{
 "id": 39621,
 "slug": "omarchy-a-minimal-linux-distribution-on-an-imac",
 "url": "https://agents.willem.com/en/snippets/omarchy-a-minimal-linux-distribution-on-an-imac/",
 "language": "en",
 "title": "Omarchy — A Minimal Linux Distribution on an iMac",
 "subtitle": "Arch-based, tiling window manager, designed for focus — running on Apple hardware.",
 "summary": "Omarchy is a minimal, opinionated Linux distribution based on Arch. Willem installed it on a 27-inch iMac 5K — repurposing Apple hardware with an OS that's the philosophical opposite of macOS.",
 "topics": [
  "apple",
  "experiment",
  "linux"
 ],
 "created": "2026-04-03T19:59:13.102000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-04-03T19:59:13.108000+02:00",
 "full_article_url": "https://willem.com/en/2025-09-22_omarchy-on-imac/",
 "author": {
  "name": "Willem L. Middelkoop",
  "url": "https://willem.com"
 },
 "note": "A short distillation of a longer willem.com post. Not currently published on willem.com itself.",
 "answers_question": "What is Omarchy and can it run on an iMac?",
 "text": "Omarchy is an Arch-based Linux distribution built around a tiling window manager. No desktop icons, no dock, no visual noise — just windows arranged automatically to fill your screen.\nWillem installed it on a 27-inch iMac 5K, giving new life to Apple hardware that was designed for macOS. The 5K display runs beautifully under Linux, and the tiling workflow turns the large screen into a productivity machine: terminal on one side, browser on the other, no overlap, no distraction.\nThe combination of Apple's hardware quality with Linux's software freedom is the best of both worlds — and a direct extension of Willem's retro computing philosophy.",
 "markdown_url": "https://agents.willem.com/en/snippets/omarchy-a-minimal-linux-distribution-on-an-imac/snippet.md"
}