Is CatchyOS like EOS in that it's just Arch with good defaults i.e. Uses Arch repos?
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Is CatchyOS like EOS in that it's just Arch with good defaults i.e. Uses Arch repos?
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Similar yeah. It has its own repos which essentially take the Arch repos and recompile with the x86-64-v3, x86-64-v4 and Zen4 instruction set and LTO to provide higher performance. It's super easy to install, has baked in tools for updating and package and kernel management, etc. Details here: https://wiki.cachyos.org/cachyos_basic/why_cachyos/
I had been a using Fedora 40 until I came across this and I've been using Cachy ever since. https://cachyos.org/
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I think a lot depends on how much effort you want to put into it. Most major distros are fine for browsing and gaming these days in my experience. The main difference is the effort required to get it all set up.
The first thing to consider is probably what GPU you have. POP OS has (had?) separate installers for Nvidia and AMD so the drivers were correct out of the box. Others make it pretty easy to choose at the installation time.
Some come already set up with gaming requirements (Steam, Proton, Lutris etc.). Some make it very simple - CachyOS has cachyos-gaming-meta that installs most of what's needed in a single package. Others take a bit more effort but it's usually not difficult with a bit of Google-foo.
If you're moving away from Windows though you might want to start with something like Mint or Manjaro that resemble Windows in terms of desktop and navigation, although anything can be made to look like Windows with the right Desktop Environment, and again, a bit more effort.
Personally, I've had good recent gaming experience on Manjaro, Elementary OS, Arch and CachyOs. Those are all based on Arch though which some say is not the easiest to work with, although I haven't had any real issues.
The first thing to consider is probably what GPU you have. POP OS has (had?) separate installers for Nvidia and AMD so the drivers were correct out of the box. Others make it pretty easy to choose at the installation time.
Some come already set up with gaming requirements (Steam, Proton, Lutris etc.). Some make it very simple - CachyOS has cachyos-gaming-meta that installs most of what's needed in a single package. Others take a bit more effort but it's usually not difficult with a bit of Google-foo.
If you're moving away from Windows though you might want to start with something like Mint or Manjaro that resemble Windows in terms of desktop and navigation, although anything can be made to look like Windows with the right Desktop Environment, and again, a bit more effort.
Personally, I've had good recent gaming experience on Manjaro, Elementary OS, Arch and CachyOs. Those are all based on Arch though which some say is not the easiest to work with, although I haven't had any real issues.
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Just been testing out Mint in order for the switchover for me, and to help my OH, when W10 expires in October.
Oddly enough I'm finding it pretty slow and that's on an R5 3600, 32Gb RAM and a gtx 1080. Oh and it's on an NVME so I'm not entirely sure why.
Seems to take a while to get to the login page or opening anything compared to Windows.
Will see how it fares on a laptop (for the OH) as it seems an ideal starter for a Windows leaver. May have to test some others for my gaming setup.
Oddly enough I'm finding it pretty slow and that's on an R5 3600, 32Gb RAM and a gtx 1080. Oh and it's on an NVME so I'm not entirely sure why.
Seems to take a while to get to the login page or opening anything compared to Windows.
Will see how it fares on a laptop (for the OH) as it seems an ideal starter for a Windows leaver. May have to test some others for my gaming setup.
I personally use Garuda and EndeavourOS for gaming but they're Arch based so it might not be beginner friendly. They both set up nvidia out of of the box for you. A lot of people like Nobara which is Fedora based and has a bunch of gaming and nvidia stuff pre-installed and ready to go.
The real advice is to try a few and see if you get on with them. You might find the Arch based stuff isn't as hard as you thought or that you prefer the way Fedora based stuff updates for stability or that Mint does what you want so why go more complex.
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Fedora 41: A vast assortment, but something for everyone
It's the Heinz of Linux – but that only boasted 57 varieties
www.theregister.com
Sheesh, so many spins.
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Yea. That's pretty daunting for a new user wanting to try Fedora.
They probably should name a flagship spin just "Fedora" and have the rest for people who what something different.
On a separate note. Does anyone have any experience with opensuse tumbleweed?
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Limited experience, yes. I used it for a couple of months during a distro-hopping period. I liked it and didn't have any problems so would recommend giving it a try.
I didn't move on for any particular reason other than something else caught my eye. Such is Linux.
I didn't move on for any particular reason other than something else caught my eye. Such is Linux.
A Gnome developer is considering turning Gnome OS ( for developers ) into a daily desktop.
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Currently using CachyOS on an external NvME, I really like it as it's setup out of the box to just work (read as performant), however, no way i'd recommend it to someone new as it still Arch underneath and still requires (although to a greatly lesser amount) a certain amount of "linux" commonsense, understanding (reading 
) and maintenance to get the best out of it and to keep it stable (though to be fair to CachyOS developers, they have made this very simple).
I've also tried Bazzite, which I may well go back to, as I really like that as well, again setup really well for the things you'd want to do (gaming, general computing etc) but with some limitations without getting into layering etc.
NB. I'm still using Pop!_os for "serious" stuff on my main desktop and laptop. It's aging but is still easy to work with and suits what I need to do, and i'm too lazy to change it until Cosmic is fully released.
) and maintenance to get the best out of it and to keep it stable (though to be fair to CachyOS developers, they have made this very simple).I've also tried Bazzite, which I may well go back to, as I really like that as well, again setup really well for the things you'd want to do (gaming, general computing etc) but with some limitations without getting into layering etc.
NB. I'm still using Pop!_os for "serious" stuff on my main desktop and laptop. It's aging but is still easy to work with and suits what I need to do, and i'm too lazy to change it until Cosmic is fully released.
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A solid release. I've been using Fedora since literally Fedora Core 1 release, and it's very nicely polished these days.Fedora 41: A vast assortment, but something for everyone
It's the Heinz of Linux – but that only boasted 57 varieties
Sheesh, so many spins.
I've used openSUSE for years on and off, and it's pretty solid. For a long time, it was the go-to for KDE (as it was) because it was always up to date and extremely well polished and tightly integrated. These days there's Neon etc, but it's still a nice distro. Yast2 is also very useful and extensible, and Zypper package manager is quite nice (but it's no APK/Pacman/DNF5 imo). Little tip, for a desktop install do
sudo zypper in opi and then opi codecs to get the Packman repo and all codecs and hardware acceleration installed easily.
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Both KDE and GNOME to offer official distros
Leading Linux desktops boldly address the "not enough distros" non-problem
www.theregister.com
Wubuntu: The lovechild of Windows and Linux nobody asked for
A third-party Kubuntu remix with a severe identity crisis
www.theregister.com
LOL, impressively sad or sadly impressive?
Wubuntu: The lovechild of Windows and Linux nobody asked for
A third-party Kubuntu remix with a severe identity crisis
LOL, impressively sad or sadly impressive?
It brings the worst of Windows to Linux. Most people who are moving across right now are doing it to get away from crap like Copilot.
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Am i the only one that has never heard of this before?
Me neither, Can't say I've ever had issues with systemd so never actually looked.
Am i the only one that has never heard of this before?