We changed to Calamares 3.3 a few weeks back. Thanks to a user reporting an issue on github we investigated what happened to the current setup. It seems Calamares has changed its way of declaring variables from @@ROOT@@ to ${ROOT}. Once that was changed our...
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42 Moving from Calamares 3.2.61 to 3.3 – workflow video
In this video you can see all the things I have to do in order to get things working with the very last code of April 2023. Many things have changed. Not only the application but also the configuration. ArcoLinux and Carli have migrated already. On the Carli...
39 How to add wayland support for Plasma (hardened iso) – calamares popup – are you sure?
In this video we cover the following topics: how to add wayland support to the current Plasma iso based on hardened linux kernel alci website and sourceforge - where to download the isos - if you are not ready yet to build them yourselves where the github is how to...
38 Calamares – shellprocess – using instances – removing pacman-init.service
In this 3 hour during video I show everything I do to update the 7 ALCI isos with their different kernels and different desktops. We show how to debug Calamares: pkexec calamares -d We show you the workflow with meld and gitahead. We give tips what not to do and what...
35 Calamares is a versatile tool – read the important files – know the important folders
This is basically a video to promote reading. But what should you read? Make sure you have a copy of Calamares that you can "git pull" from time to time. git clone https://github.com/calamares/calamares Then we show you in the video which files and folders matter?...
24 Rebuild Calamares when kpmcore gets an update
You see a message in Calamares and you did not change anything. Maybe Calamares did not changeMaybe the configuration did not change but everything else did change. New kernels, new systemd and also the packages that are needed to make Calamares work. In this instance...
23 Rebuild Calamares when one of its dependencies gets an update – boost and boost-libs
You see a message in Calamares and you did not change anything. Maybe Calamares did not change Maybe the configuration did not change but everything else did change. New kernels, new systemd and also the packages that are needed to make Calamares work. Here the two...
21 Building a new Calamares v3.2.39.1
Building a new Calamares is something YOU can do. You do not need us for it. You can build it and put it on the local repo on your pc. You can make your own Calamares configurations. See example below.You can make your own packages list and it will become YOUR...
19 Change the configuration of Calamares to use BTRFS by default
Can we change the configuration of Calamares so that it will no longer use EXT4 as default format but BTRFS? We will show you where to get this knowledge and how to accomplish such a whatif. From A till we boot into the new installation with BTRFS.
14 Build a new Calamares
In this video we show you all the steps you have to take to build and test out a new Calamares. It is super easy. Combined with article 13 - adding a local repo - you can be faster than the developers and become independent. You do not have to wait for anyone updating...
11 What if Calamares crashes when creating the partitions
ALCI is designed to be as minimal as possible. Hence our choice to make our personalized ALCI DWM. Gparted could be installed on the fly and you can do your workflow that way. But what if you just want to start from scratch and delete all partitions and go on with the...
1 Creation of ALCI or Arch Linux Calamares Installer
I have recorded every single step of the way. It took a bit longer than expected. I did make some mistakes that made everything a bit longer. The goal is as always outgrow the master. Become smarter by watching the videos, Get your own what-ifs and be able to carry...