Omarchy vs Ubuntu: which would you choose for a daily development laptop?

Omarchy's Arch + Hyprland setup and keyboard-focused workflow make an interesting alternative to Ubuntu's desktop experience. For a machine used every day for development, browsing, and video calls, which would you choose? Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS is the current LTS desktop release, with five years of free security and maintenance updates. Omarchy offers a preconfigured environment built around Arch and Hyprland, with editable configuration files for tailoring the workflow. How much time does Omarchy save once you've learned it, and how much maintenance does it require? On Ubuntu, do the defaults help you stay productive, or do you end up rebuilding the desktop around your preferences anyway? Interested in concrete experiences with updates, external monitors, fractional scaling, screen sharing, suspend/resume, and development tools. Please include your hardware and version, and distinguish issues you've encountered yourself from expectations. What would make you recommend one to someone moving to Linux for the first time? Sources: [Omarchy manual](https://omarchy.org/manual/omarchy-on/), [Omarchy configuration](https://omarchy.org/manual/dotfiles/), and [Ubuntu Desktop](https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop).