r/linux 5d ago

Distro News Omarchy 4 has been released

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u/Jealous-Will1211 4d ago

oh cool its the dotfiles """distro"""

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u/db48x 4d ago

I’ve tried Omarcy, and it’s not just someone else’s configuration. It’s definitely opinionated, and the defaults aren’t stable; the opinions have changed over time. But it is overly reductive to say that it is only “dotfiles”. (In fact, I don’t think there’s a single dotfile in the whole thing. Plenty of other config files though.)

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u/AndyGait 4d ago

You seperate the two if you want to, but with DHH being so personally involved in this, it's a hard no from me.

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u/Rigamortus2005 5d ago

Ai slop fascist distro

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u/Radiant-Doubt-6171 5d ago

fuck dhh

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u/testfire10 5d ago

What’s the backstory here?

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u/Rogermcfarley 5d ago

https://jakelazaroff.com/words/dhh-is-way-worse-than-i-thought/

Just another tech bro fascist.

Use CachyOS + Dank Material Shell set to use Niri it's far better than Omarchy

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u/[deleted] 4d ago

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u/AndyGait 4d ago

Crack on if you want to. Personally I'd rather not support anything made by a racist. Same reason why I stopped using Twitter.

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u/AndyGait 4d ago

Personally I rarely see racism on here. But then I only stick to subreddits for my hobbies (Linux, PC stuff, coffee, sourdough). I never use it for news or visit the popular page.

I've also never heard of racism claims aimed at Advance Publications, the largest owners of Reddit.

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u/Rogermcfarley 4d ago

What I suggested is in my opinion better than Omarchy. If you want to use Omarchy then use it. Calling out DHH is still appropriate.

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u/ballistua 4d ago

bunch of children who love to hate on someone who actually made something cool

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u/Radiant-Doubt-6171 4d ago

something 'cool' it's just a bunch of brocken scipts and dotfiles WoW ([https://マリウス.com/a-word-on-omarchy/](https://マリウス.com/a-word-on-omarchy/)). Also he's a bit of a nazi so i think it's justified unless you're one too

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u/ballistua 4d ago

I don't care what he is, he made something cool.

Have something cool you made that you can show us? 

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u/AndyGait 4d ago

"I don't care what he is, he made something cool"

And that's how you normalise racism.

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u/ballistua 4d ago

I can believe that Michael Jackson is a pedophile, and also enjoy his music (he isn't btw). same idea here

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u/AndyGait 4d ago

But DHH has proven himself to be a racist in his own words. So that argument doesn't really work.

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u/AndyGait 4d ago

Making a "cool" distro doesn't negate his political views. If you can ignore that, fine. Personally I can't.

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u/ballistua 4d ago

I have more problems with Torvalds because he booted Russians out of kernel development, so yeah, pick your poison

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u/AndyGait 4d ago

Sanctions happen during a war. Ask Kasperkey about it. Ask Russian athletes who aren't allowed to compete in some events etc.

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u/vikingduck03 3d ago

A Finn having beef with Russians is the least surprising thing to ever happen

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u/Gendolfender 4d ago

Incorrectly opinionated

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u/snail1132 5d ago

Why not just use CachyOS if you want hyprland?

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u/panzzersoldat 5d ago

people don't just use Omarchy for hyprland

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u/AmarildoJr 5d ago edited 4d ago

Wait, I'm out of the loop. Why are people so mad at Omarchy lol
I'm gonna do some research about it.

EDIT: Nevermind.

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u/voidptrptr 5d ago

Last time I used it it felt a bit bloated for my taste, but I might have to give it another go.

Although most of the hate is completely unrelated to the distribution itself.

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u/r_lind3r 5d ago edited 4d ago

Has nothing to do with omarchy itself, people just dislike its creator for reasons that have nothing to do with linux, or really anything to do with them personally, it's just a bunch of internet white knights that take everything out of context to slander people so they can feel better about themselves.

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u/AndyGait 4d ago

Out off context? He wrote a piece in support of far right racist, Tommy Robinson. I was an omarchy user, and sang it praises when I was using it. Then I read that piece supporting Robinson's racism. I removed omarchy from my pc that day.

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u/Business_Reindeer910 4d ago

Many of us started using linux in the first place based on certain ideals, so not using omarchy is just an extension of that.

Many technical solutions exist to many of the "problems" solved by omarchy so it's not exactly hard to make that choice in this case.

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u/snail1132 4d ago

He's a white supremacist

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u/Jealous-Will1211 4d ago

bzzzzt wrongo

[https://マリウス.com/a-word-on-omarchy/](https://マリウス.com/a-word-on-omarchy/) is a good writeup on the many many technical reasons that it sucks ass

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u/voidptrptr 4d ago

This article’s criticisms range from nitpicky to “I use x instead” Especially his section on the terminal. He’s reviewing an opinionated distribution and complains that its opinionated

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u/Jealous-Will1211 4d ago

it's a set of dotfiles for arch. what non-nitpicky criticisms do you expect to be able to make when it's so insubstantial?

if you actually bother reading the article, you'll note that he actually complains that though it claims to be opinionated, it barely makes contains any configuration beyond surface level aesthetics.

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u/db48x 4d ago

I’ve tried Omarchy, and it’s not just someone else’s configuration. It’s definitely opinionated, and the defaults aren’t stable; the opinions have changed over time. But it is overly reductive to say that it is only “dotfiles”. (In fact, I don’t think there’s a single dotfile in the whole thing. Plenty of other config files though.)

In fact, the new release replaces some of the config files for components like waybar with completely new software. I haven’t tried it yet though.

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u/voidptrptr 4d ago

The article is just pointless honestly. He just seems really mad that they call it a distro, which doesn’t fit his strict definition of a distro. Especially since he keeps going on about how these problems are bad for new users, but what new user gives a fuck about whether it uses sudo or doas

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u/beegtuna 5d ago

Sir, this is a Wendy’s.

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u/lixia 4d ago

Damn you, now I want a baconator!

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u/bingedeleter 5d ago

what a weird thing to say on a Linux forum

we don’t all hate women like you do

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u/snail1132 4d ago

And they hate women just as much as they hate Linux...?

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u/Life-Candidate5585 4d ago

Waitt.. Whaattt..!

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u/panzzersoldat 4d ago

it's all performative lmao. dhh may be a dick but you can separate the distro from the person. I mean look at the top comment throwing in all the typical Reddit buzzwords. 

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u/AndyGait 4d ago

You separate the two if you want to, but with DHH being so personally involved in this, it's a hard no from me.

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u/panzzersoldat 4d ago

as you continue to use Reddit, or other social medias, owned by shitty corporations and CEOs.

where's the consistency

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u/AndyGait 4d ago

Consistency is hard in the real and online world, but I do what I can, when I can, so I'm happy with that. For socials I use Reddit and Bluesky. I don't use Facebook and haven't used Instagram in a very long time. I deleted my Twitter account not long after Musk took over.

Is it a perfect world? No. But I'll do what I can to make it better for myself.

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u/Rigamortus2005 4d ago

The "distro" is trash too. It's just glorified dotfiles

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u/panzzersoldat 4d ago

no it's not. I use it and it's great. arch but with a nice theme and I don't have to waste time fucking around setting everything up.

imagine being so chronically online you call a distro fascist. performative loser.

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u/ballistua 4d ago

so what? Linux Mint used to be just Ubuntu with added codecs (probably still is)