaml: antergos-live-dinit for dinit, move openrc pkg to init-specific
  - packagechooser.conf (x2): default=Dinit, Dinit first in item list
  - packagechooser_dm.conf: *-dinit instead of *-openrc
  - README.md, README.pl.md, docs/*: update all OpenRC-first references
  - AGENTS.md: document dinit as default

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Calamares Installer

Uses Calamares with two modes and custom branding.

Modes

Mode	Description
Offline	Unpacks a KDE Plasma squashfs — no internet needed
Online	Netinstall with init system choice + desktop selection

The launcher (calamares-next) presents a mode picker before launching Calamares.

Key differences from upstream

dracut/dracutlukscfg replaced with initcpiocfg/initcpio/luksopenswaphookcfg (Artix uses mkinitcpio, not dracut)
services-openrc module instead of services-systemd
removeuser step removed, postcfg added
packagechooser module compiled in (upstream skips it)

Init system selector (online)

Users choose from: Dinit, OpenRC, Runit, S6.

Implemented as a packagechooser instance with method: netinstall-add — the selected init pulls its associated packages.

Desktop selector (online)

Users choose from: Plasma, Xfce, Cinnamon, MATE, LXQt, i3, Sway, Hyprland, or No Desktop.

Implemented as a separate packagechooser instance with method: legacy. "No Desktop" installs only the base system (TTY-only).

Available desktops

Desktop	Artix Repo	Group/Packages
Plasma	world	`plasma` group
Xfce	galaxy	`xfce4` group
Cinnamon	galaxy	Individual packages
MATE	galaxy	`mate` + `mate-extra` groups
LXQt	galaxy	`lxqt` group
i3	world	`i3` group
Sway	world	`sway` + related packages
Hyprland	world	`hyprland`

Note: Budgie is not available in any Artix repo and has been removed from all configs and slideshows.

Offline mode

No packagechooser. Uses unpackfs to deploy a pre-built KDE Plasma squashfs, then initcpiocfg + initcpio for mkinitcpio configuration.

Branding

Custom branding lives in the calamares-branding-antergos-next package, installed to /etc/calamares/branding/default/. The componentName in branding.desc must match its directory name.

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