Power Grab

Omarchy, a custom Arch-Linux distribution created by Ruby on Rails founder David Heinemeier Hansson, has attracted over $18 million in funding, including $3 million from Digital Ocean, which he redirects to projects such as the Hyprland window manager and the controversial developer Vaxry. Critics argue that Hansson’s extremist writings and alleged fascist views make the distribution a vehicle for consolidating influence and supporting ideologically aligned open-source contributors.