#omarchy
16 posts
2026 - October
1 post2026 - May
2 posts2026 - April
1 post2026 - January
2 posts2025 - September
9 posts- Omarchy 2.0 - LazyVim Basics
- Omarchy 2.0 - Recommended for Beginners?
- Omarchy 2.0 - Install with the Omarchy ISO
- Omarchy 2.0 - Bitwarden Self-Hosted / VaultWarden
- Omarchy 2.0 - Understanding SSH and Yubikeys
- Omarchy 2.0 - TUIs (Terminal User Interface Apps)
- Omarchy 2.0 - Mise for Organizing Development Environments
- Omarchy 2.0 - LazyVim - LazyExtras
- Omarchy 2.0 - ZSH Configs
2025 - August
1 post2026 - October
1 postLinux users: always choose BTRFS, not EXT4
Sequel to the NAS disaster article: filesystem choice is a life-or-death decision for your data. The history of ext4 and btrfs, snapshots, subvolumes, reflink deduplication, corruption protection, compression measured in real GB (630 GB free on 2.2 TB), ZFS vs btrfs on NAS, snapshot boot recovery with Limine and MicroOS, and storage hygiene in the AI coding era: Rust, Docker, model caches, agent worktrees and how to automate cleanup.
2026 - May
2 postsI Built a Waybar Widget for Omarchy to Monitor LLM Plan Usage: ai-usagebar
ai-usagebar, a Rust port of claudebar, brings Claude, Codex, Z.AI, and OpenRouter into a Waybar widget or standalone TUI that works in any terminal, including over SSH.
NW-Omarchy: Bringing Omarchy to X11 with XLibre
I built NW-Omarchy as an X11 session alongside Omarchy, using XLibre, bspwm, and equivalents to preserve themes and 70-plus shortcuts. HDR and fractional scaling stay in Hyprland.
2026 - April
1 postOmarchy on the Thinkpad T14 Gen 6: Mini-Review and Full Setup
I installed Omarchy on a ThinkPad T14 Gen 6 and turned the laptop into a Linux companion for SSH, Claude Code, and NAS. The screen feels dated, but ports, durability, and support make up for it.
2026 - January
2 postsOmarchy 3: Dual GPU Setup with AMD and NVIDIA
How I configured Hyprland on Omarchy to use an AMD iGPU as primary and offload 3D apps to an NVIDIA RTX 5090 via Prime.
Omarchy 3 - One of the Best Coding Agents Out There: Crush
I used Crush with Claude Opus 4.5 on a Hugo blog and a Zig chat using llama.cpp, CUDA, and Qwen3. It refactored scripts, updated APIs, fixed a segmentation fault, and delivered a working binary for nearly $8.
2025 - September
9 postsOmarchy 2.0 - LazyVim Basics
A hands-on introduction to LazyVim for people coming from VS Code or Sublime Text, covering the essential Vim navigation, editing, and block commands to get productive fast.
Omarchy 2.0 - Recommended for Beginners?
Why Omarchy is my daily driver, why there is no such thing as a "distro for beginners", and how to use Ventoy and Distrobox to test distros yourself instead of outsourcing your decisions.
Omarchy 2.0 - Install with the Omarchy ISO
Why the official Omarchy ISO is the easiest way to install Omarchy, with LUKS encryption, Limine+Snapper rollback, and Hyprland+UWSM auto-login out of the box.
Omarchy 2.0 - Bitwarden Self-Hosted / VaultWarden
Self-hosting a Bitwarden-compatible password manager with VaultWarden on a home server, routed through a Cloudflare tunnel, with 2FA via Aegis.
Omarchy 2.0 - Understanding SSH and Yubikeys
A practical guide to SSH keys, Yubikey 5 hardware-backed keys, and ssh-agent on Arch Linux and Omarchy.
Omarchy 2.0 - TUIs (Terminal User Interface Apps)
Why TUIs deserve a spot on your desktop in 2025, plus a tour of my favorite terminal apps and how Omarchy makes them feel native.
Omarchy 2.0 - Mise for Organizing Development Environments
How to use Mise on Omarchy (or any Linux distro) to pin language versions per project and stop breaking your apps on every system update.
Omarchy 2.0 - LazyVim - LazyExtras
A practical walkthrough of LazyVim and the :LazyExtras command that ships pre-installed with Omarchy, covering the basic hotkeys and how to enable language support.
Omarchy 2.0 - ZSH Configs
How I swapped Omarchy's default Bash for ZSH and wired up Atuin, Starship, secrets, and handy aliases to match my workflow.
2025 - August
1 postInstalling Omarchy 2.0 from Scratch - Personal Notes
My personal notes walking through a clean install of Arch Linux with Omarchy 2.0, covering BTRFS, Timeshift snapshots, separate HOME, NFS, and Hyprland customization.