Episode 22 - I tried Omarchy for the first time (unrehearsed)
What happens when a lifelong Mac and Windows user tries Omarchy for the first time?
In Episode 22 of Not Brothers, Mark Hughes installs the Try Omarchy experience on his Mac while Ryan Hughes walks him through the operating system, its keyboard-first workflow, and its tiling window manager. Nothing was rehearsed, so the ARM64 installation gaps and setup surprises stay in the episode.
Once Omarchy is running, Mark learns how to move between workspaces, rearrange windows, launch apps, pin a window across desktops, and use the searchable keybinding menu when he gets lost.
Then the experiment gets more interesting. Mark asks Claude Code to build a custom switcher that combines applications and browser tabs into a Windows-style Alt+Tab experience. Claude inspects Omarchy’s plugin system, builds the plugin, tests it, and updates the live keybinding. Mark gets a working feature without writing the code himself.
Ryan also explains T3 Code and T3 Connect, how he gives AI agents their own development machine, why Omarchy treats the operating system as something users should be able to reshape, and how community plugins are expanding what the system can do.
Try Omarchy: https://omarchy.org/
Omarchy plugins: https://plugins.omarchy.org/
Learn Omarchy: https://learnomarchy.com/
Oodle: https://heyoodle.com/
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CHAPTERS
00:00 — A Mac user tries Omarchy
02:33 — Starting the Try Omarchy installation
05:40 — Launching the virtual machine
06:52 — Finishing the Omarchy installer
08:48 — First look at Omarchy and searchable keybindings
10:24 — The Omarchy launcher and installing T3 Code
11:43 — Updating Omarchy before installing apps
13:31 — The ARM64 compatibility gap
14:22 — How Omarchy installs AI tools on demand
15:29 — Signing into Claude Code and 1Password
17:58 — Learning tiling window management
21:02 — Omarchy Quattro’s plugin architecture
22:07 — Asking Claude to build a browser-tab switcher
24:12 — How an agent reverse-engineered a mouse plugin
27:07 — T3 Code, T3 Connect, and remote agent sessions
32:04 — Can the plugin access every browser tab?
35:38 — Workspaces, screen sharing, and a live crash
37:24 — Resuming the Claude Code session
39:50 — The first custom plugin works
40:50 — Why Omarchy is more than Arch and dotfiles
43:41 — Browsing and installing community plugins
46:11 — Combining browser tabs and applications
49:05 — Replacing Omarchy’s default Alt+Tab behavior
49:58 — Making computers fun and personal again
52:41 — How easy is it to try Omarchy?
53:05 — Learn Omarchy and interactive onboarding
57:36 — Custom keybindings and the learning curve
59:53 — Floating, resizing, and pinning windows
1:01:22 — Final verdict on Try Omarchy