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Is cachyos the best distro for gaming support? (all amd) (is.hardlywork.ing)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Was looking into Nobara, realized its a solo dev, wondering if cachy is the best pick for compatibility. I play a lot of different stuff , use blender, controllers, flightsticks, etc. Not really into flightsims rnow and im dualbooting for now so its not a major issue on that front. Just want most steam games and controllers, drivers, etc. to work and get the best performance.

Update: Went with Cachyos for now, but first sign of any issues and I'll switch to bazzite since it seems to be safer and more reliable. Havent had any issues so far.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (7 children)

I've done a decent amount of Distro hopping with an all team red PC, and CachyOS is fantastic. I recommend Bazzite for people who want no bullshit, OOTB experience. But if you don't mind minor tinkering, CachyOS is just too good at what it accomplishes. Their gaming meta package, which has custom wine & proton builds, is is such an easy way to milk out that last bit of performance. Their kernel manager and Firefox fork are also just so well done. Not to mention they're ahead of the game for things like the upcoming NTSYNC in Linux 6.14. Last but not least their default Cachy kernel is the cherry on top.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What does their Firefox fork do differently?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

So basically Librewolf + Gentoo patches + fire jail patches + custom theme

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