Can someone explain why I (a relatively Linux-naive engineer) would use Omarchy over Ubuntu or other popular distros? I'd like to take a look, but i'm having the hardest time understanding the value proposition.
In my opinion, you wouldnt. You might sooner pick up a distro like Arch (which is what Omarchy uses; it is not a distro in itself) if you want to imperatively manage everything, or NixOS with basic hyprland or Plasma or COSMIC config, etc., and then you can declaratively handle your dots and config.
Either of these routes would teach you more about Linux and give you the ability to build a simple desktop for your needs.
Your solution applies to people who want to tinker for the sake of tinkering. Not to the people/engineers who want to get stuff done, easily and efficiently.
For Arch, I would agree. Things break in mysterious ways and you may spend days tinkering to get a stable system. NixOS is entirely different. Once you get it working how you want, its set and forget. There are tons of simple set ups like this out there, often relying on some combo of WM + "Desktop shell" (noctalia, caelestia, etc) or simply using a fully baked DE. Using something like that cuts out the tinkering and lets you start on whatever work you are doing right away.
It’s Ruby on Rails in the world of distros. If you find other distros tasteless and unpolished, you may want to try Omarchy. At least that’s how I see it (I find most Linux distros and development frameworks tasteless and unpolished).
- Currently an engineering manager at a FAANG, but looking to get out sometime soon. I'm curious about what else is out there, so open to many different company sizes, verticals, etc.
By all means use Django if you specifically want to work in python but otherwise if you really want a Rails-esque framework why not just use full stack Rails?
You get much out of the box with Rails 8 now like deployment, caching, job queue, Hotwire, Turbo Frames and mobile.
I'm wondering if there is another significant variable here. I'd assume there that most of the other countries on the list would also have kids that have youtube and and increased screen times for kids.
Sure - but imagine someone doesn't have your drive or experiences of studying being an opportunity climb upwards. IMO, individuals that are lacking your desire + intentionality would benefit from this.
Sometimes, the lack of drive is because it's not something you really want to do.
Caveat: while not super common, in my case the "not having the drive despite being x/y/z good traits" just turned out to be undiagnosed ADHD. Dopamine is strongly linked with willingness to do tasks and is affected in ADHD. Of course this isn't the case for everybody, but if you/someone is chronically late/procrastinates, is very unorganized/messy, struggles to finish tasks etc - it's worth googling executive dysfunction at the very least, and then perhaps talking with your doctor.
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I tried to find similar distances to compare, but it might have been better like you suggested to compare around similar times. One other thing is that the conditions in an indoor velodrome are pretty ideal vs being in the water, although you also can get currents and wind (although records cannot be certified unless winds are below some threshold I believe)
Anecdotally, my whole family has them for digital reading/browsing without the clunkiness of a laptop or the small screen of a phone. Mind you, iPad power users in my family are children or elderly folks who otherwise wouldn't be using a computer.
