Lazy-Artix - CodeBerg

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 :)

  • durinn@programming.devEnglish
    4·
    8 hours ago

    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?

    • Matty_r@programming.devOP
      3·
      8 hours ago

      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.

      • durinn@programming.devEnglish
        2·
        7 hours ago

        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.