Blake Seufert

The majority of the NixOS Moderation Team (5 of 7 of them) has just mass resigned — and are threatening to leave the project entirely if their demands are not met. This appears to be in response to the NixOS Steering Committee (the elected, governing body) attempting to make “moderation fair and respectable” and “address perceptions of political bias” in NixOS moderation. The NixOS Moderation team came to public attention, last year, when they conducted a mass “Purge” of Conservatives and other non-Leftists from the project (people who were referred to, by the Moderation Team, as “Nazis”). The resigned NixOS Moderation team members are demanding that the entire NixOS elected Steering Committee resign immediately, new elections be held, and that the NixOS constitution be modified to make the elected Steering Committee accountable to the non-elected Moderation Team. discourse.nixos.org/t/a-statement-…

The Big Omarchy 2.0 Tour: If you're ready to try something totally different after using a Mac or Windows, this is your invitation to an adventure! omarchy.org

My Omarchy experience: Recently I switched my small PC from Ubuntu to Arch and decided to give Hyprland a try. I’d seen how good it can look, but compared to something like KDE (which basically works out of the box), Hyprland requires a lot more configuration. Since I didn’t want to spend hours tweaking configs just to test it, I went with Omarchy - an opinionated Arch + Hyprland setup by @dhh First impressions of Hyprland? Sleek and minimal - exactly what I was looking for. It took me a bit to get used to the keybinds and tiling compositor but once I did, it felt great - especially if you mostly interact with your system through the keyboard Can’t say the same about Omarchy installation. The “bare” mode comes with a lot of stuff (1Password, obs, zoom ??). Meanwhile, swapping out essentials like browser or terminal isn’t straightforward. Sure, you can swap Alacritty terminal with another, but Omarchy comes with many scripts that rely on Alacritty or Chromium. Is Omarchy bad? No, not at all. I think it’s the best and easiest way to try Hyprland. It looks great, has solid keybinds, and puts a strong focus on security (full disk encryption) But here’s the catch: Arch is all about “do it yourself”. Normally, after installation you get bare system - no apps, no desktop, not even internet. You configure everything yourself and, and that’s where a lot of learning takes place. Omarchy skips that part by being “omakase” (chef’s choice) remix of Arch giving us fully a fully configured system with one command. That’s awesome for convenience, but it takes away the “Arch experience”. Omarchy feels like it’s stuck in the middle. It’s too opinionated for experienced Arch users, and too complex and fragile for beginners. - If you’re new to Linux, Omarchy gives you the shiny setup but hides the complexity under the rug. The moment you want to change something you hit walls because so much is hardcoded. - If you’re an experienced Arch user, Omarchy feels restrictive and time-consuming. Switching terminal shouldn’t break apps. - The preinstalled apps are a weird choice. Why bundle Zoom or OBS in a “bare” install? It feels bloated in places where Arch + Hyprland is supposed to be lean. So instead of being the best of both worlds, Omarchy ends up being a compromise: convenient at first, but annoying once you actually want to make it yours. Want to try Hyprland for the first time (new Arch users or experienced) - try Omarchy, it’s a great starting point. Want something that just works with no surprises or bloatware? KDE Plasma is your friend. Want to give Hyprland a proper try? Configure it yourself