DHH is seeing the light …
Need to try Hyprland …
Opening apps as floating windows
For temporary apps, like password managers, it makes sense to open them as floating windows. Below, I configure pwsafe to open in a floating window on the left side of the screen:
looknfeel.conf
# Window rules
# https://wiki.hyprland.org/Configuring/Window-Rules/
windowrulev2 = float, class:(pwsafe)
windowrulev2 = size 800 900, class:(pwsafe)
windowrulev2 = move 0 0, class:(pwsafe)
Floating windows are always on top of tiled windows, so this encourages you to clean up (close) temporary apps like password managers.
BTW, Claude Code seems pretty good at configuring Hyprland …
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Disable auto login
Omarchy automatically logs in. To disable this:
sudo systemctl disable omarchy-seamless-login
This allowed me to run sddm so I can switch between KDE and Omarchy.
Omarchy somehow disables the getty on tty1, which was very confusing until I figured this out – I thought my boot had hung.
My Omarchy state seems somewhat degraded right now – the app menu does not work, etc. I’m getting less sure this is the right solution for me long-term. Just starting with Hyprland and customizing may be a better approach for most experienced Linux users. Generally, the further you get from defaults, the more fragile a system becomes, and Omarchy strays pretty far.
Pac-Man effect
So Omarchy configures your pacman to look like this:
It is apparently enabled by adding ILoveCandy to /etc/pacman.conf:
Another thing you didn’t know you needed …
yeah I have been using ILoveCandy plugin on arch for many years 
retro gamers love it
Omarchy Quattro
- Entire desktop shell rebuilt in Quickshell
- Unified bar, launcher, notifications, lock screen, menus, OSDs, and control panels
- New settings/control panels for audio, Bluetooth, Wi‑Fi, displays, and power
- Built-in clipboard manager, emoji picker, notification history, and Do Not Disturb
- Better performance through event-driven status/system updates instead of frequent polling
- First-class AI coding-agent support, including Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Gemini, Copilot, and others
- AI usage/status widget in the desktop bar
- Crash monitoring that can send coredump diagnostics to the selected AI agent
- Switched Wi‑Fi backend to NetworkManager
- Improved networking UI: 802.1X support, QR Wi‑Fi sharing, traffic stats, speed/ping tests, and custom DNS
- Dual-boot support and a factory/preparation workflow for handing a machine to another user
- Factory snapshot plus “Reset Computer” capability for fresh installs
- Defaults to btrfs as default file system with snapshots.
- Smaller ISO and reportedly faster installations
- Foot set as the default terminal
- New bundled utilities: Omawrite (Markdown), Omacut (video trimming), and Omacalc
- Updated Hyprland configuration structure, including Lua-oriented bindings/monitor configuration for newer Hyprland compatibility.
- Omarchy 4.0 moves the normal installation from a mutable Git checkout in your home directory to versioned pacman packages from the Omarchy repository. The practical goal is to make upgrades predictable: Omarchy-managed files update as packages, while your customizations live in designated config/extension locations instead of becoming uncommitted changes that interfere with Git pulls.
Videos
Omacom Foundation
Money will be used for:
- Funding developers implementing critical subsystems (including Vaxry) - bulk of the money will go to developers.
- Fund infrastructure for top-tier Linux distro and run it ourselves.
- Market the distro.
See this video at 17:35 for more info on where the money will go:
Arch + Hyperland + Quickshell
DHH describes Omarchy as a combination of Arch + Hyperland + Quickshell.