[artix-general] Things that push me away from Artix [Feaures/Improvements requests]

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El mié, 02-07-2025 a las 17:42 -0400, Ruben Safir escribió:
> On Wed, Jul 02, 2025 at 11:34:39PM +0300, Christos Nouskas wrote:
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> > On Wed, 2 Jul 2025 13:37:48 +0200
> > Andrea-Mobile <amd.mobile at virgilio.it> wrote:
> > > - ISO management : I'm really agaist multiple distros with
> > > Artix's
> > > choices. EndeavourOS offers a great example about ho things
> > > should be
> > > done in my opinion : a only one Calamares ISO , where you can
> > > choose
> > > everything , the desktop , the display servers , the init system
> > > ,
> > > the repos enabled (and now that xlibre is on the road, also the
> > > xserver implementation , if possible). This approach would give
> > > 100%
> > > full control to the user, peritting him to easy perform an
> > > installation as minimal as he want
> > 
> > This is the most interesting point made, has been in our to-do list
> > for
> > years, and we should invest our time and efforts to finally
> > implement
> > it.
> > 
> Can you clarify what this means exactly?
> 
> FWIW - the last Calamares installation I did I was lucky to get past
> the
> base install.  Then it failed altogther and I just installed
> everything
> manually from there with pacman.
> 
I have not done a lot of installations with Calamares, but it has
general acceptance and seems to work for most people.

The example given was EndeavourOS, but there is one problem: if you
install off-line you have one choice: KDE-Plasma. EndeavourOS does try
to offer ways to have multiple connections to deal with slow
connections to do online installation, but I don't know how well that
works -- and I am generally on slow connections.

So, if there is to be one ISO with Calamares, it does need to offer a
non-graphical basic installation, as can be done with the current Artix
ISOs -- or offer a default to a lightweight DE like XFCE that permits
easy installation of a group of graphical packages, while the DE can be
easily be deleted for those who want a different WM or DE.

Personal note: I was not unhappy with the Artix installation
experience, which went smoothly. I am not sure one needs to concentrate
on a slick installer for a rolling release distro. Sure we change
equipment or help others set up their machines, but it is still
infrequent. That an installer is quick, straightforward and works is
all that's needed.

Roy

PS Andrea, I found your message perfectly understandable.