But why is this necessary? Isn't Omarchy the opinionated setup... and that is al...

alias_neo · 2025-09-15T12:27:10 1757939230

It should probably start with WTF is Omarchy.

I recently moved my gaming desktop to CachyOS from Manjaro, but I have no idea what Omarchy is or whether or not I want it, and there's not a single link in the README.

Guess I'll go look it up.

theshrike79 · 2025-09-15T12:39:23 1757939963

Omarchy is an “opinionated” Arch distro by dhh of Ruby on Rails and Basecamp/Hey fame

alias_neo · 2025-09-16T08:53:04 1758012784

Ah, thanks for explaining (and the rest of the thread for clearing up the "not a distro" part).

Kinda reminds me of some of the NixOS configs I created to pre-configure workstations for me when I was tinkering with NixOS, a "desktop configuration in a bottle" sort of thing.

Makes sense for Arch I think since a lot of the time getting it ready for your task is a often more than "just install the package you need" as it is on other distros; the main reason I switched to Arch distros when I lost the energy to configure it myself for each new piece of hardware (laptops with media keys especially).

isr · 2025-09-15T16:27:52 1757953672

Its not really a distro, nor does it pretend to be. What it really is, is an Arch Linux install, with a preconfigured set of apps & workflow, and a set of tools to easily allow the user to customise to their preferences - within the confines of the original config/workflow.

Basically, it's a "curated Arch linux"

unixhero · 2025-09-15T20:14:46 1757967286

So it could just be some files and a bash script or maybe better, an Ansible recipe??? Sorry for being reductionist but its late and I'm out of beer.

isr · 2025-09-16T05:27:53 1758000473

That's essentially what it is. They don't really pretend otherwise. The iso is a convenience for 1 stop installs.

theshrike79 · 2025-09-17T05:54:42 1758088482

Aren't most distros like that when you really dig down into it?

The bash scripts just get fancier over time, but that's it.