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this is a commit message. it is a MANIFESTO for no reason. i am aware. it is 17:38. i am in pain. the pain is optional. the commit is not. so. context, because i know you need it: i installed gentoo to see what happens. what happened: emerge. days of emerge. portage asked me to rebuild itself mid-rebuild and i said yes because i was scared of what it'd do if i said no. my ext4 drive died AGAIN so we're btrfs. snapshots are now my emergency contacts. (profile update pending: "Used Gentoo BTW" -> "Used Gentoo and it used me") THE ACTUAL CHANGES (finally): - artools is bash + pacman. it is not sacred. it is now a CONTAINER - Containerfile: artix base, artools + squashfs-tools + xorriso + mkinitcpio, repo buildiso as ENTRYPOINT (the --overwrite='*' one. the other one knows what it did), antergos-pkgs pacman.conf baked in - .dockerignore so podman users don't download 33MB of my .git and learn things about me devtmpfs requires rootful podman. i am not explaining why. the answer is "devtmpfs is a coward." i am the maintainer. i am allowed to say that. rootless? you're not building an ISO, you're building a support system for your decisions. anyway. - build-iso-podman.sh exists so i can stop pasting commands from the README into my own terminal like a tourist - README now has: podman for non-pacman (gentoo fedora debian), native for arch/artix/kaos, and a TABLE. i made a TABLE. i am healing. - it works on any distro with podman because i want you to suffer LESS than me. that is not altruism. it is spite with a benefit package. so laugh all you want. forget about me all you want. but at least i'll be gorgeous forever. this is the longest i've committed to anything since gentoo. and i regret BOTH of those decisions. Signed-off-by: Michał <ash8820@proton.me>
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# Antergos NeXT ISO
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> Looking for the old Arch/systemd version? See the [`before-systemd-change` branch](https://github.com/Antergos-NeXT/antergos-iso/tree/before-systemd-change).
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[](https://github.com/Antergos-NeXT/antergos-iso/actions/workflows/build.yml)
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[](LICENSE)
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[]()
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[](https://artixlinux.org)
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[]()
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[]()
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[](https://antergos-next.github.io/antergos-iso/)
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[](README.pl.md)
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A community revival of Antergos — built on **Artix Linux** with **Dinit**, **KDE Plasma** desktop, the **Calamares** installer (online mode), and a BYODE script for offline installs.
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## What changed
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| Before | After |
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| Arch Linux (systemd) | Artix Linux (Dinit) |
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| GNOME desktop | KDE Plasma desktop |
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| archiso build system | artools (`buildiso`) |
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| Custom Cnchi installer | Calamares (mature, upstream-supported) |
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| Symlinked overlays | Resolved, self-contained profile overlays |
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## Why Artix?
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The Antergos NeXT project prefers init system flexibility over systemd lock-in. Artix Linux provides a clean Arch-like experience with your choice of **Dinit** (default), Runit, or S6 — see `changing-init.md` if you want something else.
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> **Why Dinit?** We shipped OpenRC. Then Calamares kidnapped pacman's resolver and every `--noconfirm` call picked `elogind-dinit` (alphabetically before `elogind-openrc`). Dinit works great and OpenRC's service enabling was broken on installed systems anyway. Dinit wins by alphabetical destiny.
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## Building
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### Option A: Build in a container (non-pacman distros — recommended)
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No Artix/Arch needed. Works on Gentoo, Fedora, Debian — anything **without
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pacman** that has podman. This is the same path GitHub Actions CI uses.
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```bash
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# Build the image (installs artools + deps inside an Artix container)
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podman build -t antergos-build .
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# Build the ISO (rootful podman required — artools chroots mount devtmpfs,
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# which rootless containers cannot do)
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sudo podman run --rm --privileged \
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-v /var/lib/artools-buildiso:/var/lib/artools/buildiso \
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-v "$(pwd)/iso-output:/workspace/iso-output" \
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-e WORKSPACE_DIR=/workspace \
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antergos-build
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```
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Or use the helper script:
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```bash
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./build-iso-podman.sh
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```
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The finished `.iso` lands in `iso-output/`.
