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i3 and Gnome ISOs now available for testing

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Qt 5.15 changes

Qt 5.15 breaks the GTK2 theming support provided by qt5-styleplugins, which affects the dark theming of Qt5 apps in existing Artix installations.

Users may have to edit their configurations and set the QT_STYLE_OVERRIDE variable, usually defined in /etc/environment to "qt5ct-style" or "kvantum-dark" in order to fix their applications appearance.

XFCE ISO now available

nss: /usr/lib/p11-kit-trust.so exists in filesystem lib32-nss: /usr/lib32/p11-kit-trust.so exists in filesystem

pacman -Syu --overwrite /usr/lib\*/p11-kit-trust.so

New ISO images

[openssh] after upgrade to 8.2p1-1 - sshd service requires restart

How-to:

OpenRC rc-service sshd restart

Runit sv restart sshd

s6 s6-rc -d change sshd s6-rc -u change sshd

[s6] dbus-s6-20200202 and elogind-s6-20200202 require manual intervention

Warning: this update will restart your service. This may kill your graphical session. Save your work before proceeding. Press 'ctrl+\' to quit the update. Press 'ctrl+c' to continue. If you quit, you need to manually remove the /var/lib/pacman/db.lck file.

# sh /usr/share/libalpm/scripts/s6-rc-db-update-hook

# pacman -Syu

[s6] The next s6-linux-init requires manual intervention

# cp -r /etc/s6/current/scripts /tmp

# rm -rf /etc/s6/current

# pacman -Syu s6-linux-init

# cp -r /tmp/scripts /etc/s6/current

New testing ISO images, base/LXQt/LXDE/MATE/Cinnamon/Plasma - all inits

PyQt5 changes requires manual intervention

looking for conflicting packages... :: python-pyqt5 and pyqt5-common are in conflict. Remove pyqt5-common? [y/N] error: unresolvable package conflicts detected error: failed to prepare transaction (conflicting dependencies) :: python-pyqt5 and pyqt5-common are in conflict

pacman -Rdd pyqt5-common && pacman -Syu

Xorg cleanup requires manual intervention

:: installing xorgproto (2019.2-2) breaks dependency 'inputproto' required by lib32-libxi :: installing xorgproto (2019.2-2) breaks dependency 'dmxproto' required by libdmx :: installing xorgproto (2019.2-2) breaks dependency 'xf86dgaproto' required by libxxf86dga :: installing xorgproto (2019.2-2) breaks dependency 'xf86miscproto' required by libxxf86misc

pacman -Rdd libdmx libxxf86dga libxxf86misc && pacman -Syu

Support for the s6 init system is now official

New OpenRC base ISO image

New ISO images, Plasma/LXQt and MATE/LXDE

New ISO images, MATE desktop

New elogind in [gremlins], systemd-dummy packages to be dropped

A new build server is being deployed.

A new ISO has been released.

Artix has got a new logo.

Maintenance is over.

Artix repositories are under maintenance.

ISO images are now marked as stable

New ISO images

Our mirror at CTU will be offline for a week

We have moved away from Github

First, make sure your system has an up-to-date mirrorlist. Some mirrors have stopped syncing since our primary mirror went offline for a few days. The 3 mirrors on top in the latest mirrorlist are known to sync fully.

Server = https://mirror.clarkson.edu/artix-linux/repos/$repo/os/$arch Server = https://ftp.sh.cvut.cz/artix-linux/$repo/os/$arch Server = https://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/artixlinux/$repo/os/$arch

Runit

# rm /etc/runit/runsvdir/default/{dbus,elogind} # rm /usr/bin/{init,poweroff,shutdown,halt,reboot}

# pacman -Syu artix-sysvcompat

OpenRC

# rc-update del elogind boot # rc-update del dbus default

# pacman -Syu artix-sysvcompat # pacman -S --needed openrc

If you updated before you saw this announcement, there is still hope.

init=/usr/bin/openrc-init

init=/usr/bin/runit-init

A new primary mirror is up and running. Thanks!

Our mailing lists and their archives are now hosted locally.

We are back.

Our Wiki is up!

New LXQT ISO

New primary mirror

Server = http://mirror1.artixlinux.org/repos/$repo/os/$arch Server = http://artix.wheaton.edu/repos/$repo/os/$arch/ Server = http://mirror.strits.dk/artix-linux/repos/$repo/os/$arch Server = https://mirrors.dotsrc.org/artix-linux/repos/$repo/os/$arch Server = https://www.uex.dk/repos/artix/repos/$repo/os/$arch

