Change: 'first_check' function has been splitted into 2 new ones: 'mode-check' & 'set_font'
Change: 'Internet connection check' stage is using 'www.archlinux.org' again
Change: Many options offered by the installer, are now defaulting to 'No'
Change: 'System Configuration' > 'Desktop Setup' > 'Browser Selection':
The installer now widens the web browser selection offered,
omitting the not-so-used browsers and including big names from the AUR
(Brave Browser,Microsoft Edge,Zen Browser,Opera,Google Chrome).
Only *-bin browsers (no compiling needed) are -of course- included
1. No AUR-helper will be installed
2. This AUR package will be handled exclusively by makepkg & pacman itself, so everything will be completely under user control
Change: 'System Configuration' > 'Desktop Setup' > 'Printer & Scanner Support': The package 'bluez-cups' has been added
Add: The packages 'bluez, bluez-utils, bluez-mesh, bluez-obex' have been moved to the main package array
Add: If the user keeps skipping the automated-partitioning stages offered, the 'Manual Partitioning' stage will be offered, in a loop
Add: The 'first_check()' function now issues an extra warning when the installer runs in 'DEMO' mode.
Change: 'connection_check()' function: The installer now pings 'google.com' instead of 'archlinux.org' to verify internet connection.
Change: 'slct_kbd()' function: Now, when selecting keyboard layout, if the installer cannot detect a 'tty' (linux console) session, the layout defaults to 'us'.
Add: Created 2 variables to minimize repetition ( ${void},${log} )
Bash-Zsh-Fish.
Change: 'Pacstrap System' function : There are changes about the packages included in the available Desktop setups.
Now, the Xfce-Cinnamon-Deepin-Budgie-Lxqt-Mate-Cosmic Desktops, instead of being completely barebones, include many additional packages for a more complete experience.
Add: Main Menu > System Configuration > Desktop Setup > Optimizations : Now, if 'Optimizations' have been selected, a configuration file will dictate the 'Udisks2' mount options for 'Ntfs' & 'Exfat' volumes.
A few 'if' statements have been redefined
A few packages have been removed, as they no longer exist in the Arch repos or are direct dependencies of other existing packages
A few prompts have been edited for aesthetic reasons
The installer has been updated accordingly and verified to be working with the current Arch Linux version (August 2025)
where it contains all the optimizations offered by the installer, so other stages are less cluttered
and user experience is better.
Change: A few prompts have been edited for better aesthetics.
Add: 'Desktop Setup': Offering Printer support has been added
Add: 'Desktop Setup': Additional packages have been added to Desktop Setups where missing ('gvfs' 'pipewire-pulse' 'pavucontrol' 'cosmic-player' 'xdg-user-dirs')
Change: Some variables & functions have been edited/renamed for clarity
Change: 'set_vars' function has been greatly optimized
Change: A few prompts have been edited for aesthetic purposes
Now there is support for installing drivers/enabling HW acceleration etc. for multiple vendors, an individual vendor only or none
The graphics packages list(s) now derive dynamically from arrays instead of the previously hardcoded variables sets
Also, visual enhancements have been added to the said stage
Change: The 'xdg-users-dirs' package have been added where the Desktop setups were missing it
Change: The 'nautilus' package have been added to the Budgie Desktop setup, as it comes with no file manager
Edit: A few prompts have been edited for enhanced visuals and/or clarification
If other than 'Nvidia' GPU vendors are also detected in the system, the installer will not remove the 'KMS' hook from '/etc/mkinitcpio.conf.d/mkinitcpiod.conf' HOOK array
since the 'nouveau' module will be blacklisted anyway by the 'nvidia-utils' package after rebooting.
This enables other vendor's graphics device(s), if needed.
The installer now supports enabling a feature that allows low latency display interrupts
to be serviced even when the system is under heavy contention.
This is especially useful for reducing stutter when using virtual reality.
This feature is experimental and disabled by default.
Change: Moved some code around ('ask_sign' & 'mkinitcpio_preset' functions) to implement the above
Change: 'Systemd-boot': bootloader timeout has been set to 3 sec.
Change: Edited mkinitcpio's '${kernel}.preset' drop-in file configuration: Removed 'fallback' entries and incuded 'rescue' entries (when selected)
Change: Some prompt editing for better aesthetics
Remove: Parts of code throughout the script have been removed as a consequence of the above action
Change: Code indentation/Minor prompts editing for aesthetic purposes
Change: 'Graphics Setup' > Nvidia: Change when the prompt warning about Nvidia's proprietary 'Video Preserve/Resume' feature is presented
Change: Minor prompt editing for aesthetic purposes
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