Hey all, just thought i’d share my Artix Linux installer script. I’ve wanted to give Artix a solid go, and decided to bring up my old Arch Linux install script to be used with Artix. I’m still working on it a lot and there is definitely some stuff in there that needs to be updated - but I’m pretty happy with it so far.
This is written all in bash, and is to be used with the base Artix Linux OpenRC ISO. Right now i’m focusing on getting KDE up and going, and then fixing up some of the bundles that can be selected.
It’s nothing special - I started it years ago for Arch before the official installer existed, and only myself and a couple others have used it so it hasn’t had a great deal of scrutiny. But anyway, just thought i’d share it.
(No AI has been used, also I migrated this over from GitHub so there are a few bits and pieces left over from that)
Edit: Just thought I should mention I sped up the video, the install actually took about 3 mins :)
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I’ve been fucking around with Artix in a VM trying both Runit and S6.
Having never successfully installed Arch manually before, it was easier than I thought to get a desktop up and running…getting Pipewire to work on the other hand…still working on it. >.>
Honestly think the official installation guide needs some updating. I had to go off and find other community written guides to get certain things working. And small issues like the linux-firmware package downloading Nvidia drivers on my full AMD system.
I’m still dedicated to switching from Endeavour even though that distro has been very good to me. Their official statement on the matter didn’t inspire confidence, more just shifted the blame to FOSS as a whole. No words on plans to protect users or fork/switch away from mainline SystemD when push comes to shove.
Sweet! If and when Arch implements age verification, Artix is where I’m seeking asylum.
A question: I have a fair understanding of Linux - been using it for five years - but only with systemd. Is it hard to transition to other init solutions? Is one better than the others? What about sysVinit?
Its a learning curve for sure, I’m still learning it myself. Openrc seemed to be fairly popular, so thats why I started with that.
There is a few changes such as not using service files and instead using crob jobs, seeing the logs of your tasks need to be hooked into using syslog-ng to consolidate the logs. I’m still learning how you see stuff like the service status etc.
Its been fun learning something new again, and writing a script like this to set it all up for me has been a great way to learn it all.
Well then, that sounds great, because I love tinkering and learning new stuff. :)
I do recall using some minor distro - perhaps antiX - a long time ago to save a broken laptop. I did do
init [some number between 0-5]to manipulate the system’s power state, I think. That’s my experience with it haha.
I dont really understand artix linux. Is systemd really that bad?
I’ve been using Linux for five years exclusively with systemd, without noticeable issues. I’m only considering the switch since the main branch - which is still the one being used by most distros by default - has added an
Ageparameter in some config file. Which isn’t verification in any sense - you may just leave it blank until an app or the OS requires it - but it’s ideologically not my cup if tea.the wikipedia article summarizes very well the concerns of the community, mainly under the “Reception” section.
Okay, other than “I believe it’s against the Unix Philosophy” and “hypothetically it will become bloated”, is there anything else worth knowing?
Age verification
It’s not really mandatory, but I take your point.
I guess it’s the choice between many minor programs running in tandem, potentially only held together by a few maintainers, or an init system that unifies all those programs under one flag, with multiple maintainers including corporations, but the chance for it to get enshittified.
I personally have no choice of init system since I use NixOS. But I also don’t necessarily think the death of the personal computer will come from an init system, it will sooner come from hardware becoming unavailable/too expensive for individuals to buy (basically what we are seeing happen now).
There’s always Guix for a declarative system without systemd :)
I’m aware, I just don’t care enough about this particular beef.
Systems works well for me, and in order to get my configuration up to what it is today (what I need it to be) on NixOS I’d have to install multiple proprietary/non-free software/drivers on Guix anyway.
In a roundabout way I’d end up in the same spot.
