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Omarchy Is Not A Distro

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Re: Omarchy Is Not A Distro

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Post by Aurornis »

terracatta wrote: post #57

Usually these types of articles are written about things that challenge status quos. I remember reading a lot about Ruby on Rails in the same vein "ruby isn't a real language", "rails is just a collection of scripts", and "you can't build real web apps with it." If Omarchy is upsetting the Linux establishment as much as this article implies (unclear if this is just a one-off) then it's probably worth a look!

> If Omarchy is upsetting the Linux establishment as much as this article implies

It’s not upsetting anyone other than people who like to argue about inconsequential things on social media.

I actually don’t think it would be as popular without all of the manufactured drama and controversy around. Some people (like the parent comment) are drawn to the controversy and feeling of rebellion.

I bet 99% of people do not care if you use it or not. The other 1% just like arguing about other people’s personal preferences for some reason.

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Post by magiclaw »

"if you're new to Linux, skip omarchy..." I've been using linux for 20+ years. I used to spend way too much time ricing my system when I was young. I don't have time for that now. I installed Omarchy, and I like it.

"... install a real distribution - not some guy's personal dotfiles." "the entire 'omarchy distribution' amounts to little more than Arch linux" Your own statements contradict each other.

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Post by jaccola »

> apple's hardware lead & overall design philosophy is falling apart

What?? Could someone tell me where I can buy hardware as good as a MBP? Genuinely I’d love this, it would be like Christmas had come early!

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Post by j3s »

jaccola wrote: post #74

> apple's hardware lead & overall design philosophy is falling apart What?? Could someone tell me where I can buy hardware as good as a MBP? Genuinely I’d love this, it would be like Christmas had come early!

https://frame.work/laptop13pro :)

intel panther lake changed the game.

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Post by VladVladikoff »

>if you're new to Linux, skip omarchy and install a real distribution

I am so glad I have LLMs now to help me with Linux problems, gone are the years of putting up with curmudgeonly Linux gate keepers like this on IRC just so I could make progress when I was stuck.

Re: Omarchy Is Not A Distro

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Post by thewebguyd »

poly2it wrote: post #11

It is understandable to be frustrated at a project without technical merit gaining so much traction when, as in the author's words, "longstanding distros like Debian have struggled with funding and sponsorship for decades". However, I do feel the author fails to come up with any conclusion as to why there is such a disparity between interest in traditional distributions and this rice. I agree that it is almost suspic…

> almost suspicious how quickly it has risen to prominence.

I don't think its suspicious at all. I think it filled a long standing need for some subset of current and on-the-fence Linux users of needing and wanting a really opinionated, well put together set of defaults that you don't really get with a vanilla OOTB experience on most distros.

The popularity of the various dotfiles repos proves that enough, Omarchy just turns that into an automated set up script on top of arch while regular dotfiles repos assume you already know how to, or care enough, to figure out how to install hyprland and all the associated utilities (waybar, launcher menu, wallpaper handling, etc).

Plus, generally, most people grew up using either Windows or macOS which are also very opinionated and I'd argue most users don't actually want to form their own workflows, they'd rather have something already put together to adapt into.

Myself included. Albeit I'm a macOS user, but I genuinely don't really have opinions unless something is seriously annoying, I'll change it, but otherwise I'd much prefer a set of good defaults and I'll just learn how to use them. Most of my work isn't using the operating system itself anyway, it's done within software running on it and that's where I'd rather focus my time.

Re: Omarchy Is Not A Distro

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Post by bdcravens »

Seems like the three criteria I'm reading could apply to many other "distros"

1. Based off a common base distro

2. Domain-specific, rather than general-use

3. Includes commercial software

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