Is CachyOS The Ideal Desktop Linux Distro?

[@kennystrawnmusic]

8:41 That's a Plasma 6 accessibility feature - you jiggle the mouse enough times and the cursor blows up to let you know where it is.

[@StephenMcGregor1986]

Shake cursor

[@chucky29949]

yup, i think macOS has the same feature by default

[@77seban]

Yeah this is cool I have on my KDE ArcoLinux 🙂

[@calholli]

yep.. It's in nobara too. I think it's just built into KDE. I leave it on.. It doesn't seem to ever happen with my normal use.... yet it's still there if I need it.

[@Peter-iw3ob]

The only actual bug I suppose is there doesn't seem to be a limit to how large you can grow the cursor

[@tanmaypatel4152]

As far as I'm aware, the cursor becoming gigantic is not a bug but a feature to help you locate your cursor on screen in case you can't find it, similar to MacOS. I don't know if its KDE or CachyOS specific though.

[@cameronbosch1213]

It's KDE specific since Plasma 6.1 by default.

[@toxiccan175]

It’s part of KDE. You can disable it in the settings

[@mirai9150]

From KDE

[@jackt-z2m]

Who even needs a computer mouse?

[@Zoverone]

fun fact, its only in Wayland session

[@jr_Linux]

The enlarged cursor thing is a kde setting.

[@cameronbosch1213]

Correct, since Plasma 6.1. I always disable it.

[@jr_Linux]

Yup ive never really liked kde cause qt is so finniky and the global theming never really worked for me. But ive recently been trying it out on opensuse since its so stable. But i do love xfce and x11 window managers alot. ​@@cameronbosch1213

[@jackt-z2m]

Idiote

[@NakedButAnonymous]

yeah and another evidence that this man is a fuckin idiot who talks stupid to get some money from youtube lol

[@calholli]

Yep.. settings/systemsettings/accessiblity/shake cursor

[@thecrow3461]

Been using cachyOS since a couple of weeks on my secondary laptop and its noticeably faster and snappier than endeavorOS i ran previously on it. Since both are Arch based i can only say the optimizations the CachyOS team made really work wonders.

[@fooboomoo]

yea and they snappyness is what sold me. like no other arch distro i tried 😊

[@LukasZuercher-zt7kj]

I'm pretty sure they optimize their kernel and stuff.

[@josephlh1690]

​@@LukasZuercher-zt7kjthey don't just optimize their kernel, they optimize the cpu scheduler, kernel parameters and package size. Every package in their repos is heavily compressed to save disk space.

[@karlio3368]

@@josephlh1690 Aren't 'snappy' and 'heavily compressed' mutually exclusive?

[@yeah493]

@@josephlh1690 AFIK they're not compressed, they're built/optimised for more modern architectures (-march=x86-64-v4 or -march=skylake or something), use other performance optimising build flags, and some binaries are optimised using some other tools idk about

[@jjdizz1l]

Before watching the video and using CachyOS for the last four months + short answer = YES!

[@Handsomeskull]

From what I heard they are taking different paths for Nvidia drivers and it works better

[@jackt-z2m]

Even shorter answer: No

[@jjdizz1l]

@@jackt-z2m Why the hate?

[@jjdizz1l]

@@Handsomeskull It works effortlessly!

[@Aoitori365]

fyi to people out there considering cachy watch other reviews dt's are always in a vm and he does not really do anything that would showcase what makes cachy special

[@catchnkill]

That is exactly the problem for most Linux distro reviews. They do it in a VM. It is easy to record a video that way. However it does not show anything. VM presents the most standard and mainstream hardware set to the distro. Thus any distro will work fine. In real world the hardware driver availability is one of the biggest issue in Linux distro. All Linux distro review should be done in bare metal installation, not under VM host.

[@rwo5402]

Linux on desktop is like Javascript frameworks, there is new hot one every week. Linux also keeps a whole army of youtubers talking about a million different distros in business.

[@TrustJesusToday]

I am running CachyOS on my PCs (Hyprland). It is very impressive. Three months without issues...I was using Fedora 39-40.