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### Option B: Native build (just pacman + artools)
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You do **not** need an Artix-based system — `buildiso` is plain bash on top of
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`pacman`. You need:
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- `pacman` (native on Arch/Artix/**KaOS**; on other distros, install it or
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extract the `.pkg.tar.zst` files)
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- the artools libraries from the Artix repo: `artools-base` (provides
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`basestrap`, `artix-chroot`, `fstabgen`) and `artools-iso` (provides
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`buildiso`) plus their deps
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- `squashfs-tools`, `grub`, `xorriso`/`libisoburn`, `dosfstools`, `mtools`
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```bash
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# On Arch/Artix:
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pacman -S artools squashfs-tools
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modprobe loop
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# On KaOS (pacman native, but artools not in KaOS repos — extract from Artix):
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pacman -S squashfs-tools
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# grab artools-base/artools-iso from the Artix repo and extract over /
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# On other distros: grab the packages from the Artix repo and extract
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# them over / (e.g. into /usr/share/artools and /usr/bin), then install
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# pacman and the deps listed above.
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# Clone and enter
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git clone https://github.com/Antergos-NeXT/antergos-iso.git
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cd antergos-iso
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# Set workspace to repo root
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export WORKSPACE_DIR="$PWD"
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# Must use our pacman.conf (has antergos-pkgs repo)
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mkdir -p ~/.config/artools/pacman.conf.d
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cp pacman.conf.d/iso-x86_64.conf ~/.config/artools/pacman.conf.d/
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# Build
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sudo ./buildiso -p antergos
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```
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> **⚠️ VERY IMPORTANT**: Use `./buildiso`, not `buildiso`. The Artix system `buildiso` at `/usr/bin/buildiso` lacks the `--overwrite='*'` flag passed to `basestrap`, causing file conflicts (e.g. `calamares` vs `calamares-branding-antergos-next` both claiming `/usr/share/calamares/branding/default/`). Our repo's `./buildiso` has it.
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The `.iso` appears in `/var/lib/artools/buildiso/iso/antergos/`.
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First build pulls ~5 GB from the internet. Subsequent builds use pacman cache.
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> **Which option do I use?**
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> - **Arch / Artix / KaOS / any pacman-based distro** → Option B (native).
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> - **Anything else** (Gentoo, Fedora, Debian, ...) → Option A (podman).
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### Custom packages
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The ISO pulls custom packages (branding, Calamares config, wallpapers) from our repo. Add it to your system:
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```ini
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[antergos-pkgs]
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SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
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Server = https://antergos-next.github.io/antergos-packages
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```
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## Profile structure
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```
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iso-profiles/
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├── antergos/
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│ ├── profile.yaml # Packages, services, build config
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│ ├── root-overlay/ # Files merged into rootfs (os-release, pacman.conf, sddm)
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│ └── live-overlay/ # Files for the live environment (Calamares configs, etc.)
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├── common/
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│ └── common.yaml # Shared base packages
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├── pacman.conf.d/
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│ └── iso-x86_64.conf # Pacman config used during ISO build
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└── buildiso # Modified buildiso with Antergos branding
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```
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Overlays are self-contained (no symlinks to external directories) so the repo builds standalone.
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## Installer
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| Mode | Description |
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| **Online** | Full Calamares netinstall with desktop selection (KDE Plasma, Xfce, Cinnamon, MATE, LXQt, i3, Sway, Hyprland) |
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| **BYODE** | Bare system + btrfs + snapper — you `pacman -Sy` your own DE. Script available on the live desktop. |
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## Download
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[GitHub Releases](https://github.com/Antergos-NeXT/antergos-iso/releases)
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## Sources
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- [Artix Linux](https://artixlinux.org) — base distribution
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- [artools](https://gitea.artixlinux.org/artix/artools) — ISO build tools
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- [Calamares](https://codeberg.org/calamares/calamares) — installer framework
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- [antergos-packages](https://github.com/Antergos-NeXT/antergos-packages) — custom PKGBUILDs
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- [Antergos wallpapers](https://github.com/Antergos/wallpapers) — original wallpapers
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## License
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[GPL-3.0](LICENSE)
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---
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*Antergos launched in 2012 as **Cinnarch** (Cinnamon + Arch), renamed in 2013, and ran until 2019. NeXT continues the spirit with a modernized, Artix-based foundation — KDE Plasma, Calamares, and the same multi-desktop ambition you remember.*
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*Dustin Falgout, one of the original Antergos developers, has given his blessing for this community revival ([see NOTICES](NOTICES)). Antergos NeXT is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the original Antergos project.*
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