I Was thinking about switching to full-time Linux for years, maybe decades. I've had Linux installed on side-computer (Ubuntu and Mint on my home server), but not on my main laptop. I made the switch on 23 March. I decided to install Omarchy, because it looked cool and it was a new and refreshing user experience. I thought I´d give it a try.
But I don´t love the fascist captain and I don´t love the bloat. Now I also hear that it is being build and maintained by AI.
But also, I love the way Omarchy works. I love the keyboard oriented aproach. I love the super-button. I love the menus. I love the nvim setup. I love the desktop layout. I love that it just works out-of-the-box and that it is (or appears) stable. I love that installing anything is so easy.
I appreciate Omarchy for being such a good gateway drug into the Linux world for people like me and I think it deserves some credit for that. But I also have ethical complaints that ruin the fun.
So what I'm really looking for is, how can I take all these features I like so much, and apply them on a proper distro?
The obvious solution seems Arch, but I want my computer to work without having to spend weeks learning how all the mechanics and fine configuration details work. I don´t even now what the configuration details are that make the things I like. Maybe that's not an issue with Arch, but I don´t know much about Arch tbh. I haven´t had the time to learn about it.
Or maybe I'm just asking too much as an old man (though dhh is a decade my senior) and I should just go back to Mint...
Just go with CachyOS. it will allow you to install hyprland during the install process and provide you with Cachy's dotfiles of it and everything you need right off the bat which you can then further configure yourself or just clone the omarchy dotfiles if you so wished.
EndeavourOS is fine but I always had issues installing it via ventoy (i.e. it doesn't.) so I can't recommend it. With endeavour you'd have to manually install hyprland, manually configure it from the get go, manually install kitty, etc etc etc. Cachy will just save you a bit of time and give you a solid base to start from for everything. Plus the CachyOS kernel is pretty good which is an added bonus. I use it on my NixOS system.
I installed EndeavourOS using Ventoy and it worked fine. I wonder why your one doesn't work, maybe you need to update Ventoy / try again with a newer ISO (if you were using an older one)?
And weirdly enough, Bazzite doesn't behave with Ventoy for me.
I like EndeavourOS, but yes, it is a more minimal installation with less stuff installed out of the box. It's what I like about it, but it's not for everyone! CachyOS is a neat option too!