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202619
May2
Stop Spotify from hogging your CPU and memory
Use spotifyd as a lightweight Spotify Connect daemon and keep the full Spotify app closed while music plays.
April5
How to Customise Automatic Power Profiles
Change Omarchy's automatic power profile switching to use the profiles you actually want on AC and battery.
Hyprland Workspaces Are Special
Use named Hyprland special workspaces to create focused scratchpads for apps like Music and Todos.
The One Setting That Will Dramatically Improve Your Laptop Battery
Automatically dim your Omarchy laptop display on battery with a simple udev rule and brightnessctl.
Float that window!
Use Hyprland window rules to float and center dialogs, like Typora's Print window.
March1
February6
My Backup Setup (Part 2): Installation Scripts
How I use Omarchy bash scripts to automate app installs, system tweaks, and machine setup.
5 small quality-of-life tweaks I contributed to Omarchy 3.4.0
Open a Ghostty terminal from Nautilus, automatically change power profile on battery and more...
My backup setup (Part 1): documents, projects, and configs
Updated:A lightweight backup strategy: Dropbox for documents, Git for code, yadm for dotfiles.
Feeling happy? Let's throw confetti!
Updated:A totally useless trick that brings me joy: throw confetti on your desktop.
Disable Lock Screen Password When On a Trusted Wifi Network
Configure Hypridle to skip locking after sleep when you're connected to a trusted SSID.
A Per-Monitor Hyprland Config in Omarchy
How to use smaller gaps on a laptop screen and move workspaces automatically when docking to an external monitor.
January5
Remap That Useless Copilot Key
Use keyd to turn the Copilot key into a virtual F13 hotkey, then bind it to Voxtype dictation.
Turn the Caps Lock Key Into an App Launcher with keyd
Use keyd to make Caps Lock tap as Esc and hold as Super+Shift (the Omarchy app-launcher modifier).
Safely Override Any Omarchy Command
Here is how you can safely override any Omarchy command with your own Bash script.
Add Suspend and Hibernate Keybindings to Omarchy
Two lines of code you can add to your Hyprland bindings.conf file to suspend or hibernate the system with a keyboard shortcut.
20252
December2
Stream Audio to Airplay Devices
A guide on how to stream audio from Omarchy to AirPlay speakers like Sonos or HomePod.
Improve Battery Life on your Omarchy Laptop with TLP
A quick procedure to replace power-profiles-daemon with TLP in Omarchy to improve battery life.
















