Antergos NeXT 2026.08.17 "Arranxo"

[c-ludenberg]

Antergos NeXT 2026.08.17 “Arranxo” — late semi-hotfix

yeah. this was supposed to release on the 17th.

then i found out, right at the finish line, that the new signed package repository was not actually ready for the ISO build. the repo database was signed, but Pacman asked for antergos-pkgs.db.sig while the workflow only published antergos-pkgs.db.tar.gz.sig. then, after that got fixed, ISO CI did not know the public signing key before trying to verify the database.

that is on me. i added repo signing and did not test the whole chain properly: is the signature published under the name Pacman wants, and can a clean build container trust that key before it touches the repo? the answer was “no” at 23:59. incredible timing.

the ISO build and publishing ended up crossing midnight, but the packages are already versioned 2026.08.17. so Arranxo stays a 2026.08.17 release that escaped into the 18th while being built. annoying as hell, but i would rather let the clock betray me than ship an ISO that cannot build or tells Pacman to trust a key it has never seen.

the actual release fixes

COSMIC + greetd is fixed

the big Xeitoso problem was COSMIC + greetd. you could choose it in the online installer, reboot, and then get thrown into a TTY instead of getting a proper graphical login screen. absolutely not the experience anyone asked for.

Calamares now writes the actual COSMIC greeter config instead of generic greetd stuff, and the install enables the custom cosmic-greeter Dinit service instead of plain greetd. COSMIC also pulls in cosmic-greeter-dinit automatically now, so the service side is actually there after reboot.

zsh was missing. yes, really.

zsh is now in the Default package group. it being missing was why some fresh installs could reject a normal user login even with the right password. it was not your password. it was the shell being gone. that one is fixed too.

other installer and build fixes

• greetd is properly listed and handled by the online installer now.
• service setup runs before display-manager setup, which matters for the COSMIC Greeter path.
• LightDM configuration got synced up too, because apparently every display manager wanted attention this release.
• minimal KDE Plasma is now an installer option.
• the repo database is properly signed now, and ISO CI bootstraps the public package-signing key before trying to use the repo.
• the ISO build scripts got more fixes and generate a SHA-256 checksum for the finished ISO.

thank you to the people who caught stuff before it got worse

huge thanks to @jtadlock91 and @GodmanAde — Adeolu Oluade — for testing and sending actual useful reports.

you both caught the COSMIC/greetd TTY thing, Sway acting weird after install, and the missing-zsh login mess. that testing is why this release got repaired instead of me finding all of it after people downloaded it.

thank you for being overzealous testers. genuinely.

downloads

• download from pCloud — main mirror
• download from Proton Drive — backup mirror

Proton Drive is the backup mirror in case pCloud decides to become a ghost at the worst possible time.

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Antergos NeXT 2026.08.17 “Arranxo” is finally out. technically late. spiritually still the 17th.

please keep testing the online installer. and next time i add package signing, i will test it from a clean container before release night becomes a boss fight.

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