Omarchy Linux Draws Thousands with AI-Powered Simplicity
The Basecamp founder completed the software through repeated English prompts alone.
Jason Fried posted that he created his first Omarchy plugin and his first solo piece of software using only English conversation with an AI. No code was written by hand. Other posts in the visible conversation note DHH's plans to position Omarchy as a top gaming OS, 13,000 ISO downloads on one Sunday, and Omarchy Quattro reaching third place among active 1Password Linux users within two weeks of launch. Several prominent developers and creators shared interest in trying the distribution.
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Omarchy Linux Draws Thousands with AI-Powered Simplicity
The Basecamp founder completed the software through repeated English prompts alone.
Jason Fried posted that he created his first Omarchy plugin and his first solo piece of software using only English conversation with an AI. No code was written by hand. Other posts in the visible conversation note DHH's plans to position Omarchy as a top gaming OS, 13,000 ISO downloads on one Sunday, and Omarchy Quattro reaching third place among active 1Password Linux users within two weeks of launch. Several prominent developers and creators shared interest in trying the distribution.
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DHH@dhhAnother 13,000 people decided to download the Omarchy ISO yesterday. On a Sunday! Welcome to you all. There's never been a better time to give Linux another chance.
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DH DHH@dhhWe're going to make Omarchy the best damn OS for gamers. So many amazing conversations happening behind the scenes right now to make that happen. And also love seeing this out in the open already! 🤘 https://twitter.com/bonkcity_/status/2094225788987961854
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DH DHH@dhhThis is so crazy! We are growing users so fast that Omarchy is already #1 distro for 1Password on the weekends. https://twitter.com/jmeller/status/2094429848647197145
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DH DHH@dhhThe crazy clown posse is totally crashing out over Omarchy on Bluesquare. I was going to laugh, but again, it's actually just sad. Anyway, back to fixing everything! https://twitter.com/jpschroeder/status/2094494281129918592
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DH DHH@dhhI bought a few domains. We should have Omarchy in every country, every language: http://omarchy.ae, http://omarchy.dk, http://omarchy.fi, http://omarchy.fr, http://omarchy.gr, http://omarchy.hu, http://omarchy.in, http://omarchy.is, http://omarchy.jp, http://omarchy.kr,…
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DH DHH@dhhGorgeous! The talent in the Omarchy community continues to blow me away. We're going to make this the ideal OS for gamers too. So many interesting backroom conversations right now to blow this up huge. https://twitter.com/btsouth/status/2094632491608859132
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