Omarchy Meetup,
Southern France
An evening for people who love their computer.
Linux, Hyprland, terminals, keyboards and tinkering.
In Béziers, open to everyone, free.
Since 1209, around here, we've refused kings.
Béziers · Arch + Hyprland · free
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Omarchy is a Linux distribution created by DHH, the author of Ruby on Rails. It combines Arch Linux and the Hyprland window manager into a ready-to-use system, carefully configured, built for developers and for anyone who wants to take back control of their machine.
The principle is “omakase”: like at a Japanese restaurant, the chef has chosen for you. You install it, everything works, everything looks great — and if you want to change something, everything is open.
Since 2026, the project has been backed by the Omacom Foundation, a non-profit funded by founders of Shopify, Stripe, Dell, Block, Cloudflare and 37signals. The stated goal: finally make the year of Linux on the desktop happen.
Three ideas to remember
Windows tile themselves, you navigate without a mouse, you save time every minute.
Themes, fonts, wallpapers — everything is consistent from the first boot.
Public source code under the MIT license, no telemetry, no forced app store.
Eight centuries ago, the people around here refused authority that came from far away. It ended badly for them, but the idea stuck: we'd rather choose our rules than have them imposed on us.
Today that authority is called Redmond or Cupertino. It decides what your computer displays, what it sends, when it reboots. Omarchy offers something else: a system you understand, you configure, and that belongs to you.
Catharchy is the name we gave this gathering. A pun, not a manifesto. Mostly you come to show off your setup, ask silly questions and leave with new ideas.
Typical format. Each edition adjusts.
6:30pm
We plug in the machines, check out each other's setups, and chat.
7:00pm
Ten minutes each, on anything Omarchy, Linux, terminal, keyboards, open source or tinkering. Anyone can propose one, beginners included.
7:45pm
Got an old laptop? A spare drive? We install Omarchy together, sort out the keyboard layout, set up the first session. Those who already run it help those getting started.
8:30pm
Everyone shows their config, their themes, their shortcuts, their favourite plugin. This is when you steal other people's good ideas.
9:00pm
Pizza, open conversations, ends when the venue closes.
No need to be an expert. No need to run Linux. No need to own a computer. Being curious is enough.
Backing up your data before an install is on you, not on us.
Ten minutes, one topic, zero mandatory slides. Examples we'd love to hear:
Catharchy follows the Omarchy meetup rules published on omarchy.org, summarized here:
The venue
Catharchy #1 is hosted by Demerys, who lends its offices.
The pizza
Pizzas are offered by [sponsor].
Got a space in Béziers, or feel like paying for the drinks? Come talk to us at an edition. What we expect from a sponsor: room, something to eat, and nothing to sell.
Thomas Galibert, Ruby on Rails developer for over twenty years, founder of Demerys in Béziers. Rails user since day one, Omarchy user since recently, weird-keyboard user since forever.
Catharchy is a personal, community-driven initiative. It is neither a Demerys event nor an official Omarchy event.