O-meh-rchy

For some time now, I’ve had Omarchy installed on an old notebook I mainly use for evening deep work on my home Proxmox VE, my websites, Rustlings exercises to learn Rust, and some experiments with environments I’m unfamiliar with, like N8N and Gitea.

Almost immediately, Omarchy impressed me with its fresh, modern look, but at the same time, some bugs—though minor—started to bother me.

While searching for a solution to one of these issues, I stumbled upon this post from a site I didn’t know but have come to appreciate.

In the post, the author harshly and realistically dismantles the hype around this Arch repackaging, highlighting what even a cursory examination of some of the OS’s core components reveals: odd, insecure, and unstable configurations, an excessive focus on aesthetics, and numerous preinstalled bloatware.

This made me reconsider Omarchy and how I use it.
Do I really need a system that looks nice but is fundamentally insecure?
So, I’m now thinking of switching to a more secure alternative, especially since I’m in a phase of hardening both my work network and my home IT setup.