[@Little-bird-told-me]

virtual machine reviews are useless imo. You need real machine installation to get a feel for the distro. Often they have issue in dual boots which is never pick up in VM, plus you can't give them the full hardware cores

[@fertxo]

The most interesting thing that have CachyOS is the kernel manager AND the sched-ext manager. Not sure if the performance gains are noticiable in a VM, but I assure you that in a Desktop intensive task system it's AMAZING (gaming, editing...). Be sure it's enabled and take a closer look at it ;-)

[@Sparky_Otter]

Been using CachyOS for a few months, I find this to be the perfect distro for me.

[@PoeLemic]

Thanks for overviewing CachyOS. I'd heard the name, but I didn't know much. It's always nice when you walk-thru and give us a brief overview. Helps me feel more comfortable.

[@painman2260]

I had been looking for an OS that was lightweight like LXDE but I wanted Wayland not x11 and I love KDE then I seen CachyOS and wanted to dive a little deeper and find out what it's all about thank you for this video it is very explanatory and I think I have found my new Distro.

[@adrymateoramon7087]

Here on CachyOS - Cosmic desktop and loving it ♥

[@slim_2280]

I'm using Cachy OS for gaming on my separate gaming PC. Xfce Edition I'm using and have only had one issue which was sound, after an update. Sound kept cutting out, so reinstalled PipeWire and all it's dependencies, rebooted and sound returned. Fantastic OS for gaming on, as it is already setup with their own gaming custom kernels. Arch is fantastic for gaming on anyway, but the Cachy Team add even more.

[@Cyco_Nix]

I have been playing around with CachyOS lately on a few laptops. I am impressed, it is a nice system. I primarily use Fedora to run my business, but use Arch for some of our specific devices. Like EndeavorOS as well, and have used it in the past. May end up running CachyOS at home for a while to get a real feel of it.

[@StephenMcGregor1986]

been using this the last year now, it's been great, quick and stable with fantastic devs and support

[@folksurvival]

Stable?

[@StephenMcGregor1986]

@@folksurvival yup, has been for me

[@rishirajsaikia1323]

DT, please make a video about setting up and configuring labwc, which is the wayland version of openbox.

[@-iIIiiiiiIiiiiIIIiiIi-]

Their documentation is also great!

[@huljaxful]

I'm really impressed with cachyos. Having ms core fonts installed was a nice surprise. I had do distro hop until i wait for cosmic and pop to come out.

[@xen423]

I've been using it for a few weeks, I like it.

[@keiganthetennessean1796]

I would like to try CachMeOutsideOS. How bout dat?

[@arcane3327]

What's important to note is that the repos of cachy are not the same as the arch repos. They may have a lot of the arch packages but not all, because they offer highly optimized versions and some of them may not be included. Some packages are also not found in the AUR, because they are included in the arch main repo. I ran into this with midnight commander. But you can still compile it yourself. To be fair everything else worked ootb. In addition some packages like lutris etc. can be found unter "gaming-meta" - so you don't have to install all packages for gaming like written in some documentations for example the vulkan drivers - which is different from arch. It's not "beginner-friendly" - BUT i got a rice up and running with all the bells and whistles from scratch in like under 2 hours. So if you kinda know what you're doing cachy offers good value.

[@kuramamizukage]

are you usihng hyprland

[@arcane3327]

@@kuramamizukage nope i3 - because it's the most ergonomic env to me and i want to use the sceensharing feature of discord :) i have tried hyprland but it's not that intuitive for me, but as a dev i really admire the implementation and development around the hypr ecosystem. what do you use? :P

[@thelazt16]

Been using it for 8 months and it's GREAT.

[@cybernit3]

I still haven't installed CachyOS over my Win11 SSD; sort of hesitant for now. But looks good thanks for the review DT; I am use to ext4 filesystem but is btrfs better or good for some niche need, hmm.

