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CachyOS Is Now the Most Popular Desktop Distro on ProtonDB (boilingsteam.com)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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It is also first in the Distrowatch rank

https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=cachyos

I distro hopped to it from Bazzite a couple of months ago, and I could not be happier.

If you try the installer, be careful when selecting multiples DE/WM as the conflicts were not listed anywhere for the installation process.

Picking a single environment and then adding the others later was what worked for me.

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[–] 9 points 6 months ago (2 children)

It's still an unreal to me, as I remember CachyOS failing to install twice for various reasons. One related to being unable to install the kernel correctly and, the other failing to install the boot loader, leaving me with a dead install. I prefer Bazzite, openSUSE Tumbleweed, Ubuntu for gaming. They seem like nice people, having read the CachyOS forum...But the installer is scuffed AF in my experience.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

    I have to admit, installing Cachy was annoying for me. It couldn't deal with my Windows partitions or something. After I wiped my SSD completely, it worked.
    Learning Linux stuff was a bit confusing too, but expected. Installer was a headache I did not expect.
    (Disabling SecureBoot in BIOS was also a bit of trial and error)

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    Yeah, I noticed that secure boot was going to be an issue with CachyOS on first go, as I am used to this workflow of installing a new distro...I had already done so. Still, the installer is a boss battle and that is not the normal experience for most first time users. It often is a much smoother process with something like openSUSE, Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, or even Fedora. Windows doesn't like playing with other OS because it expects to be the only one there. Hates house guests so much that it can interfere unexpectedly with Linux distros.

    Starting with CachyOS if you are new to Linux is a gut punch to be sure. However, it gives you initiative to get up to speed ASAP because Arch is peculiar to deal with (even in a tamed form like CachyOS as it still has bite). As Arch-based distros expect more from you than a standard Debian, Mint, or even Ubuntu. It's good that you are attempting to get up to speed with at least the basics of dealing with a Linux system, as that knowledge can get you pretty far with a bit of application. Even though I used Linux for years, I haven't gone too profoundly deep within the reeds.

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