I am a dev who started off with Windows as a kid, moved to Mac and then was made to use Windows at work. This has led me down a Linux rabbit hole after speaking to other colleagues.
Recently we were told we can use Linux but if there are any difficulties we are on our own, IT won’t support us. I want something that isn’t going to break and just works, I don’t care about saying "I use arch btw". I also want something fast and of course pleasing to look at.
I came to realise I want a WM as I use the keyboard mainly for switching between applications. I want to see what workspaces I am on and so fourth. I also want something secure and not really risky to run for example if I need to update something or patch something I don’t want everything to burn in a fire. I thought I could u…
I am a dev who started off with Windows as a kid, moved to Mac and then was made to use Windows at work. This has led me down a Linux rabbit hole after speaking to other colleagues.
Recently we were told we can use Linux but if there are any difficulties we are on our own, IT won’t support us. I want something that isn’t going to break and just works, I don’t care about saying "I use arch btw". I also want something fast and of course pleasing to look at.
I came to realise I want a WM as I use the keyboard mainly for switching between applications. I want to see what workspaces I am on and so fourth. I also want something secure and not really risky to run for example if I need to update something or patch something I don’t want everything to burn in a fire. I thought I could use Pop_OS since the latest LTS is being released soon and I ran Omarchy on a mini PC to see what all the fuss was about.
From what I have seen people complain about Omarchy because yes it is "flavoured" from someone else’s workflow (a somewhat controversial figure according to Reddit) and that the user would then not know how to fix anything or learn about the painstakingly difficult setup process of Hyprland or Waybar for example.
In the same breath users coming from Windows or Mac (an already super opinionated and limited in configurable OS in comparison to Linux) would benefit from using Omarchy and then just using that to say run a VM with basic Arch (if they want) and set up Hyprland from scratch there whilst still having a working OS in the meantime.
I am a bit torn on what to use and I know everyone will say "what suits you best is what you should use" and I am not looking for someone to say use A or B.
Is it such a detriment to use a pre-configured "distro" like Omarchy? Because its shiny and new? I really can’t be bothered setting it up from scratch to start with as I have actual work to do. Should I just use Pop_OS with Cosmic DE?
Are the benefits because bluetooth and network are already configured and working?
I need some small guidance or assurance on the best route to go down from those of you who are using Omarchy as a daily driver or looking to use the latest Pop_OS and I know COSMIC and the 24.04 LTS is in Beta but surely I will have less problems than what I do currently with Windows?