pacman -Syu

Return of the Jedi

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The images are available for downloading in the testing section of our download area.Report any issues or find further information at our forum threads for i3 and Gnome respectively. package archive of our repositories went operational a few days ago, useful for downgrading packages to previous versions.The archived packages can be accessed either alphabetically or by date , in a manner identical to the Arch Linux Archive , except of course for replacing the domain name.The latest qt5-styleplugins in [galaxy] (version 5.0.0.20170311-22) fixes the issue.New XFCE ISOs are available for downloading and testing in the weekly download section . As such, they are still considered; please report any issues at our forum.The nss and lib32-nss packages prior to version 3.51.1-1 were missing a soname link each. This has been fixed in 3.51.1-1, so the upgrade will need to overwrite the untracked files created by ldconfig. If you get any of these errorswhen updating, useto let the upgrade continue.After a 2-month period of testing and bug hunting, we are pleased to offer new official installation media In addition to base ISOs, this time we provide more desktop-specific images to choose from, for faster ready-for-use installations. Enjoy!If you are using OpenSSH it is necessary to restart the sshd daemon after the update toThis was reported at the Arch Linux bug tracker: FS#65517 - [openssh] upgrade to 8.2p1-1 breaks logins When updating either one of these, you will see a message like this below.Before proceeding, beyou are okay with temporarily killing your graphical session. Press 'ctrl+c' to continue and then manually execute the s6-rc-db-update-hook script..You will have to do this for both dbus-s6 and elogind-s6. After those are done, you can proceed with your regular update.For s6 users, updating towill hit some file conflicts and require manual intervention. This will first be required for [gremlins] and then [system] later. If you want to save any changes made to s6-linux-init scripts first,Then remove the current directory and reinstall s6-linux-initIf you backed up your s6-linux-init scripts, you can move them back.Now, it is safe to boot and shutdown the system again.New Artix ISO images, markedhave been uploaded to our main download server The base ISOs only offer a bare minimum system, installable from the console, and are meant for people who want to setup their systems from the ground up.The minimal ISOs come with a basic DE (LXDE, LXQt, Cinnamon, MATE and KDE/Plasma), with a few basic applications and slightly preconfigured for uniform GTK/Qt look. The graphics installer of choice is Calamares and provides a basic working desktop.All ISOs come in 3 versions with our officially supported init systems. Read the forum announcement and post your feedback there or in our Telegram group p>During pacman update when you hit this message:when updating, use:to perform the upgrade.In the process of Xorg cleanup the update requires manual intervention when you hit this message:when updating, use:to perform the upgrade.We are pleased to announce that, after a moderate period of testing, the s6 process supervision suit has come out ofPeople willing to install (or convert to) this init system, are encouraged to read the upstream documentation and related posts in our forum. Most s6 service init files are also provided inandA fresh base ISO image (i.e. no desktop or graphical installer) featuring OpenRC has been uploaded to our servers A QT-based ISO featuring the KDE Plasma and LXQt desktop environments and a GTK-based ISO with MATE and LXDE are available for downloading . Both ISO images come equipped and ready for general use (multimedia, office, internet, productivity), offering the latest software available and are, despite their general DE/toolkit orientation, preconfigured for completely uniform look between QT and GTK applications, allowing for aesthetically pleasing integration of the best apps from both worlds. Read the forum announcement for more information and screenshots.2 new ISO images, markedand featuring the MATE desktop, are available for downloading . Read the forum announcement for more information.The latest 241.1-1 ), and specifically, provides the necessary ABI function calls and headers that allow software to be directly linked against it, meaning that applications built against libsystemd can be used with libelogind as drop-in replacement. This also means thatcan be just a symlink toand nobody will notice.Users running onmight experience breakage with upstream Arch packages that are linked against systemd-libs, at least until our mirrors are all fully in sync. If you encounter problems, please report them at the forum Theandpackages will be dropped, once the newmoves toThanks to a very generous donation from Brecht-Schule Hamburg , an AMD Epyc 7281 (16-core/32-thread) bare-metal server with 32GB of RAM is being prepared for taking over the package building needs of Artix. The server's purchase cost was covered by Brecht-Schule, which is also hosting it at their premises in Hamburg, Germany. Thank you! A new OpenRC/LXQt ISO , markedis available for downloading. It's considered testing, please report any problems to our forum The good, old logo from 2017 is a part of history. Our new logo is now official.Artix is resuming normal workflow.We advise users to temporarily disableandrepositories to prevent errors.After extensive testing, we've moved fromtoISOs. You can get both OpenRC and runit flavours from Sourceforge 2 new LXQt ISOs (OpenRC and runit) are available at Sourceforge The people at the Czech Technical University in Prague will be moving their entire infrastructure into new facilities in the week between 23 and 30 September 2018.Our PKGBUILDs are now hosted on our own GIT server This procedure will be necessary infirst, later in. All commands below must be run as root.Compare your mirrors with the ones below:Manually remove runlevel and sysvinit symlinks:Then proceed with system update:Removeandfrom their runlevels:Then proceed with system update, making sureis also updated:Help your kernel find the new init binary, by providing it manually at the GRUB command line:Then proceed as described in the respective sections above.We are in need of a new (and really stable) main mirror and multiple secondary mirrors located around the world. The primary mirror will have to rsync at regular intervals from our build server (every 30 minutes or so) and the secondary mirrors will in turn rsync from the primary mirror somewhat less frequently. Good bandwidth and at least 30 GBs of disk space (for now, weneed more in the future) is what we currently need. Please contact us if you can provide such a server or know someone who can.Get it from our mirrors We are moving our package repos away from Sourceforge hosting, main reason being the restriction of colon characters (':') in filenames, which breaks the package database with epoch-versioned packages.Edit your /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist with your favourite editor and make sure the following mirrors are on top:Then run:to get the latest package databases and update.After more than two years of maintaining repositories with OpenRC packages, the maintainers of separate but closely or loosely related projects ( Arch-OpenRC Manjaro-OpenRC ) decided to join forces and create a project that would be systemd-free and unaffected from upstream changes and updates. That required what might technically be considered as a mini-fork. Three new repositories, [system], [world] and [galaxy] have been created which must be placedthe official Arch or Manjaro ones. This ensures that upstream (if this term can be used anymore) will never break the new setup.The [arch-openrc] and [arch-nosystemd] repos will stop being updated. Manjaro-OpenRC will also stop being supported in a couple of months.Existing OpenRC systems (whether arch-openrc or manjaro-openrc) can be converted to the new scheme with minimal effort. Older eudev-openrc ones might need some more tweaking, especially with concern to the desktop: consolekit2 is replaced by elogind. Those with vanilla systemd Arch or Manjaro must first migrate as described . Or, you can install a fresh Artix system Our sources are hosted at github/artix-linux