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Explaining Omarchy: Why Apps Involve Packages

tcballard’s Explaining Omarchy walks through apps vs packages vs dependencies, showing how to inspect GIMP’s source, size, and deps without installing.

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dayvsterdev: Their Problem With Omarchy Is What They Like About Arch

@dayvsterdev

dayvsterdev says "I really didn't want to write this post." and "The Linux community already has enough people telling newcomers they're doing it wrong. I didn't want to be another one of them." They add "But my problem with Omarchy is exactly what made me fall in love with Arch in the first place." They link their blog post "My Problem With Omarchy Is What I Like About Arch", which says Omarchy "looks good" but adds "I think its pitch puts too much value on what I can avoid learning and too little on what I could learn to control.", welcomes people for whom Omarchy is how they got to Linux, and makes a case for "taking the next step, getting curious about the system you’ve installed and finding out how much of it you can make your own."

EpistoAI: Omarchy 4 Quality-of-Life Idea, Let the Launcher Show What an App Is

@EpistoAI

EpistoAI posts an "Omarchy 4 quality-of-life idea: let the launcher show what an app is ("File Manager") instead of only its brand name ("Flea"), so anyone using your machine can find things." They say "The shell already reads GenericName, it just hides it in search", linking discussion #14497 on omacom/omarchy and tagging dhh; the still is a launcher with "file" typed, listing "File" ("Trigger › Share") and "Flea" ("Apps").