Add a graphical environment to releng
I propose evaluating providing a graphical environment with the releng profile.
Pros:
- Graphically configurable keyboard layout selection is easier than doing from the terminal.
- Terminal emulators have scollback unlike the TTY which needs a terminal multiplexer for that. Note: both
screenandtmuxare included in releng. - A real web browser is more useful than lynx. E.g. links such as "https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/rfkill" actually work, i.e. the link leads to the exact section as it should instead to the top of the page.
- Potentially allows adding a WebUI installer.
- Easier to connect to Wi-Fi and mobile broadband by using a NetworkManager (#187) frontend. As mentioned in the issue,
nmtuiis a lot more limited in regards to creating WWAN connections. - Allows to test if the graphical stack works for a particular hardware before installing Arch on it.
Cons:
- The ISO will be larger.
- Choosing a graphical environment will involve bikeshedding.
- It is unclear if this would improve accessibility or make it worse.
Notes:
- This issue is not about adding any graphical installer.
- Window managers are not an option, since, AFAIK, they all require configuring to be usable. The graphical environment should be usable out of the box.
- @dvzrv wants Wayland instead of Xorg.
- To avoid keyboard layout issues, starting the graphical environment should not require typing. Instead the graphical environment should start on demand by switching the virtual terminal (e.g. to tty5).