Antergos is a distribution that has been catching my eye for some time now, and as a good Arch Linux user , I plan to give it a try soon, considering that it now brings very interesting new features.
As well described on their website:
The purpose of Antergos is to provide a modern , elegant, and powerful operating system based on one of the best Linux distributions available , Arch Linux . Users don't need to be Linux experts or developers to use Antergos . From long-time Linux users to those who have only been using Linux for a few months , Antergos is for everyone.
The project Antergos originally started under the name cinnarch, and with just a desktop environment. Nowadays, Antergos supports multiple desks allowing users select his favorite during the installation.
What makes Antergos peculiar is that it allows us to install it "easily" using a graphical installer and not with the method normally used by Arch Linux.
And it is precisely one of the novelties of this new version is that from the installer we can choose which Desktop Environment we want to install, and as you can see in the following screenshot, it covers almost all of the most used:
What Anticipagos 2014.05.26 brings us
Thanks to its alliance with the Numix project , Antergos 2014.05.26 looks beautiful in any of its Desktop Environments, with a more Flat appearance (because that's what's in fashion now) that can be appreciated from the moment the installation begins with Cnchi.
Something I loved is the theme for LightDM, made by developer Dustin Falgout, using exclusively web technology. Use HTML, jQuery, and CSS.
On the right side of the screen, we will have a button to choose one of the Antergos default wallpapers and a button to select a random background at each startup. By default, the random function is activated, just click on the one you want to deactivate it.
Thanks to this login experience, in the future the guys at Antergos are thinking of providing the option to easily include their own photos.
Another great feature is the New Hardware Detection Module, developed by Gustau Castells. This app has been greatly improved with this new module and it will install the necessary packages and configurations necessary to make your hardware work.
Antergos has a lot of new features, which you can see at this link. If you wish to download it, you can do it from here: