2025.07.01

• Included kernel: 6.15.4
• archiso version: 84
• Archinstall version: 3.0.8
• ISO size: 1.8 GiB
• Installation guide
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CHANGELOG

2025.07.01

• fresh build w/ packages up to date;
• added uwsm package to support the uwsm Hyprland session, and also nwg-drawer & nwg-panel methods to run programs through uwsm.

2025.06.08

• Fresh build with archinstall 3.0.7;
• presets updated to make use of nwg-menu 0.1.9 update.

2025.05.17

• adjusted for archinstall 3.0.5

2025.04.20

• Adjusted for archinstall library in version 3.0.4.

2025.02.23

• Package list updated.

2025.02.20

• Some stale settings removed;
• added typobuster as native text editor.

2025.01.01

• Fresh new year build.

2024.12.25

• Fresh build with python 3.13 and Hyprland v0.46.2.

2024.12.21

• a fresh build with the HyprlandSubmap nwg-panel module; The resize (Super+r) submap added to defaults.

2024.12.15

• just a fresh build, w/ some important fixes to nwg-panel

2024.12.01

• updated kernel, archiso & archinstall

2024.11.19

• packages and services adjusted for archiso 81;
• installer adapted to work with archinstall 3.0.0;
• engrampa replaced back with file-roller;
• added missing nwg-dock-hyprland pre-installation;
• changed nwg-panel layer in preset-3 and hyprland-3, to avoid panel/dock overlapping on new versions of sway and Hyprland;
• RandomWallpaper panel module added to preset-0 and hprland-0;
• removed Hyprland settings invalid in 0.45.x version.

2024.10.01

• fresh build with archiso 80.

2024.09.07

• package list slimmed down one more time;
• preinstalled archive manager: file-roller replaced with engrampa.

2024.09.06

• installer adjusted to changes in the archinstall library;
• some unnecessary packages removed.

2024.08.21

• Arch [extra] is a new source of nwg-shell component packages.

2024.08.06

• nwg-shell package updated to 0.5.37.

2024.08.01

• Fresh build with archiso 79 and the latest kernel.

2024.07.03

• archinstall library updated;
• local packages updated (nwg-shell, nwg-shell-config, nwg-hello, nwg-clipman, nwg-drawer).

2024.06.13

• The greeter (nwg-hello) backend changed from Hyprland to sway;
• local packages updated (nwg-hello, nwg-shell, nwg-shell-config).

NOTE: Hyprland v0.41.0 comes with several issues, at least on my 3 machines:

• Gtk.Menu started from the layer shell, opens right-shifted; the first item happens not to be clickable;
• when you have just a single window open, and click a nwg-panel Gtk.Menu item, the window looses focus, and can not be focused again, unless you focus another window first;
• drag&drop to XWayland windows does not work (at least if it comes to JetBrains stuff);
• Hyprland constantly crashes on nvidia.

That's why the greeter backend has been changed to sway. If you experience issues on the Hyprland session, I suggest downgrading Hyprland to v0.40.0 temporarily.

2024.06.02

• Local packages updated (azote 1.12.9, nwg-hello 0.2.0, nwg-displays 0.3.20).

2024.05.24

• synced to archiso 78 (UEFI boot loader changed from GRUB to systemd-boot);
• local packages updated (azote, nwg-displays, nwg-dock-hyprland, nwg-shell-config).

2024.04.28

• Local repo versions synced to AUR: after python update to 3.12 on Arch Linux, I bumped all my python-based AUR packages versions, to free users from the necessity of rebuilding them manually. This ISO update is to avoid AUR packages update right after installation.

2024.04.23

• local repo slimmed down, as some packages got to Arch Extra (nwg-panel, nwg-icon-picker, python-dasbus, wlr-randr, swaync);
• built with archiso 77.

2024.04.20

• nwg-shell-config 0.5.35/36;
• nwg-shell 0.5.34;
• gtklock + modules 3.0.0;
• removed extra icon theme installation, as updating tela-icon-theme would take forever.

2024.04.16

• kernel 6.8.5
• archinstall 2.8.0
• sway 1.9
• Hyprland 0.39.0
• nwg-hello 0.1.10

2024.04.07

• kernel 6.8.4
• Azote 1.12.6
• wlr-randr 0.4.1

2024.03.31

• nwg-panel 0.9.27
• pacseek-bin 1.8.3-1
• xz 5.6.1-2 (see: The xz package has been backdoored)

2024.03.25

• Just a fresh build after the massive Arch Linux packages update over the weekend.

