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In this video we’ll dive into ALCI (Arch Linux Calamares Installer), one of our exciting projects, alongside others like Ariser, Carli, ArcoLinux, and Sierra. ALCI provides a straightforward path to Arch Linux using the versatile Calamares installer, known in the...
The session starts by discussing the ALCI system, created in November 2022, emphasizing the rolling update nature of Arch-based systems. The latest kernel updates are mentioned along with the usage of the ALCI online platform, which has recently been redesigned....
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...
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...
In this video we explain you the workflow of creating a new grub theme for your distro. create a grub theme and host it online (here Github) create a PKGBUILD put the application on your repo add the application to the packages list file build the iso test the...
You want to be independent. You want to have your own local repo. You want to stay as close to Arch Linux as possible. You want to build up your own distro. ArcoLinux repo will NOT be used. Alci repo will NOT be used. Chaotics repo will NOT be used. Arch Linux...
In this video we talk about drivers and about daring to experiment so you know what drivers you need for pc 1 and laptop 2. Test it out and write it down. We talk about nvidia, nvidia-lts and nvidia-dkms. We decide to install Cinnamon and not use the ALCI-DWM...
The package list contains all the packages we can use for our iso. These are pre-build packages from Arch Linux. If Arch Linux decides not to build the packages anymore it will result in an error during the build. error: target not found: termite-terminfo Then...
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...
It is always the same workflow. Compare the releng folder coming in from the Archiso package (sometimes also the mkarchiso script). Decide what you like to include on your future iso with the use of Meld. Double-check. Triple-check. Build the iso. Test the iso.Let...