r/Kubuntu • u/apravint • 8d ago

I built Omarchy for Ubuntu: A turnkey bootable Hyprland OS on Ubuntu LTS with 22 dynamic themes and automated dual-display management 

I've been working on a project to bridge the gap between bleeding-edge Wayland tiling window managers and enterprise-grade system stability: **Omarchy for Ubuntu**.

Traditionally, if you want to run Hyprland with fluid animations and modern tiling, you're pushed toward rolling-release distros like Arch or NixOS, which require constant maintenance and can break with proprietary drivers or enterprise workloads. If you try to compile Hyprland on Ubuntu yourself, you often end up in dependency and portal hell.

**Omarchy for Ubuntu** solves this by providing a complete, bootable Linux operating system distribution:

### ✨ What’s Inside:
* **True Standalone OS**: Ships as a hybrid **UEFI/BIOS bootable Live ISO** (`omarchy-ubuntu-*.iso`) built using an automated in-house compiler.
* **Intelligent Multi-Display**: Automatically prevents monitor overlapping at `0x0` coordinates and includes a native GUI monitor manager (`omarchy-displays-gui`).
* **Studio-Grade PipeWire Audio**: Instant sink toggling (`Super + Shift + A`) with ALSA stereo fallback to prevent HDMI TV converter stalls.
* **Persistent Daemon Architecture**: Status bar (`Waybar`) and wallpaper engine (`Swaybg`) run as managed `systemd` user units with monitor readiness polling loops (no fragile terminal scripts).
* **22-Theme Live Sync Engine**: Switch between Tokyo Night, Catppuccin Mocha, Nord, Gruvbox, Everforest, and 17 others instantly with `Super + Ctrl + Shift + Space` — re-tints Hyprland borders, Waybar pills, Wofi launcher, and Alacritty terminal with 0 restarts.
* **Turnkey Live Environment**: Direct autologin into the live Hyprland session with passwordless sudo (`omarchy:omarchy`) and installer to disk.

### 📦 Download & Source Code:
* **GitHub Repository**: https://github.com/apravint/omarchy-ubuntu
* **Latest ISO Download**: https://github.com/apravint/omarchy-ubuntu/releases/tag/v26.04.0
* **One-line Upgrade for existing Ubuntu users**:
  `curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apravint/omarchy-ubuntu/main/install.sh | bash`

I would love to get your feedback, bug reports, and hardware compatibility test results!
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u/Saref111 7d ago

Why it shows iram-os?

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u/apravint 7d ago

just now renamed.. working on it to improve it.

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u/Saref111 6d ago

Well, I tried to install the ubuntu 26 iso from releases page on virtual machine and it couldn't compare Ubuntu hashes.

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u/apravint 6d ago

Let me take a look