Yeah.. that's old news man. This is fresh. They discussed it on LINUX Unplugged 622: Omarchy Hits Different and that's what prompted me to share it. I've been kinda tuned out to social media for the last bit and while I was aware of this I didn't realize how much response it was getting.

On the podcast they talk about how maybe the Linux community has been going about attracting new users all wrong. The approach has been for the most part to try to copy Windows and MacOS UI patterns to make it easy to switch. That's not what this.

This is a desktop environment that is very different from MacOS and Windows. A tiling window manager and a keyboard driven UI. It kinda makes sense to go a different direction vs copying. Why would I want a less polished MacOS or Windows?

Instead build something different. Do something that is opinionated in a different direction but is good for devs. I think that's what we have here. That's what my setup is.

What makes Linux so hard is that the world is your oyster. But it's either a blank canvas like Arch is, or its all set up like Gnome or KDE and is like an uncanny valley OS. Tiling window managers like Hyperland are great but if you don't know what you want they are daunting. DHH has opinions and he applied them here to make a system that works for him.

I love seeing it. Its not for me but its what a lot of people might need to get them over the hump.

I think sometimes you need an outsider of a community to get new people into it. The open source purists and privacy people all know about Linux. But DHH is pushing this as a better workflow. A better system to build software on.

I think this may be how bitcoin adoption grows. Not from insiders and old timers like us. But someone from the outside with an itch to scratch. They have credibility with people and bring new people in for "reasons" we might not share. Seems very likely to me that we see this over the next 5-10 years in bitcoin.

I love watching this stuff play out. Grab the popcorn.

I was not impressed by his Ubuntu setup. Mostly because it was using Gnome and he clearly wanted to go full tiling manager with it. I am however impressed with DHH and his desire to share vs. keep stuff to himself. He's a sharp guy and has a great eye for product design. Love seeing him nerd out on Linux.