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why did i make a second whole ISO profile nobody asked for. a standalone Xfce "lightweight" edition i never tested, never updated, and that ONLY depends on orphaned packages i forgot existed (calamares-branding-antergos-next-minimal, antergos-xfce-theme — both still buildable, now completely dead weight, because the only thing that referenced them was this file). the real lowest of it is: it was the "offline calamares installer." you know what that does now? tries to unpack a squashfs that NO live profile builds anymore. it points a loaded gun at my foot every day and today i finally squeezed. its last commit was renaming a theme and telling a bot to shut up about pkexec. thats where we ended up. it was never tested. it was a ghost. so i killed it. actual changes: - RIP iso-profiles/antergos-minimal, all 95 files of it (good riddance, you were a lie) - hauled 7 orphaned live module configs (initcpio/locale/mount/ partition/umount/users/welcome) out of the wreckage into the main calamares/modules/ where they always lived — git LIED and called them "renames from minimal" because the copies were byte-identical. they were never from minimal. git is a LIAR. - users.conf: cut the libpwquality crutch so 4-digit PINs stop getting called weak. i built a pin picker. let it. breathe. - netinstall (both variants): +vulkan-nouveau so NVK covers Turing+ without dragging in nvidia-open - antergos-xfce-theme + calamares-branding-antergos-next-minimal: now truly, blessedly orphaned. the profile is dead. long live the profile. i am NOT maintaining two ISOs in this economy.
Antergos NeXT ISO
Looking for the old Arch/systemd version? See the
before-systemd-changebranch.
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.
What changed
| Before | After |
|---|---|
| Arch Linux (systemd) | Artix Linux (Dinit) |
| GNOME desktop | KDE Plasma desktop |
| archiso build system | artools (buildiso) |
| Custom Cnchi installer | Calamares (mature, upstream-supported) |
| Symlinked overlays | Resolved, self-contained profile overlays |
Why Artix?
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.
Why Dinit? We shipped OpenRC. Then Calamares kidnapped pacman's resolver and every
--noconfirmcall pickedelogind-dinit(alphabetically beforeelogind-openrc). Dinit works great and OpenRC's service enabling was broken on installed systems anyway. Dinit wins by alphabetical destiny.
Building
Requires an Artix-based system:
# Install build deps
pacman -S artools squashfs-tools
modprobe loop
# Clone and enter
git clone https://github.com/Antergos-NeXT/antergos-iso.git
cd antergos-iso
# Set workspace to repo root
export WORKSPACE_DIR="$PWD"
# Must use our pacman.conf (has antergos-pkgs repo)
mkdir -p ~/.config/artools/pacman.conf.d
cp pacman.conf.d/iso-x86_64.conf ~/.config/artools/pacman.conf.d/
# Build
sudo ./buildiso -p antergos
⚠️ VERY IMPORTANT: Use
./buildiso, notbuildiso. The Artix systembuildisoat/usr/bin/buildisolacks the--overwrite='*'flag passed tobasestrap, causing file conflicts (e.g.calamaresvscalamares-branding-antergos-nextboth claiming/usr/share/calamares/branding/default/). Our repo's./buildisohas it.
The .iso appears in /var/lib/artools/buildiso/iso/antergos/.
First build pulls ~5 GB from the internet. Subsequent builds use pacman cache.
Custom packages
The ISO pulls custom packages (branding, Calamares config, wallpapers) from our repo. Add it to your system:
[antergos-pkgs]
SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
Server = https://antergos-next.github.io/antergos-packages
Profile structure
iso-profiles/
├── antergos/
│ ├── profile.yaml # Packages, services, build config
│ ├── root-overlay/ # Files merged into rootfs (os-release, pacman.conf, sddm)
│ └── live-overlay/ # Files for the live environment (Calamares configs, etc.)
├── common/
│ └── common.yaml # Shared base packages
├── pacman.conf.d/
│ └── iso-x86_64.conf # Pacman config used during ISO build
└── buildiso # Modified buildiso with Antergos branding
Overlays are self-contained (no symlinks to external directories) so the repo builds standalone.
Installer
| Mode | Description |
|---|---|
| Online | Full Calamares netinstall with desktop selection (KDE Plasma, Xfce, Cinnamon, MATE, LXQt, i3, Sway, Hyprland) |
| BYODE | Bare system + btrfs + snapper — you pacman -Sy your own DE. Script available on the live desktop. |
Download
Sources
- Artix Linux — base distribution
- artools — ISO build tools
- Calamares — installer framework
- antergos-packages — custom PKGBUILDs
- Antergos wallpapers — original wallpapers
License
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.
Dustin Falgout, one of the original Antergos developers, has given his blessing for this community revival (see NOTICES). Antergos NeXT is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the original Antergos project.