Linux Distros for Gaming: CachyOS is Taking over (ProtonDB data)
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This is the one true CachyOS description. The distro has been gaining so much traction based on naive interpretations of what performance is.
It’s not a bad distro, but its advantages are minimal over others. Whatever linux people pick, it will be fine.
I just like it. I treat it more like EndeavorOS. It's got sensible defaults.
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I don't get it, CachyOS is probably improving performance in the low single digit percentages. Why are people so crazy about it?
Why are people so crazy about it?
Looking at the chart, I guess it's just one of the destinations a bunch of Manjaro and Ubuntu users moved to and Ubuntu users are probably amazed how a Linux distro without Canonical BS feels like.
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️I'm always surprised by how low the Flatpak share is.
It's just kind of annoying to not have your files where they normally are.
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.abnormalbeings.space/post/6562285
Companion article here: https://boilingsteam.com/distro-for-gaming-cachy-os-takes-over/
Love cachyOS, I don't pay much attention to the claimed performance improvements. I just think it has some really good defaults and in-house tools for beginners that make navigating an Arch distro easier.
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.abnormalbeings.space/post/6562285
Companion article here: https://boilingsteam.com/distro-for-gaming-cachy-os-takes-over/
glad more people are using Arch-based distros! I finally installed arch (btw) without the archinstall script, and I must say, the more people that can potentially feel the sense of accomplishment that I felt when I got my display manager and window manager set up the way I wanted, the better!
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️I'm always surprised by how low the Flatpak share is.
The sandboxing sometimes breaks applications or requires additional configuration. And I don't like that it's a separate thing I need to maintain, although some package managers pair main package updates etc together.
And as a NixOS user, I prefer to use nix to handle as much of my system as possible, although flatpak at least is useful as a fallback in a pinch. Of course, this is a niche within a niche and mainstream users, particularly those using immutable distros can and do benefit from flatpak.
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️I'm always surprised by how low the Flatpak share is.
Imagine having a 40% market share and losing it all. Honestly, it's kind of incredible how far Ubuntu has fallen. Hopefully it serves as a lesson for anyone thinking about alienating their users.
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️I'm always surprised by how low the Flatpak share is.
Flatpacks always break the moment you want to mod use community tools or need to do really much of anything.
They are great, but in a gaming or streamer context they are an annoying problem child.
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Yes its based on arch packages but its not the same as when people say "arch based distro" because SteamOS doesn't inherit the arch problems because its not on archs update schedule. While other arch based distro's follow the arch schedule and get all the issues that come with bleeding edge software.
Steam OS is basically just Manjaro.
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Steam OS is basically just Manjaro.
Not at all. Manjaro holds packages back for 2 weeks and thats it. SteamOS has its entire root system setup in an immutable way. SteamOS doesnt enable pacman and expects users to only use flatpak for software.
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CachyOS claims performance improvement by compiling its packages with CPU-family-specific optimizations. Okay, but most games are not CPU bound, and even those that are mostly spend their CPU time in game code, not distro package-provided code.
CachyOS claims interactivity improvement by using the BORE scheduler. Okay, but that's unlikely to help games unless you're running other tasks that compete for CPU time while you play.
So for most gamers, I wouldn't expect CachyOS to offer much improvement in either area.
Everything you say is spot on. I've chased the tail of the dragon in search of performance gentoo, custom kernels, over clocking, etc. The defaults are 99.99% that other .01 just isn't worth the effort.
