Omarchy - The First Actually Good Linux Distro

8/23/2026

These are some QOL improvements for Omarchy that might aid you in your quest to switch to Omarchy.

Essential

Fix Sleep/Lock:

omarchy plugin add https://github.com/dsnsgithub/omarchy-lock-fix
omarchy restart shell

Worth It

Remove Chrome Managed Policies

Install Google Chrome (Omarchy Menu, Install > Browser), delete Chromium (Omarchy Menu, Remove > Browser). Then clean out any managed policies (creates weird Chrome themes, locks secure DNS for some reason)

sudo rm -rf /etc/opt/chrome/policies/managed
sudo rm -rf /etc/opt/chrome/policies/recommended

Change Chrome Font (to make it look good on Linux)

Add inter-font (Omarchy menu, Install > Package)

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface font-name "Inter 10"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface monospace-font-name "JetBrainsMono Nerd Font 11"
pkill -f chrome

Optional

Disable Mouse Acceleration

nvim ~/.config/hypr/input.lua

Uncomment Line 26.

  26 │        accel_profile = "flat",

Setup Windows Hello Facial Recognition (Howdy)

Install Gaze for Windows Hello style authentication with liveness detection.

yay -S --needed gaze-bin 
sudo pacman -S --needed gst-plugins-good gst-plugins-base
sudo systemctl enable --now gazed

Edit /etc/gaze/config.toml and set security preferences.

sudo systemctl restart gazed
gaze doctor
gaze add-face default
gaze list-faces

Kirby Theme

omarchy-theme-install https://github.com/dsnsgithub/omarchy-kirby-theme

If the Menu Bar is not transparent, toggle Transparency under Omarchy Menu, Style > Menu Bar > Transparency. Right click the time in the Menu Bar until it matches the one shown in the picture or the one you prefer.