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202 sats \ 6 replies \ @justin_shocknet 3h \ on: Omarchy - v3: Should I switch from Ubuntu? tech
It's just applying his workspace preferences in script form on an underlying Arch Linux install, most of it being keyboard shortcuts, alternative cli tools, and a minimalist window manager...
I like DHH, but the hype seems to me like personality cult / current-thing'ism
If you were comfortable with obscure keyboard shortcuts, cli tools, and a minimalist wm, you'd not identify as techno-ignorant and have your own preferences already.
Might be able to learn from tinkering with it in a VM, but your odds of keeping it as a daily driver are extremely low. I may fire it up myself just to see if there's anything I may want to adopt into my own config, I'm particularly curious about hyperland, but someone elite with this stuff like he is going to have a workspace incompatible to the needs of someone just shopping UX because they feel homeless in linux.
My go-to recco for Linux given the path of least resistance is Kubuntu (It's a tragedy that Ubuntu ships Gnome instead, probably loses a lot of people)
I also second @optimism that Arch is not a serious distribution for productivity.
thanks! the current-thing-ism charge rings true. I'll have a look at Kubuntu.
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Good video from fireship on what's in omarchy just to save yourself a tinker
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I agree, but this is how most devs operate. Especially MacOS devs. So the great side of this is DHH exposing people to what is possible in an OS that isn't controlled by a top down corporation.
As a long time Linux user I'm not interested but DHH showed what is possible with a highly opinionated set up based on his preferences. MANY have done this before but he is more prominent. I think it will stick. More people will be on Linux and I think that's a win.
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Exactly!!
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Honestly I think that being able to get people excited on an oss OS is a good thing. Marketing is part of it. If this guy was able to market a simple config package so successfully that now everyone wants to try this flavored Arch distro, with many actually finding it useful, and even pretty, then it's a feat I bow to, for it will do nothing but nourish the ecosystem we love.
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Yea it's all well and good if it gets people to at least try Linux again, could be an interesting trend if more people start bundling their prefs and that results in a bunch of bespoke psuedo-distros that collectively discover new user patterns or increase visibility to lesser known software.
My point is that this specifically isn't going to stick with casuals, its not some revolutionary UX, and the hype is typical hipster psychology, they'll be onto the next current-thing probably by the time I finish this sentence.
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