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Linux Distros for Gaming: CachyOS is Taking over (ProtonDB data) (videos.abnormalbeings.space)
submitted 1 week ago by AbnormalHumanBeing@lemmy.abnormalbeings.space to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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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/

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[–] dataprolet@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I don't get it, CachyOS is probably improving performance in the low single digit percentages. Why are people so crazy about it?

[–] BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org 25 points 1 week ago

CachyOS is a really good time to use.

Very sane defaults, no bloat, extremely easy snapper/btrfs/limine setup, a 1-click gaming setup button that gets everything you need ready to go.

[–] AbnormalHumanBeing@lemmy.abnormalbeings.space 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't think it does much for gaming, as the video and article also point out, but even if it turns out to just be placebo - my old and creaking PC here feels more responsive than it did with Manjaro, Vanilla Arch and Garuda respectively.

[–] dataprolet@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, it always reminds me that I did a kernel benchmark for gaming a couple of years ago and the differences were within the margin of error. https://web.archive.org/web/20220602144244/https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/utfazn/results_for_the_kernel_benchmarks_in_gaming/

[–] glog78@digitalcourage.social 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

@dataprolet @AbnormalHumanBeing The huge difference is the reaction time of interactive elements (aka the close to realttime behavior). This is all mostly because of the BORE Scheduler .. installing a cachy os bore kernel on a default arch feels nearly the same.

So Wayland + Bore Scheduler it's really feeling crazy good. I would not even want to move back to X11 cause damm it feels "slugish" compared.

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

I tried a few Linux distros and Cachy has been the most painless so far.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

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.