--- title: Day 2 with Omarchy turned into something bigger than... description: A developer documents day two of migrating from Fedora to Omarchy, a keyboard-driven Arch-based Linux distribution, by building a personal CLI tool called JL... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/day-2-with-omarchy-turned-into-something-bigger-than-configuring-a-new-linux-installation--u2qnmxx3t twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Day 2 with Omarchy turned into something bigger than configuring a new Linux installation. | daily.dev og:description: A developer documents day two of migrating from Fedora to Omarchy, a keyboard-driven Arch-based Linux distribution, by building a personal CLI tool called JL... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/day-2-with-omarchy-turned-into-something-bigger-than-configuring-a-new-linux-installation--u2qnmxx3t og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/u2qnmxx3t.png og:image:alt: Day 2 with Omarchy turned into something bigger than configuring a new Linux installation. og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Day 2 with Omarchy turned into something bigger than configuring a new Linux installation. **[John Liter](https://daily.dev/sources/yhf9cpdgtqetokv6d8qhm)** · [@jliter85](https://daily.dev/jliter85) · 17 upvotes · 13 comments ## Summary A developer documents day two of migrating from Fedora to Omarchy, a keyboard-driven Arch-based Linux distribution, by building a personal CLI tool called JL Workstation. The tool gained project-awareness, a 'doctor' diagnostic command that caught a dispatcher typo, an 18-test self-test suite, safer .env detection, and SSH/dependency checks. The author frames Omarchy as a foundation rather than a finished workflow, with reproducibility as the emerging long-term goal via a planned install script. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@abims** · 10 upvotes > yet another useless garbage article with Omarchy in its name **@enzon3** · 6 upvotes > Interesting command line tool, but I'm not sure of the real advantage of using it WITH omarchy rather than going with a more mature distro like Arch, NixOS, Fedora even, Debian, or any derivative of those but not limited to them. Especially considering how easy (with the exception of NixOS) it is to install & use them with even a bit of technical knowledge, I don't necessarily understand what the hype is around what is basically dotfiles for Arch. Nonetheless, I like what you are doing with the CLI tool though. **@bob72** · 1 upvotes > Using word "Omarchy" and "Arch-based" here does not make any sense, only if you use it for hype. > > Content is also not useful. Computer always was a developer tool. Author's workflow described there makes me think you he never developed any software beyond basic things. So he is trying to re-invent the world. **@pboling** · 1 upvotes > Too many people do not realize that Omarchy is a DHH product, and DHH is a notorious right wing ideologue who has called for the ethnic cleansing of Europe. > > Do not touch this with your life if your morals matter to you! **@raithlin** · 1 upvotes > Ideological principles aside, I moved from Fedora to Omarchy about 3 weeks ago. I dual booted initially, giving v4 a try, and found I liked it so much I wiped Fedora to reclaim the space. > > Yes, it's different. Yes, DHH says some weird/controversial things. He also created a really good distro (yes, it's a distro now, with its own repos) that, once you get to grips with the shortcuts, is really productive. I play games on it, I develop on it, and I write on it - and yes, the built-in AI (I use ChatGPT) is really helpful when you have a problem you need to fix. > > It's not for everyone, but it... ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Governing Security in the Age of Infinite Signal](https://daily.dev/posts/governing-security-in-the-age-of-infinite-signal-qhihbir44) · Snyk · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [No one has a good plan for how AI companies should work with the government](https://daily.dev/posts/no-one-has-a-good-plan-for-how-ai-companies-should-work-with-the-government-nkajqoze1) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 1 comments --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#cli](https://daily.dev/tags/cli), [#dotfiles](https://daily.dev/tags/dotfiles) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/day-2-with-omarchy-turned-into-something-bigger-than-configuring-a-new-linux-installation--u2qnmxx3t) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/day-2-with-omarchy-turned-into-something-bigger-than-configuring-a-new-linux-installation--u2qnmxx3t","headline":"Day 2 with Omarchy turned into something bigger than configuring a new Linux installation.","text":"Shared: Day 2 With Omarchy: Building My Own Linux Development Workstation","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/day-2-with-omarchy-turned-into-something-bigger-than-configuring-a-new-linux-installation--u2qnmxx3t","datePublished":"2026-09-24T04:26:57.822Z","dateModified":"2026-09-24T04:28:03.531Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"John Liter","url":"https://daily.dev/jliter85","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--DQ2HUrO4--/f_auto/v1785100315/avatars/avatar_yHf9cPdgTQEtokv6d8qhM?