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63 points theYipster | 6 comments | 15 Sep 25 05:13 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom

An install script to create a strong and stable blend of Omarchy on top of CachyOS. You must install CachyOS first (please read the README file.)

Feedback and contributions welcome!

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unixhero ◴[15 Sep 25 11:13 UTC] No.45248338[source]▶
But why is this necessary? Isn't Omarchy the opinionated setup... and that is all you need?

The README on this github link does not explain to me why this is necessary, or why someone is doing it.

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alias_neo ◴[15 Sep 25 12:27 UTC] No.45248859[source]▶
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.

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1. theshrike79 ◴[15 Sep 25 12:39 UTC] No.45248948[source]▶
Omarchy is an “opinionated” Arch distro by dhh of Ruby on Rails and Basecamp/Hey fame
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2. isr ◴[15 Sep 25 16:27 UTC] No.45251676[source]▶
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"

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3. unixhero ◴[15 Sep 25 20:14 UTC] No.45254403[source]▶
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.
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4. isr ◴[16 Sep 25 05:27 UTC] No.45258344{3}[source]▶
That's essentially what it is. They don't really pretend otherwise. The iso is a convenience for 1 stop installs.
5. alias_neo ◴[16 Sep 25 08:53 UTC] No.45259753[source]▶
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).

6. theshrike79 ◴[17 Sep 25 05:54 UTC] No.45272247{3}[source]▶
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.