[@GuilhermeSilva-pn6rm]

It is actually pretty good it has snapshot so you can fallback in case something breaks and compression changes where your disk space doesn't eat it up like ext4 there is alot of changes in it i think cachyos wiki says what it has.

[@cybernit3]

@@GuilhermeSilva-pn6rm Ya that is a good point, but then I also read ext4 is faster than btrfs; I guess added those extra features will slow it down. But those features simplify backup snapshots and also get compression; a trade off.

[@peterschmidt9942]

One of the distros I've been meaning to try out when I get a chance. I've been pretty happy on Ultramarine KDE for a long time.

[@enigmaorion7047]

LMAO, I was just watching your year old one of these because I want to try cachyOS. Perfect timing DitroTube,. Perfect timing lmao.

[@calholli]

Cachy is ok.. But Garuda is better IMO. I ended up running Nobara though. It has built in overscan sliders for my odd screens. can't beat that.

[@Der8002]

@@calholli u should give us a reason.. garuda kde wayland linux lts - running rocket league on steam gives me like 50ms +100ms latency in comparison to windows.. as well i had also 0,5ms for bluetooth headphones ...so someone suggested me using i3 and cachyos

[@packetcreeper]

Thanks for doing this! I'm currently running Arch but thinking about trying out CachyOS.

[@jr_Linux]

Dt they have btop installed on default and its fastfetch by default cause neofetch is dead lol. They really keep up to date and they have a application for btrfs settings. And they have a bunch of schedulers and bunch of customizations. Its my main os works amazing ootb. And there website documentation is top class.

[@milohoffman274]

Curious about their snapper setup. An arch distro that automatically sets up proper bootable snapshots would be nice.

[@skorne7682]

It doesn't, if you install the snapper support it does pre and post pacman snapshots automatically though. It's about the only thing I miss from opensuse is the bootable ones.

[@Kamal-ju6qx]

​@@skorne7682what happened with opensuse

[@paultapping9510]

fine fine fine, I'll install it, jeez! I only just installed picaOS, but I've been wanting to standardise my OS across devices, and cachy might well be the way forward. I've been running endeavour on my laptop, and while I've been very impressed by it's snappiness, I have been extremely impressed by the changes to the kernel that pica has implemented, and I understand most of those are ported from cachy.

[@the1trancedemon]

since it has btrfs, im wondering if it comes with timeshift or snapper.

[@ml_serenity]

Cachy offers really outstanding performance. Loving it.

[@jackt-z2m]

Yeah, when it comes to being a terrible distro, Catchy performs really well.

[@obedofori-mensah2610]

​@emacsking4310 care to share how your experience was with CachyOS?

[@ml_serenity]

@@jackt-z2m Terrible? Hateboi much?

[@jackt-z2m]

@@obedofori-mensah2610 Absolutely fantastic! CachyOS turned my computer into a tim e machine. It now takes me back to the era of endless error messages and constant crashes. Highly recommended if you enjoy nostalgia!

[@suryanshtokas6337]

Hey DT? was wondering if you'd take a look at elementary OS 9

[@jackt-z2m]

Elementary OS 9? Oh, you mean the OS that’s all style, zero substance? It’s like buying a Ferrari and realizing it’s got a lawnmower engine. I’ve seen more functionality in a toaster. Literally, it’s just a theme with a few buttons and a false sense of sophistication. If I wanted a glorified wallpaper with a ‘pretty’ dock, I’d just set my desktop background to a picture of Elementary OS and save myself the trouble. Absolute garbage. Why not just install Arch and save yourself the embarrassment?

[@CowboyTrucking61]

Any way to run screensavers on Wayland.

[@BWGPEI]

Thanks! Try it , yes, it looks like this distro might work out on my test system.

[@onethatwas]

I just discovered ArcoLinux (ArcoPro) and am curious how CachyOS would compare to ArcoLinux using the Cachy kernel. Is there more that CachyOS brings to the table?

[@TeleviseGuy]

Ite insane how fast the AUR is on Cachy. Takes way less time to install and update software on this thing. Really optimized.