2024.03.22

• nwg-hello 0.1.8
• nwg-panel 0.9.26
• nwg-displays 0.3.16
• pacseek-bin 1.8.2-2
• swaync 0.10.1

2024.03.08

• archinstall 2.7.2

2024.03.04

• kernel 6.7.8;
• local packages updated.

2024.03.01

• kernel 6.7.6;
• local packages updated;
• hovered elements appearance unified.

2024.02.18

• local packages updated;
• some default configs updated;
• nwg-look-bin (local/AUR) replaced with nwg-look (Extra).

2024.02.07

• most of local nwg-shell packages updated;
• default configs updated;
• exit menu turned off by default: Super + X will display nwg-drawer with the power menu at the bottom; you may turn nwg-bar back on in per-preset settings.

2024.01.31

• added nwg-readme-browser, as a system documentation viewer; read more;
• numerous README files updated.

2024.01.22

• nwg-look-bin (AUR) package replaced with nwg-look (Extra).

2024.01.21

• updated local packages: wlr-randr, nwg-displays;
• removed local packages: wlsunset (now available in Arch Extra);
• new preinstalled packages: file-roller, git.

2024.01.11

• added nwg-clipman clipboard manager (UI for cliphist);
• ligth package / command replaced with brightnessctl, as light is no longer in the Arch Extra repository (fixes ERROR: Failed to install packages to new root #14).

2024.01.01

• nwg-hello 0.1.6;
• nwg-shell 0.5.24.

2023.12.26

• ReGreet replaced with dedicated nwg-hello greeter;
• nwg-displays 0.3.10;
• nwg-bar 0.1.5;
• swaync 0.9.0-2.

2023.12.10

• SDDM and LightDM abandoned in favor of greetd, that's less error prone;
• kernel 6.6.5;
• nwg-panel 0.9.19.

2023.12.05

• kernel 6.4.4;
• fixed possible installer crash when SDDM selected.

Known issues:

• 2023-12-05: gtklock won't work in the Hyprland session, due to the wlr-input-inhibitor protocol missing from Hyprland 0.33.0.
• 2023-12-07: lightdm 1:1.32.0-5 update broke the LightDM greeter. Please do not use - install SDDM instead.

2023.12.02

• kernel 6.6.3
• nwg-panel 0.9.18;
• nwg-shell 0.5.23.

2023.11.29

• archinstall 2.7.1;
• local packages updated.

2023.11.25

• Hardcoded cursor size removed from hyprland.conf;
• nwg-displays updated to 0.3.9 (confirmation popup moved to GtkLayerShell, to prevent it from opening off-screen).

2023.11.24

• archinstall library updated to 2.7.0
• installer script adjusted for use w/ archinstall 2.7

2023.11.22

• former mini profile remnants removed;
• local packages updated;
• kernel 6.2.2.

2023.11.18

• removed Thunar and Mousepad installed by default alongside selected file manager & text editor (thx to The Saigoneer);
• local (AUR) packages updated.

2023.11.12

• baph AUR helper updated to 1.71;
• added support for yay AUR helper (optional);
• Simon Ser's pgp key imported OOTB, for further hassle free wlr-randr updates.

Please read this thread for more info on AUR helpers.

2023.11.09

• added optional automatic modification of the /usr/share/wayland-sessions/sway.desktop file on machines w/ Nvidia GPU; you will be asked if to do so; ATTENTION: this has not been tested, as I have no single Nvidia in range; in case something goes wrong, please use the previous ISO image (2023.11.03) and let me know;
• kernel 6.6.1;
• local packages updated.

2023.11.03

• fixed improper initial scaling on some monitors / Hyprland;
• SDDM display manager restored on the live iso: LightDM / cage is unusable on virtual machines; I still recommend testing on bare metal, by the way;
• fixed cursor missing from the live environment on VM.

2023.11.02

• added LightDM display manager, together with lightdm-nwg-greeter;
• SDDM replaced with LightDM on the live ISO;
• display manager selection menu added to the installer.

2023.10.26

• pacman download animation turned on;
• fixed nwg-bar labels unnecessarily translated into Polish;
• live sessions: Battery panel component restored w/ low battery warning turned off;
• some packages updated.

2023.10.24

• installer menu entry: added foot -H, in order to --hold the terminal window open in case something goes wrong;
• both live sessions: the Battery component turned off in Panel -> Controls, in order not to annoy desktop machine users.

2023.10.22

• nwg-mini ISO discontinued; sorry but it takes twice as much time to maintain two different ISOs;
• (mandatory) file manager / text editor / web browser selection menu restored; it no longer contains AUR stuff; also QT packages have been deleted;
• optional extra packages selection added: GTK themes, icon themes, cursor themes.