For those here that are old enough to remember Knoppix I think there are some similar things happening here. There were similar theads about Knoppix not being a distro for those who installed to their hdd using the live cd. But there was also clear demand for what it offered.
I for one really liked the out-of-box Omarchy experience and wouldn't know the first thing right now about how to customize arch so that it feels the same as Omarchy. Maybe it's trivial? But honestly I don't care I just like Omarchy's default opinion design way better than any other distro I've tried so far.
interesting! yeah I think the one file concept is really neat. Here are some more details about my config with the modular fork if you are curious https://jarv.org/posts/neovim-config/
For fun over the weekend I started an ambitious project of creating a "pocket size" space trading game, inspired by a classic BBS door game called Trade Wars that I really loved as a kid. I'm keeping a development log to keep myself motivated and wrote the first post about it here https://jarv.org/posts/stardewar-v01/.
> There were a lot of excellent comments, but one thing kept coming up: what's the point in blogging if people are using ChatGPT, Claude and DeepSeek to spoon-feed them answers? Who, apart from the AIs, will read what you write?
It's undeniable that AI has changed the utility of blogging as a means to spread knowledge to others. I agree 100% with the author and most of the comments below that blogging for yourself is great, and that showcasing what you are passionate about is also great. I don't think the position people are taking is that blogging isn't worth it because that is no longer important.
The point I gather, is that it used to be you could find a small nugget of something technical (for example, on stack-overflow, in a manual, etc) and explain it in a way that is approachable to a select audience. Then, over time that audience comes to appreciate learning new and interesting things. Take for example https://kyrylo.org/html/2024/10/25/why-does-target-blank-hav... . ChatGPT can practically write this same post by asking the question, and tailor the explanation to any level of expertise, and can break individual concepts down that is 100% tailored to the person asking the question. That is where I think blogging has been turned on its head.
> Level 0: Blood relatives only. “Uncle”/”Auntie” is strictly for real uncles/aunts (by blood or marriage). No fictive use.
This is definitely not true for children in the USA. I believe it is common (or for sure it was common) that children use Aunt/Uncle for close friends of the family.
Not directly related to the software, but interestingly on the authors website there is a Schedule a free call with me (https://claudio.uk/templates/call.html). I wonder if randos on the internet ever do that, and how it works out.
I for one really liked the out-of-box Omarchy experience and wouldn't know the first thing right now about how to customize arch so that it feels the same as Omarchy. Maybe it's trivial? But honestly I don't care I just like Omarchy's default opinion design way better than any other distro I've tried so far.