[@jackt-z2m]

It's optimized to be terrible.

[@kuramamizukage]

@@jackt-z2m dont hate. eat a kitkat!

[@rabbityogaforest]

Is the CachyOS kernel any different than Xanmod kernel?

[@zeebpc]

how to get nvidia driver?

[@darthcabs]

Does it come with chaotic-aur enabled by default?

[@Lon1001]

Looks like one of the most novice friendly arch distros I seen on here, the installer and GUI package manager are set up exactly how they should be.

[@alien_n7990]

I wish to give Cachy a try, but I have a problem that I cannot set higher refresh rate than 60 hz while having no such issue on Windows. I have Nvidia GTX 1070, connected with LG C4 TV with HDMI 2.1 cable through Dispaly Port --> HDMI adapter. Doesn't matter whether I pick Wayland or X11. I would appreciate any tips to get it working.

[@kdemetter]

8:38 I think that's a feature, not a bug. You wiggle the mouse and it becomes bigger, so you can find the mouse more easily. You can probably turn it off somewhere in the KDE configuration

[@1234enzor]

You skipped past the bootloader part, most importen part of the installer.

[@Jeff_Seely]

I do like this distro because of its customized calamares installer, the real-time terminal output, and most of all, its kernel which I run on my bare metal daily driver. The tweaks in the customization helper are very reminiscent of the Garuda flagship installation but opinionally, A little less bling in the plasma theme which aligns more to my taste. I would have liked to have seen The addition of chadwm, am but no one seems to carry it but Erik and I'm not sure why because I love it. But I share all of your accolade and this was a great demonstration in review. Cheers!

[@ArchLars]

KDE has that cursor thing enabled by default, or at least if you got plasma-meta. I turn it off usually.

[@Winnetou17]

#HeyDT! Why do you have Threadripper ? What led you to pick/choose/get that ? What would be the ideal CPU to upgrade to ?

[@jackt-z2m]

Best CPU i5 2500K

[@jackt-z2m]

Threadripper? Oh, you mean the ‘let me flex my computing power for no reason’ CPU? It's like owning a sports car and never leaving the speed limit. Why get a Threadripper? Because DT clearly needs a CPU so powerful that it can handle their extreme need for running stuff in a VM. But honestly, if you want true performance and nostalgia, the i5-2500K is the real hero here. That chip has been delivering solid performance since 2011, and it still laughs in the face of overpriced, overhyped 'upgrades.' Maybe the real CPU to upgrade to is one that doesn’t need to prove it’s powerful every 5 minutes!

[@jmdennis1967]

I have this installed and seem to be sticking with it. I hop from distribution to distribution and like some but then move on when I read about another that looks interesting. This one I seem to be sticking to. I just need to remember to check the updates but usually do those daily as a lot of updates come our for it which I know arch bases this would happen but I have not had issues doing this as it just works and lets you know if you should do a restart or not.

[@calholli]

The cursor getting large like that is normal.. If you move the mouse fast it will blow it up, to help you find it.. It's in the settings:, you can turn it off.

[@Arterii-xx1ce]

I use CachyOS handheld edition on legion go, and I like it very much

[@jackt-z2m]

Ah, you like it? Must be a glitch in the matrix. I tried it once, my legion Go turned into a glorified paperweight. 10/10 would not recommend

[@Vokans]

@@jackt-z2m It also works for me without any problems

[@Hifin8-ug2sr]

CachyOS Hello has a button to install Snapper support.

[@databug]

As far as Im aware the biggest thing Cachy does to differentiate themselves from other Arch based distros is the kernel. The Cachy team make a bunch of gaming focused tweaks to the kernel. Basically Cachy is the Nobara of Arch. The Cachy kernel (or at least parts of it) are used in other gaming focused distros like PikaOS.

[@paultapping9510]

oh! I didn't know they shared a kernel, I'm running pica atm and it is noticbly better than stock debian at gfx.

