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Comment by Kiro | Hacker News Reader

Bad advice considering the success Omarchy has had in marketing it. Whatever they're doing other distros should take note.

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Is there any evidence of people actually using it?

Yeah I switched to Linux full time at home last year and never even heard of this distro in doing any research about it.

I heard about it but since I also heard it was built by a white supremacist, I'd rather use one that is made by decent people, especially when the added value is only a preconfigured hyprland desktop.

So good marketing? Hell no.

It has smooth graphics but an unfortunate tendency to annex the Sudetenland. 2 stars.

> I heard about it but since I also heard it was built by a white supremacist

As much as i don't like DHH and think many of his takes are quite stupid. A white supremacist he is not.

If it walks like a duck...

I'm a Linux user and this is the very first time I hear this name. Data set of one, which says don't base your marketing on that.

I mean, I'm an everyday Linux user and half the content I consume daily is about the Linux/FOSS world and today is my first time hearing of it. And all the information I have about it is from replies to my comment, because its website doesn't actually offer any details. Genius marketing.

It's by the same guy who started a Rails conference because he was kicked out of a different Rails conference, so that he wouldn't be kicked out of this one.

The same guy who also happens to be the creator of Rails.

Imagine being so bad you get kicked out of the thing you created. A Notch situation.

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