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My weekend with Linux. Omarchy to Fedora (Cosmic)

Published on Dec 15, 2025 at 06:52 AM by Jack Baty
My first serious foray into Linux was driven by how deeply I fell immediately in love with Omarchy. Omarchy made me realize that I could totally live in Linux. ...

A month or so with Omarchy

Published on Nov 05, 2025 at 06:16 AM by Jack Baty
I wanted to catch you all up, since I've been writing mostly over on baty.net

I bought a desktop computer for Omarchy

Published on Sep 13, 2025 at 04:32 PM by Jack Baty
One of the things that worked against me in previous attempts at moving to Linux is that I only have an old ThinkPad to test it on. Linux runs OK on it, but the...

But, but, Omarchy!

Published on Sep 11, 2025 at 10:20 AM by Jack Baty
I made the mistake of installing Omarchy yesterday, and now I can't get it out of my head.

Using both macOS and Linux is too much work

Published on May 02, 2025 at 07:23 AM by Jack Baty
I've been coasting along rather well on the ThinkPad for a bit. It does the basics: Emacs and browsing. As long as I can use a mouse rather than that awful trac...

As far as I need to go

Published on Apr 27, 2025 at 07:25 AM by Jack Baty
I feel like I've gotten the ThinkPad to a place where it's useful and functional enough.

Linux Log: Thursday, April 24, 2025

Published on Apr 24, 2025 at 09:25 AM by Jack Baty
When I sat down at my desk this morning, I fired up the Mac instead. I didn't feel like "dealing with Linux" today. I missed a couple of my favorite Mac apps an...

Linux Log: Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Published on Apr 23, 2025 at 07:35 AM by Jack Baty
I'm getting closer to a point where I want to stop adding things. The scope of what I want to use Linux for is narrowing.

Linux Log: Monday, April 21, 2025

Published on Apr 21, 2025 at 05:42 AM by Jack Baty
It's been slow-going during the holiday, but I'll be pressing on, today. (Assuming I still want to continue this experiment in the first place)