Would mean we have a bootable microscopic arch image that then just launches GNOME OS installer, and let's us do what we need to install an OCI image (including locally)

Kyle GospoOP•2/11/24, 9:18 AM

https://github.com/marketplace/actions/mkarchiso

GitHub

Mkarchiso - GitHub Marketplace

Build an arch linux iso

Kyle GospoOP•2/11/24, 9:19 AM

Here's an arch mkiso github action as well

Kyle GospoOP•2/11/24, 9:19 AM

ready to go

Kyle GospoOP•2/11/24, 9:19 AM

Noel also did some work to get bootc to install an image and then immediately rebase to a remote URL

Kyle GospoOP•2/11/24, 9:19 AM

which I believe we can leverage through this installer

Kyle GospoOP•2/11/24, 9:20 AM

it also supports FDE and user account creation, both of which we need

Kyle GospoOP•2/11/24, 9:20 AM

https://github.com/arkanelinux/os-installer-config

GitHub

GitHub - arkanelinux/os-installer-config: Configuration files for o...

Configuration files for os-installer. Contribute to arkanelinux/os-installer-config development by creating an account on GitHub.

Kyle GospoOP•2/11/24, 9:21 AM

here are the configs for the installer arcanelinux ships

Kyle GospoOP•2/11/24, 9:21 AM

just to show how it works

HikariKnight•2/11/24, 9:40 AM

wait, so we might actually make the meme installer?

EdLin•2/11/24, 10:23 AM

I need to use ujust distrobox-arch and make a meme neofetch window after hearing this.

KKyle Gospo We're tired of waiting for upstream, and even if upstream pulls through the inst...

fiftydinar•2/11/24, 11:07 AM

I wonder what would new installer still lack?

fiftydinar•2/11/24, 11:08 AM

It doesn't look bad based on screenshots I saw

fiftydinar•2/11/24, 11:08 AM

but VanillaOS type of installer is definitely much better

HHikariKnight wait, so we might actually make the meme installer?

Noel•2/11/24, 4:14 PM

More so a PoC at this point, but yeah. Arch is flexible enough to provide this kind of live environment to run the installer.

Noel•2/11/24, 4:15 PM

I've tried with the Fedora tooling and it will likely be tougher to use.

Noel•2/11/24, 4:16 PM

@Kyle Gospo when are you thinking you will have some time to work on it? I'm happy to help where I can, I'm just unavailable all day today.

NNoel More so a PoC at this point, but yeah. Arch is flexible enough to provide this k...

HikariKnight•2/11/24, 4:16 PM

i just love the offhand joke me and kyle did might actually be a possible solution, and there is also a small part of me that find it funny to leverage arch to install fedora

HHikariKnight i just love the offhand joke me and kyle did might actually be a possible soluti...

Noel•2/11/24, 4:17 PM

All roads lead back to Arch Linux.

HikariKnight•2/11/24, 4:17 PM

in the end linux ends up just being linux, weird how that works out

HikariKnight•2/11/24, 4:18 PM

i want to try help with this too if i can

fiftydinar•2/11/24, 4:18 PM

I still don't get why we need Arch ISO instead of normal one, besides the harder work comment from Noel

fiftydinar•2/11/24, 4:18 PM

what are the issues with new Fedora installer?

Noel•2/11/24, 4:19 PM

The issue is creating an offline installer using the existing Fedora tooling.

Noel•2/11/24, 4:19 PM

All solutions I've seen have been net installs.

Noel•2/11/24, 4:20 PM

Or requiring a live rebase.

NNoel The issue is creating an offline installer using the existing Fedora tooling.

fiftydinar•2/11/24, 4:20 PM

Ah, I forgot about offline installers when I started to use online ones.

fiftydinar•2/11/24, 4:20 PM

It's just nice that you're always installing the latest image

Noel•2/11/24, 4:20 PM

Yeah. An offline installer will be more reliable for things like the steam deck.

Noel•2/11/24, 4:21 PM

Or users that have slower Internet.

Noel•2/11/24, 4:21 PM

We could still probably support an offline and an online installer with this solution.

Noel•2/11/24, 4:22 PM

Because the major difference would be if we do an OSTree deploy from an online registry vs one that is included in the ISO.

Noel•2/11/24, 4:23 PM

We also may be able to program some retry logic if the deploy fails which would be harder to do in anaconda.

NNoel We also may be able to program some retry logic if the deploy fails which would ...

fiftydinar•2/11/24, 4:25 PM

Plot twist: Fedora sees our work, ditches their installer & switches to ours instead

HHikariKnight i want to try help with this too if i can 👀

Kyle GospoOP•2/11/24, 5:20 PM

I'll point you to the repo when I have it set up

Kyle GospoOP•2/11/24, 5:21 PM

First step is just getting a live CD made

Kyle GospoOP•2/11/24, 5:21 PM

Then we get to figure out os-install

HikariKnight•2/11/24, 5:30 PM

awesome, hopefully i will be able to understand it and help

Kyle GospoOP•2/12/24, 5:40 PM

Occurred to me that because this is a live CD, it solves our lack of a virutal keyboard issue too

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