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
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.
Replying to @ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
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.
Replying to @ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
@ariadne the nix comment is perfect example of putting technology first instead of user first.
You don't even need that many packages to begin with.
Replying to @siwek@social.tooinconsistent.com
@siwek yes, hence "the package management? flatpak"
