maybe i should build something like omarchy that isn't, you know, omarchy
Replying to @ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
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
Replying to @ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
@ariadne A consolidation of the linux experience... to what audience?
I have no interest in pleasing the audience Omarchy is appealing to.
I might have an interest in pleasing the audience your competing product would appeal to, depending on what it is.
Replying to @ska@treehouse.systems
@ska we should want to, because many of the users of omarchy are most likely not fascists, but just want to think of linux as a product, in the same way they think of macOS and Windows as products.
Replying to @ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
@ariadne @ska They most likely are installing it because the YouTubers they watch have done "publicherries" (ads disguised as reviews) of Omarchy. It also appeals to 'for power users' with a gazillion different hotkeys. That is not Linux as a product imho. Not sure if they have more users than Arch for example.
Replying to @PuercoPop@mastodon.social
@ariadne @ska I agree that making a Linux distro more approachable by the everyday person would be a good thing. Omarchy might market itself as such, but its not. f/e it comes with 4+ terminals configured. Its not a focused, opinionated, experience.
ElementaryOS has been working on a desktop experience for regular users for a long time. Maybe with more funds for marketing they could be more successful? idk. ikt marketing is the most important thing to drive adoption.
elementary.io/Replying to @PuercoPop@mastodon.social
@PuercoPop @ska that requires functioning governance in alpine to deliver with any level of confidence. it probably won't be alpine at this point.
Replying to @PuercoPop@mastodon.social
@PuercoPop @ska maybe you should spend some time asking these people why they installed it then.