Switching
Coming from macOS or Windows: what blocks you on day one and what replaces what.
Fractional scaling and HiDPI apps on Omarchy
How to set fractional scaling on Omarchy 4.x in monitors.lua, why Electron, Chromium and XWayland apps look blurry or oversized, and what to do about each.
Non-US keyboard layouts: LUKS, SDDM and Hyprland
On Omarchy 4.0.x your keyboard layout has to be set in three separate places. Fix the LUKS prompt, the Hyprland session and the SDDM greeter.
Omarchy 4 day-one checklist: your first 48 hours
A first 48 hours checklist for Omarchy 4.0.4: what to set up first, and the open issues that block keyboard layout, screen sharing, scaling and printing.
Printers and scanners on Omarchy
How printing works on Omarchy 4.0.4: CUPS and avahi ship enabled, you add each printer by hand in Print Settings, and scanning needs SANE installed.
Screen sharing in Google Meet, Zoom and Teams on Omarchy
How screen sharing works on Omarchy 4.x: the Hyprland portal picker, the stuck sharing bar, missing monitors in the Outputs tab, and Meet glitches.
Should you dual boot Omarchy with Windows or macOS?
Dual booting Omarchy with Windows works but the free-space installer has real traps. macOS dual boot is unsupported. When to use a VM instead.
Surviving a tiling window manager in Omarchy
How Omarchy 4's tiling window manager actually works, the twelve Hyprland keybindings that matter, and how to make it feel like macOS or Windows.
Switching from macOS to Omarchy: the honest day-one guide
What actually changes when you move from macOS to Omarchy 4.0.4: which Macs can run it, how Cmd becomes Super, and what the official manual leaves out.
Switching from Windows 11 to Omarchy Linux
What actually changes moving from Windows 11 to Omarchy 4.0.4: trying it in a window first, dual boot traps, Secure Boot, the Super key, and gaming.
What replaces what: macOS and Windows apps in Omarchy
Which Omarchy app replaces Alfred, Rectangle, Time Machine, Explorer, Office and the rest. A replacement matrix for switchers, checked against 4.0.4.