Omarchy, a preconfigured Arch Linux setup packaged as a distro that ships with a Hyprland tiling window manager and a curated set of defaults and developer tools, has announced the release of version 3.3.
One important note for existing users is that upgrading to 3.3 may temporarily surface Hyprland configuration errors during the update process. These are expected to disappear after the update completes and the system is restarted. However, users who maintain custom window rules or layer rules will need to migrate them to Hyprland’s new syntax, as older rule formats are no longer compatible
If you use omarchy, you have bad taste.
What does ‘arch-based’ mean? Isn’t it just arch with some scripts with aliases and some tools preinstalled?
Yes, “some” scripts. Omarchy goes from nothing to fully installed faster than you can read the install instructions for arch. It took me 20 minutes from visiting the website to having a completed install. It’s the easiest and fastest linux install I’ve seen.
Give it a try. It doesn’t support dual boot, so have a free drive available.
I just managed to find a post about it, you should probably read it before you go any deeper using omarchy: https://マリウス.com/a-word-on-omarchy/
Why is this thing so popular? Do people just love faschtech?
I comes preconfigured with excellent noob friendly documentation.
It also installs in like 10 minutes.
Plus it comes with software with steep learning curve (Neovim, Hyprland, etc.), that is also popular among the “gatekeeper” types.
It comes with Lazyvim installed, the friendliest way to approach vi for noobs. The hyprland configuration is very polished as well.
It’s an anti-gatekeeper distro. Using difficult to use software, but packaging them in a way a noob can actually it. The included help and documentation is remarkeably good.
Good marketing or influencers perhaps? I’m not sure but I’ve been wondering myself.
It’s also created by a racist, bigoted piece of shit
