I mentioned that some users switch from one init system to another, so I wanted to switch from s6 which is currently installed to runit. Can you guide on how to do this, so to not destroy my installation?
Thanks in advance.
Without knowing any details about s6, this should be the same process as migrating from arch, exept that you can skip a few unnecessary steps like adding repositories, since you are already using the Artix infrastructure.
Migration Guide on the Artix Wiki (https://wiki.artixlinux.org/Main/Migration)
You should make a list of running services in advance though, to know which runit-scripts to enable later on.
Sadly I don't know how to do that with s6.
So, based to your suggestion, I'm thinking something like this:
1. Install Your Choosen Init
install the runit-system, runit, and elogind-runit packages from this step
2. Install Init scripts
as wiki suggest I'll replace -init with -runit on those
3. Enable services
I'll use ther runit part there
4. Configure networking
I'm not sure if I need to do this step
5. LVM setups
Again the part about runit
6. Remove more systemd cruft
Remove the s6 packages instead
7. The next 3 steps is about update, recreate initramfs and reinstall grub.
Again here I don't know if I need to do those 3 steps
That's a starting point.
When installing the init, first download runit (pacman -Sw), then remove s6, then install runit.
The enable command listed on the wiki is just an example. Replace the packages with yours.
I didn't need to do networking. You can always run dhcpcd if you have it installed and are using ethernet (Be a bit more careful when working over ssh).
The steps at the end I didn't need either but they don't hurt.
I started to do it but after I downloaded runit and tried to remove s6 I get some dependencies error for s6-linux-init, s6-rc and base. I stoped there because I think if I remove base I will break the system.