_a=BAMAMicg0","description":"Retired 20 Year US Army Veteran.\nI Love Coding!\nLearning and then Teaching!","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":11370}},"image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--OHB84bZF--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2010","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":17},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":13}],"sharedContent":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/uTVUWLCFM"},"comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"yet another useless garbage article with Omarchy in its name","datePublished":"2026-09-24T17:30:59.855Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/u2qnmxx3t#c-4oid7TEpQ","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"abims","url":"https://daily.dev/abims","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocLsnEHnwWYlC7JkxLiNTlvNJVQUWj2dQhOIqG3vpIpXh-J7xyw=s96-c"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":10}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Interesting command line tool, but I’m not sure of the real advantage of using it WITH omarchy rather than going with a more mature distro like Arch, NixOS, Fedora even, Debian, or any derivative of those but not limited to them. Especially considering how easy (with the exception of NixOS) it is to install & use them with even a bit of technical knowledge, I don’t necessarily understand what the hype is around what is basically dotfiles for Arch. Nonetheless, I like what you are doing with the CLI tool though.","datePublished":"2026-09-24T17:49:03.824Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/u2qnmxx3t#c-FC7uOJnB8","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Liam","url":"https://daily.dev/enzon3","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/37979038?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":6}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Using word “Omarchy” and “Arch-based” here does not make any sense, only if you use it for hype.\nContent is also not useful. Computer always was a developer tool. Author’s workflow described there makes me think you he never developed any software beyond basic things. So he is trying to re-invent the world.","datePublished":"2026-09-24T20:27:33.229Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/u2qnmxx3t#c-7klbRjY94","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Bob","url":"https://daily.dev/bob72","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/193962566?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Too many people do not realize that Omarchy is a DHH product, and DHH is a notorious right wing ideologue who has called for the ethnic cleansing of Europe.\nDo not touch this with your life if your morals matter to you!","datePublished":"2026-09-24T21:47:04.295Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/u2qnmxx3t#c-CVMpA7e3b","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Peter Boling","url":"https://daily.dev/pboling","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/19505?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Ideological principles aside, I moved from Fedora to Omarchy about 3 weeks ago. I dual booted initially, giving v4 a try, and found I liked it so much I wiped Fedora to reclaim the space.\nYes, it’s different. Yes, DHH says some weird/controversial things. He also created a really good distro (yes, it’s a distro now, with its own repos) that, once you get to grips with the shortcuts, is really productive. I play games on it, I develop on it, and I write on it - and yes, the built-in AI (I use ChatGPT) is really helpful when you have a problem you need to fix.\nIt’s not for everyone, but it works for me, and apparently for the author. To the haters: don’t knock it until you’ve tried it.\n@jliter85 I’ll hae to take a look at building something similar. I’ll get to it after I finish my open source app and the book I’m writing. 🙈","datePublished":"2026-09-25T18:15:01.052Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/u2qnmxx3t#c-9g1YrwkXd","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Stephen Metcalfe","url":"https://daily.dev/raithlin","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s---cnC5tSK--/f_auto/v1790357948/avatars/avatar_JOHh169mT4i4FpObBO5MT?_a=BAMAMicg0"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}}],"isPartOf":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/yhf9cpdgtqetokv6d8qhm","name":"John Liter"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"John Liter","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/yhf9cpdgtqetokv6d8qhm"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Day 2 with Omarchy turned into something bigger than configuring a new Linux installation."}]} ```