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Antergos NeXT
A technical successor to Antergos for the post-systemd era — Artix Linux base with Dinit, KDE Plasma, and the Calamares installer. Its own branding, its own identity — the lineage continues, the Antergos feeling doesn't get replaced.
Download
Download the latest ISO Published to GitHub Releases. (The Internet Archive upload step in CI is currently disabled — see CI.)
Latest release — v2026.08.11 (Xeitoso)
What's in the latest release (v2026.08.11 "Xeitoso"):
- KDE Plasma 6 on Wayland (with SDDM) — KDE installs correctly (DE/DM choosers no longer fight over the netinstall queue)
- Clock syncs after install (
ntp-dinitinstalled,ntpdenabled) - Full audio support on installed systems (patched pipewire launcher for dinit)
- Custom SDDM theme —
pixie-sddm-git(Material Design 3, not Breeze) - Correct
/usr/lib/os-release(shows "Antergos NeXT", not "Artix Linux") - Choose your desktop (Plasma/Xfce/Cinnamon/MATE/LXQt/i3/Sway/Hyprland/COSMIC)
- Choose your init during install (dinit/runit/s6)
- GRUB with Antergos theme
- Custom Calamares slideshow + DM selector with screenshots
- LightDM with slick-greeter and proper config out of the box
- Filesystem tools in the default group (btrfs-progs, xfsprogs, f2fs-tools, snapper)
- Xlibre X server included
- Offline bare-minimum installer (
antergos-offline-install)
Only KDE Plasma was tested this release. The other DEs are in the installer but best-effort — see the release notes. The offline installer is also experimental and best-effort — the online Calamares flow is the supported path.
Known issues in this release
- COSMIC breaks the display manager on an online install — the online
displaymanager.confnever listedgreetd, so Calamares skipsDMgreetdand never writes/etc/greetd/config.toml. Fixed onmaster(00e1390, hotfix, Aug 13) and will ship in the next release. - KDE Plasma is the only tested DE — Xfce, Cinnamon, MATE, LXQt, i3, Sway, Hyprland and COSMIC are in the installer but unverified. Report results in an issue.
- The offline installer is experimental and best-effort — the online Calamares flow is the supported path.
Quick links
- Building the ISO — set up and build locally
- Installer — Calamares modes, init & DE selectors
- Custom packages — PKGBUILDs, pipewire fork, branding
- CI/CD — GitHub Actions pipeline, Internet Archive upload
- Development — contributing, gotchas, conventions
Learn about Antergos NeXT
- Init Systems — Dinit, OpenRC, S6, Runit compared
- Desktop Environments — available DEs in online mode
- Wallpapers — where they go, how they work
- Offline Installer — the BYODE bare-minimum installer
What changed from original Antergos
| Area | Original Antergos | Antergos NeXT |
|---|---|---|
| Base | Arch Linux (systemd) | Artix Linux |
| Default init | systemd | Dinit (others via changing-init) |
| Desktop | GNOME | KDE Plasma |
| Installer | Custom Cnchi | Calamares (online) + BYODE (offline) |
| Build system | archiso | artools (buildiso) |
| Display server | X11 | Wayland (X11 via Xlibre) |
Project scope
This repo (antergos-iso) contains the ISO build configuration — overlays, Calamares modules, pacman config, CI pipeline. Custom PKGBUILDs live in the separate antergos-packages repo.