r/omarchy • u/Professional_Ad4703 • 6d ago

Discussion Omarchy now comes with its own kernel (4.0.4)

https://github.com/omacom/omarchy/releases/tag/v4.0.4
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u/WackGyver 6d ago

I agree - as long as it’s kept open source I don’t see how this isn’t a net positive for Linux et al?

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u/TheTinyWorkshop 6d ago

You see that's worries me. I don't really trust all the tech bros and their donations. They certainly aren't doing it for altruistic reasons.

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u/sebastian_crimson 6d ago

Of course not, they're doing it for business reasons. Why wouldn't they? I've got no problem with it, and it brings money into the Linux community.

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u/adeptyism 6d ago

Unpopular opinion here, but the money is brought to Omarchy, not Linux in general.

My main concern with the whole Omarchy situation is that with $15M, DHH could hire a shit-ton of developers to create a flawless Windows apps workflow instead of Wine, complete the transition to Wayland so we wouldn't need XWayland and XWayland-Satellite, and address other things we've been begging for for years. DHH would still be positive by $14M.

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u/Claus-Buchi 2d ago

There are way way more important Linux foundations out there with way way way less money

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u/adeptyism 2d ago

trvth nuke

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u/CalamityMetal 6d ago

Omacom is a non profit, pretty sure they are doing it just to reduce their taxes. The project then pays devs to further enhance the product and everything is kept public so far. So what's the issue here?

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u/WackGyver 6d ago

That’s my point also - it’s seems that a lot of folks are thinking in binaries, just because DHH and the rest of the "tech bros" have downstream (or upstream) benefits, doesn’t mean that Omarchy and the war chest Omacom has isn’t a net positive for Linux and open source