[@databug]

@@paultapping9510 TBH Im no expert at this but I saw a review of Pika the other day and it said that either it was using the Cachy kernel or it was using parts of it. The review of Pika was by A1RM4X. He does Gaming focussed reviews of Linux distros on his channel www.youtube.com/@A1RM4X

[@JosephSaintClair]

Be interesting to see where you see Manjaro end2024/early2025 as a “how it’s evolved/devolved” perspective!

[@syrefaen]

vim is installed, and bat, by default btw. And v3 cpu compilation options for a LOT of packages.

[@StephenMcGregor1986]

also v4 now too

[@GoustiFruit]

14:45 Don't need to type those commands, you have a neofetch/fastfetch stuff right before your eyes.

[@farEvilDee-s6r]

Did you see Mint knocked Mx Linux out of the #1 spot on Distrowatch DT.

[@sandman4you]

"Distrowatch is a terrible measure of which Linux distributions have most marketshare or are trending online or in the real world." And here is what Distrowatch itself has to say, "The DistroWatch Page Hit Ranking statistics are a light-hearted way of measuring interest in Linux distributions and other free operating systems among the visitors of this website. They correlate neither to usage nor to quality and should not be used to measure the market share of distributions." The rankings are more about distro fanboys spending their days registering hits on Distrowatch to jack up the rating of their distro of choice.

[@djkido316]

I don't get why people called them distros when CachyOS is just Archlinux with a calamares installer and some custom packages but that's about it, Its better to just call it Arch derivative.

[@jr_Linux]

Heck yea Dt with another cachy video!!! Best arch distro

[@Ggldoork]

Void Linux FTW xbps rocks! And Runit!! Woop woop never changing.

[@MarkConstable]

ZFS install via Calamares is the killer feature for me. Ironically, I've been using CachyOS on an MS-01 for most of this year, had a problem trying to remove all Qt5 packages (doh, don't even think about it), couldn't reboot, tried the latest CachyOS ISO, and it would not start up either. I had an older ISO lying around, and it did boot up, allowing me to fix my package problem. ATM I am sus of the 241110.iso on an i9-13900H machine.

[@gasparguzman8284]

Cachy os o nobara ?

[@tridens6708]

Gnome has wiggle extension makes cursor bigger 😊

[@monkeysausageclub]

In the morning. Ok so what does this distro offer that any other distro doesn't? What would compel anyone to switch!

[@cameronbosch1213]

@@monkeysausageclub Probably the optimized x86-64 v3 packages and the graphical installer on an Arch base.

[@firestormjupiter]

It’s supposedly optimised to be really fast

[@GuilhermeSilva-pn6rm]

If you can't do research instead of making a negative comment than don't use it nothing is stopping you. Your comment is completely unnecessary tbh.

[@monkeysausageclub]

@@GuilhermeSilva-pn6rm I ask this of every distro, what does it bring to the table that cannot be done in any other distro.

[@skorne7682]

Almost anything can be done on any distro but Cachy offers an easy to install arch with their own performance tweaked kernel and a large repo of optimised arch packages. I've tried many distros and this is possibly the best I have ever found, at least as a gamer.

[@cameronbosch1213]

Other than the optimized packages for newer x86-64 CPUs, what does this have to offer over EndeavourOS?

[@toxiccan175]

A special kernel with optimizations and other patches, mostly

[@Mbro-dq2do]

I still enjoy manjaro. Currenmtly using straight Arch Linux NO GUI on my M1 Max in a VM. Love it

[@jackt-z2m]

Manjaro? That's just Arch for people who are scared of real Linux. It's like installing a bike with training wheels and calling it a motorcycle. You’re basically admitting defeat.

[@npaladin2000]

The big deal on this distro is that it has a handheld-specific installer spin for devices like the ROG Ally and Lenovo LegionGo to replace WIndows with something closer to SteamOS.

