Its time to let go of Ubuntu and Manjaro as meme distros. Omarchy is the new meme.
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Honestly it's not even worth ridiculing, just forget it already
Easier than said, if it gets this much attention, recommendation and money support. We should not ignore it, but tell people (like the linked post). So they can make an informed decision.
Why is Ubuntu a meme distro?
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I use the word "meme" very lightly here, which is a mixture of hate, second-hand embarrassment, making fun of the distro and its users and so on. For the issues it had in the past and being no longer trustworthy for many. Also people meme about Ubuntu for the Snaps, and the focus on Rust (I personally like Rust...), being best friend with Microsoft and so on.
I wouldn't take that statement too seriously, some people really like to gatekeep. The simple fact is that Ubuntu has done a lot to make Linux more accessible to a lot of people who otherwise would still be using another OS. That also makes it an easy target for ridicule.
Having said that, they also made a lot of unpopular decisions, especially amongst Linux purists.
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This isn't limited to Omarchy. It's part of the way Docker works.
Do other distros default to placing your user in the docker group though? That's the issue here.
That I'm not sure about. It's part of the official install docs for docker, though there is a big scary warning saying that that group gives you root permissions. Either way, I place the fault on docker more than Omarchy directly since it's a group that gets automatically when you install it on any distro.
The fault isn't with docker though, they don't add your user to the docker group, it's an optional step the user needs to take.
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