DigitalOcean Pledges $3M to Omarchy, Lifting Total Funding to $18.5M
evilsocket · x · 2026-09-11
DigitalOcean joins the Omacom Foundation as a Founding Corporate Patron with $1M per year over three years for the Arch-based Omarchy Linux distro, pushing total support to roughly $18.5M — up from $13M just days ago.
- DHH says the deal came together in days: an X ping to the CEO on Wednesday, proposal Saturday, signed Sunday
- The pledge drew criticism after reports DigitalOcean ended a $50/month GNOME and Flathub sponsorship
- Meta Superintelligence Labs is another Founding Corporate Patron; funds are already paying for roles like Head of Omarchy Kernel and Shell
- A redesigned Omarchy.org site now supports 29 languages
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