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c-ludenberg 05ae4f25cc 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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Live Overlay default Overlays 2

Live Overlay

Files in iso-profiles/antergos/live-overlay/ exist only in the live environment — they are not present after installation.

Contents

live-overlay/
├── etc/
│   ├── calamares/
│   │   ├── settings.conf           # -> symlinks to online or offline
│   ├── calamares-offline/
│   │   ├── settings.conf           # Offline install config (unpackfs)
│   │   └── modules/
│   │       └── ...
│   ├── calamares-online/
│   │   ├── settings.conf           # Online install config (packagechooser)
│   │   └── modules/
│   │       ├── packagechooser_init.conf      # Init system selector
│   │       ├── packagechooser_desktop.conf   # DE selector
│   │       └── ...
│   └── sddm.conf.d/
│       └── kde_settings.conf       # SDDM autologin + Wayland session
└── usr/
    └── share/
        └── applications/
            ├── calamares.desktop               # Branded launcher
            └── calamares-config-switcher.desktop  # Hidden (NoDisplay=true)

Key files

etc/calamares/settings.conf

Symlink — points to either ../calamares-offline/settings.conf or ../calamares-online/settings.conf, set by calamares-next.sh.

etc/calamares-online/settings.conf

Two packagechooser instances:

  • packagechooser@init — init system (Dinit, OpenRC, Runit, S6) via netinstall-add
  • packagechooser@desktop — DE selection via legacy method

etc/calamares-online/modules/packagechooser_init.conf

Init selector config. Uses method: netinstall-add — the selected init pulls its associated packages.

etc/calamares-online/modules/packagechooser_desktop.conf

DE selector config. Uses method: legacy — returns the selected DE as a global storage value.

etc/calamares-offline/settings.conf

No packagechooser. Uses unpackfs to deploy a pre-built KDE Plasma squashfs.

usr/share/applications/calamares-config-switcher.desktop

Has NoDisplay=true to hide it from the app menu. The upstream Artix "Install Artix Linux" entry is suppressed this way.