[@swagmuffin9000]

the cachy browser looks a lot like librewolf

[@77seban]

Thanks 🙂

[@rendivs]

There is no reason to move from Arch + I3 Wm + Neovim + Tmux 😅

[@holyhelga]

manjaro has the hello application too and i belive a few other distros has it

[@Brand0-d9w]

Well mint is currently number 1 on distrowatch. Its one point ahead of MX Linux as of 11:26 AM CT. Hopefully it can stay that way. no reason for MX Linux to be close to Mint xD

[@BunnyKhatri-pd8zm]

Mx linux devs are pretty shady, they probably do some weird stuff.

[@penguin2137]

personally i prefer MX to Mint when it comes to Xfce implementation, but these Distrowatch stats actually don't mean anything

[@Skelterbane69]

@@penguin2137 Also the fact that MX doesn't use systemd. That's the biggeest reason I've used MX before.

[@sandman4you]

"Distrowatch is a terrible measure of which Linux distributions have most marketshare or are trending online or in the real world." And here is what Distrowatch itself has to say, "The DistroWatch Page Hit Ranking statistics are a light-hearted way of measuring interest in Linux distributions and other free operating systems among the visitors of this website. They correlate neither to usage nor to quality and should not be used to measure the market share of distributions." The rankings are more about distro fanboys spending their days registering hits on Distrowatch to jack up the rating of their distro of choice.

[@penguin2137]

@@Skelterbane69 i wouldn't call MX non-systemd distro, it's rather systemd-optional, as many systemd components were optimised to use under sysV-init, and there is a separate systemd session you can boot from GRUB. nevertheless, it's a good distro and after some time i forgot it was made not to use systemd entirely. now i use EndeavourOS and it's as good as MX, although based on Arch (btw)

[@cookieface80]

I thought it was called CatchyOS.

[@JuPN]

Fish is amazing

[@MannyGraal]

I'm currently using cachy os on the cosmic desktop and xfs file system

[@Dohvakiiin]

Yes, yes it is.

[@ohwow2074]

His new strong and complicated password be like: dtdt 😂😂😂

[@eda2000-r8h]

Everyone said it good but in my exp it not 😟, first time install took a whole day (idk why it took so long), when it done install, it not even let me boot in, have to re-install (no idea). Second time it work (still took ages to install), and it not snappy at all (already update to latest package😑). After install some application i freq use the BG gone (it black somehow). Just switch back to endeavouros and everything back to normal, pure joy😌

[@abaneyone]

CachyOS stopped me from distro hopping.

[@NreKonkoro-vt2fo]

Why can't someone make a Void-based distro? I've got an idea for it. Rewrite xbps-src in Makefile. Have a custom kernel with HAMMER2FS support. Have an alternative repo like Artix's with packages not available in the Void repos eg Hyprland, VSCodium etc.

[@toxiccan175]

You should do it

[@NreKonkoro-vt2fo]

@@toxiccan175 I just left ideas here for anyone who has spare time and wants to spend it Andreas Kling-style the easy way. Otherwise, It would be more impactful contributing to the BSD desktop instead of making yet another linux distro; .

[@djkido316]

Anybody can make a void-based distro using void-mklive.

[@jasethorp2661]

Yes

[@drkwrk5229]

I need myself some enlightenment!!!!

[@virtulosity]

Installs CachyOS.. looks at wallpapers. determines if it is the Ideal desktop linux distro.. lol

[@antiwokehuman]

Fish is just so good at certain things out of the box, but it’s not POSIX complaint🤦‍♂️. I don’t know why they made it that way, but it’s an opportunity wasted

[@k1logr4m51]

It's in the name. (F)riendly and (I)nteractive (SH)ell. They can't make something that's friendly and interactive and POSIX compliant at the same time. Tbh it doesn't even matter. You could use fish as default shell and make scripts in bash, and no one will be hurt in the process.

[@SuryaAnggraito]

A good linux distro, but ubuntu linux is enough for me... 😊

[@n.m4497]

Opensuse, Fedora, Debian/Ubuntu. Everyone else is just noise.

