Reddit Linux bros explaining how a collection of bash scripts which arbitrarily install software in official arch repository instead via random curl | sh scripts or third party package managers is the first ever Linux distribution to work out of the box!!

You know I thought omorachy was just an arch installer with some dot files that was being boosted for political reasons but it’s even worse.

DHH decided that rather then using Pacman instead updates and software install is done via system d controlled bash scripts. Like random programs are installed with different package mangers and some are called via shell scripts pulling binaries.

How can anyone recommend this to beginners?

It’s the peak meme of saving you 10 minutes installing libreoffice and chromium so you can spend hours when the arbitrary ai slop bash scripts fuck up. I’ve never been a fan of these “Linux for noobs” distros like Ubuntu, bazzite, nobara, cachyos etc since they tend to just simplify the easy stuff and then you run into more difficult problems like the team being too small to regularly provide updates from upstream or being so opinionated that attempts at customization break, but this is like next level bad.

@KaiserKitty finally, systemd package manager

@KaiserKitty that doesn't sound like it has proper dependency resolution? Or did they implement that in fucking bash

@snacks systemctl-pip install pandoc.

@KaiserKitty
> how can anyone recommend this to beginners

because it doesn't look like shit and has the stuff installed that people want

@lain just install your basic apps. I promise you installing chromium via pacman or flathub or dnf or apt is way easier then trying to troubleshoot endless bash scripts.

If you really really want a shit ton of installed software then just use opensuse. That iso is heavyy.

Some of this is personal opinion since I definitely prefer slightly lighter installs on all os since I prefer to install the software I want so I can make sure it’s the right package format, version etc, but after seeing how omoarchy I just can’t in good faith recommend it to anyone. Like just use cachyos if you want easy configuration arch hyprland because atleast that team doesn’t ship every new release with sever input validation bugs in vibe coded bash.

@snacks @KaiserKitty ever heard of systemd-sysext

@lain @KaiserKitty hyprland? yea no lmao

@KaiserKitty This is the retard who's managed to grift a bunch of money from tech companies??

@scathach average dhh fan. It’s clear they are funding this since DHH is peak “open source is epic as it means nerds to work for free for me” type of Linux evangelist

@scathach @KaiserKitty its not grift as much as a rich techoids vanity project, whose using this farm his status and ego. The 8 million is just pennies from his sillicon valley butbuddies

@lain @KaiserKitty just use fedora mang

@fiore @KaiserKitty @lain

I think hyprland is kind of cool if you have no morals. I tried it out a number of years ago and it sort of worked and was kind of pretty.

Now I use Sway and it works phenomenally.

@nieuemma @KaiserKitty @lain its just badly designed software ngl

@fiore @nieuemma @lain I just don’t like twm. I’ve played around with dxm on alpine and it’s nice and light but I don’t care tbh

@KaiserKitty @fiore @lain I am pleased that we are able to choose what we prefer!