maybe i should build something like omarchy that isn't, you know, omarchy

a lot of people do not understand what omarchy actually *is* and why it is making progress where traditional distributions have failed.

they focus on the fact that omarchy *is* a vanity distro, that it is basically a collection of configuration files and some shell scripts gluing them together.

and omarchy is that.

but omarchy is also marketing and devrel, and a consolidation of the linux experience into a product format.

in fact, that is most of what omarchy actually *is*.

building a technical community that understands & executes on these things would be the goal of what i propose building

in essence omarchy is a mechanism to take linux and turn it into a product, in the same way that macOS takes darwin and turns it into a product.

traditional linux distributions, by comparison, aren't defined products, they are work output from technical communities, and the design of them is approached from that philosophy.

somebody has already suggested that we should build this on Nix or whatever.

and like, you're just not getting the point.

the package management? flatpak.

managing software needs to be obvious. package managers ain't it.

on mac, you install apps from either the app store or by dragging them to the applications folder.

this thread is not an invite to tell me about your favorite linux distro and why you think it defeats my thesis.

it doesn't.

and certainly omarchy doesn't meet the thesis.

omarchy is basically the grifter aliexpress version of the thesis

given this, such a distribution should be focused on three major things

1. a cohesive design aesthetic

2. providing just enough substrate to boot flatpak apps

3. integrating servo into the desktop environment for "web apps"

in the most extreme interpretation, the desktop *itself* is a flatpak app

but i am not actually sure if that is possible atm

anyway i am muting this thread, i'll update folks on whether i decide to move forward on this after alpineconf