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STOP OMARCHY: Boycott Tech's Far-Right Backers
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this post was submitted on 12 Sep 2026
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...The heck happened?
I've been under a rock for a bit.
Explain to me: why is there so much hype (and controversy) around some Hyperland Arch Linux config, within like a month? Is this some astroturfing thing?
Because every linux youtuber and their mom is making a video about it. And when you add buzzwords like "Agentic" and tell everyone that Omarchy is the future and will bring about the YOTLD, normies start flocking to it.
Disclaimer: I only know bits of this story and am missing details.
Creator vibe codes configs, makes a "distro"
Creator says fairly fucked up things online, effectively a "dog whistle" gathering right aligned attention and money- and a quite a lot of it.
Begins hiring similarly minded people, claiming "the money will be spent" on the distro
All of it wreaks of BS.
Yeah. Kinda feels like OpenClaw and a few 'trends' before that.
They bought coverage. There is 0 reasons to use Omarchy over well.. about anything. It's like using Ubuntu despite Mint existing, but they also lack reputation, are evil, have had relatively many vulnerabilities in a short time frame, and have shady backing. I refuse to believe that anyone who promotes Omarchy daily drives it nor does not receive monetary compensation.
Positive polarization: a lot of rich people are donating a lot of money to it, maybe (probably?) because the creator is well-connected and the OS makes lots of references to AI. Negative polarization: The creator has bad opinions, and the OS is very AI-forward.
Probably the digital ocean donation.