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"what the malleable computer of the future looks like" ??? Excuse me? This is just a linux shell script repository. What is the point of having $8m to maintain a shell script?
So this is announcement. I was thinking if it is going to be Omarchy Server edition. But reading the names of all founding members I can see why it is worth the hype. I guess for now most people will be trying Omarchy on their old PC laptops. Especially when new one is expensive. It would be great if there are certain test case or certification to make sure given laptops works with Omarchy. I don't think there has be…
> it is sad to witness the birth of Omarchy is precisely because of Apple macOS, iOS and its software ecosystem. Sad for whom? People that get excited paying $99/year to fund Donald Trump's next golden manufacturing trophy? https://www.theverge.com/news/737757/apple-president-donald-... Apple does not represent the average developer, they hamstrung macOS for petty reasons. There's no NTFS support, no official Vulkan…
So this is announcement. I was thinking if it is going to be Omarchy Server edition. But reading the names of all founding members I can see why it is worth the hype. I guess for now most people will be trying Omarchy on their old PC laptops. Especially when new one is expensive. It would be great if there are certain test case or certification to make sure given laptops works with Omarchy. I don't think there has be…
> On the other hand it is sad to witness the birth of Omarchy is precisely because of Apple macOS, iOS and its software ecosystem. I'm not sad at all, this is great news. I'm only bummed that the install path for Omarchy on Mac isn't easier, but money like this may change that. Apple has been stagnant in this department for years and its high time they faced some thought-leadership competition on OS UX. They brought…
TIL a really good r/unixporn post is worth $8M
The better takeaway is that marketing is important and the technical details, don't always matter as much ( https://xn--gckvb8fzb.com/a-word-on-omarchy/ ) as having a complete package. Similarly to how Apple often packages existing tech into an appealing package for the mass market and there's nothing wrong with that. DHH has the gift that he's both a good technologist, but also a good marketer.
https://omarchy.org/manual/commercial-apps-services/ https://omarchy.org/manual/web-apps/
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> it is sad to witness the birth of Omarchy is precisely because of Apple macOS, iOS and its software ecosystem. Sad for whom? People that get excited paying $99/year to fund Donald Trump's next golden manufacturing trophy? https://www.theverge.com/news/737757/apple-president-donald-... Apple does not represent the average developer, they hamstrung macOS for petty reasons. There's no NTFS support, no official Vulkan…
If you're concerned about Apple's relationship to the Trump administration, it seems a bit odd not to mention DHH has much more discriminatory views and is not afraid to voice them loudly: https://blogs.gnome.org/alatiera/2025/11/06/dhh-and-omarchy-...