Arch Linux Installer Archinstall 2.6 Preparing New Features

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Arch Linux Installer Archinstall 2.6 Preparing New Features

For two years now Arch Linux's official install media has been shipping with archinstall as a nice, text-based installer for more quickly setting up an Arch Linux environment. In preparation for release now is Archinstall 2.6 as the next feature release while available for testing today is the release candidate...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Archinstall-2.6

[tildearrow]

Typo:

Hyperland window manager support as a desktop option,

Yep, it's actually called Hyprland.

[skeevy420]

Typo:



Yep, it's actually called Hyprland.

The very first Archinstall wasn't capitalized, either.

[schmidtbag]

If there are breakages, shouldn't that makes this a 3.0?

[ehansin]

I was thinking of doing a minimal Arch install with Hyprland actually. I've done plenty of the standard Arch installations, happy to try out the installer again (have used before with a VM installation.) If this 2.6 installer gets released with the August ISO, I'll be good to go. I bet you are all happy to hear about this

[pWe00Iri3e7Z9lHOX2Qx]

Does this support creating an install on btrfs with automatic snapper integration for packman / grub or similar on ZFS?

[sophisticles]

The biggest issue with Arch and distros based on Arch is not the installer, it's that ridiculous AUR that results in broken systems at the drop of a hat.

[Termy]

it's that ridiculous AUR that results in broken systems at the drop of a hat.

If you manage to break your system with an AUR-Package you are using it wrong. On multiple levels. Probably the System as well

[bachchain]

The biggest issue with Arch and distros based on Arch is not the installer, it's that ridiculous AUR that results in broken systems at the drop of a hat.

DISCLAIMER: AUR packages are user produced content. Any use of the provided files is at your own risk.

It's not their fault that you don't understand what the aur is.

[Torxed]

Does this support creating an install on btrfs with automatic snapper integration for packman / grub or similar on ZFS?

It does create subvolumes that have worked with snapper in the past