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c-ludenberg a8446b4dcc feat: add COSMIC desktop, greetd DM, and transparent logo to root-overlay
- Add COSMIC desktop subgroup to online netinstall (galaxy repo)
- Add greetd as display manager option in packagechooser_dm.conf
  (required by COSMIC's cosmic-greeter)
- Replace non-transparent 900x650 logo with transparent removebg version
  at 128x92 (128x128) and 256x185 (256x256) in root-overlay icon theme paths
- Update docs to reflect COSMIC availability and greetd option
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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. Works with dinit, s6, runit; OpenRC may have 100% CPU bugs

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.