[@k.b.tidwell]

Interesting comments about Fish. I've heard of it but never understood the "need" for different shells. Handy color coding noted. I installed CachyOS on a spare Thinkpad last night, and after closely examining their website and wiki, their team really pours a lot of work into system efficiency and speedup modifications. They explain pretty well too what each mod does, even understandable by this very mid-level Linux enthusiast. I'm already running Arch in the form of Garuda on another Thinkpad, and I agree that Cachy is DIFFERENT in what feels like a nice positive way so far. I'm looking forward to seeing if the Windows programs I use in my day-to-day on all of my other systems will play nice with it. It seems like I could wring even more productivity out of my older machines with it. 👍

[@Brand0-d9w]

Also Elementary OS just released update 8.0! If you're up for it DT, would you be willing to make a video showcasing the new update? Cheers from Mississippi!

[@quarteratom]

You're wrong. Dark themes require a dark wallpaper. People use dark themes because they don't want to get blinded, and because dark looks nice. It's disgusting though that catchy OS shoves political propaganda into their wallpapers.

[@holyhelga]

manjaro works better in a vm

[@desvendandoornasaude4127]

I am gonna watch to discover what is your strong and complicated password. Greetings from Brazil my dear friend

[@desvendandoornasaude4127]

@emacsking4310 Whats? God bless you!

[@DJNebaJS]

CachyOS vs RebornOS. Anyone?

[@calholli]

Garuda or Nobara are better.

[@jackt-z2m]

Arch

[@calholli]

Arch is terrible.. It's not user friendly at all. It's for people who like to run their OS as if it's a video game... where they can "tinker" with it all the time as it breaks.

[@StephenMcGregor1986]

@@calholli reminds me of the meme where they put a stick in their own bicycle spokes... tinkering with something until it breaks, then blames the distro

[@Qylie1]

make a video on the apple vission pro please

[@tridens6708]

I don't like vm reviews nor a true review always do bare metal 😢

[@jimw7916]

Im sure it was meant be "BetterFS" and not "ButterFS"

[@_tanzil_]

Do you ever stop talking?

[@quarteratom]

Rolling-release distributions are st,upid. They break. Just use Debian with KDE.

[@Flavor_Flav]

Just another Arch based distro. All these distros are the same.

[@rev0lu7ion]

it's the only arch repo with optimized packages for x86-64-v3 or x86-64-v4 instruction sets. the custom kernels are also quite good for gaming (better than tkg). a lot of settings out of the box done right like vm.swappiness. popular aur packages like mesa-git are compiled for you if you'd like and optimized for v3/v4. i don't see any arch distros doing anything like that besides cachyos.

[@GuilhermeSilva-pn6rm]

Well you didn't watch the video or simply didn't do any research.

[@calholli]

Yep.. same as Endeavour and Garuda.. At least Garuda gives you a wacky layout if you like that sort of thing.. It was fun for a week or two. lol

[@k1logr4m51]

@@calholli EndeavourOS is basically an Arch installation with nice extras, it uses the default Arch kernel. Garuda has multiple GUI apps to manage the system, it uses the zen kernel and has the chaotic-aur. CachyOS also has some GUI tools, it has its own custom kernel, and also its own repo of packages optimized for specific cpu architectures. All 3 of them are indeed Arch-based distros, but they're fundamentally different from one another.

[@calholli]

@@k1logr4m51 I get that.. but why? what is the point? what is the useful difference? Why do people care what kernel or what file manager they use, or whatever else. lol.. All these options are meaningless and completely unrecognized by most users. They have to articulate what the other kernels bring as a benefit, otherwise what is the point?. The only advice I've ever seen on what kernel to use, is when you roll back to a previous kernel because the new one has bugs that aren't fixed yet. IDk, it just seems like a lot of perpetual "change" for no reason.. I mean, we can still go back and use all the old versions of Linux and they work fine. lol. What is the point in remaking all these things over and over and over?? What is the gain? I just don't get it.

[@jackt-z2m]

The only thing CrappyPOS is good at is being the worst. Its over Cachychuds.. Arch Linux won.

[@pocketglove]

why are you so obsessed with hating on this distro?

[@jackt-z2m]

TrashyOS LMAO