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CachyOS Is Now the Most Popular Desktop Distro on ProtonDB (boilingsteam.com)
submitted 8 months ago by Nils@lemmy.ca 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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[–] Mynameisallen@lemmy.zip 26 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I know this is an unpopular opinion at the moment but I currently think Bazzite is still my favorite for the ROG Ally

[–] mereo@piefed.ca 22 points 8 months ago (3 children)

The RogAlly is not Cachy's objective. It's for regular desktop use.

[–] JohnWorks@sh.itjust.works 7 points 8 months ago

I believe they have a handheld distro that they use too. I heard it got a big update or something recently.

[–] cyberfae@piefed.social 3 points 7 months ago

They do in fact have a handheld edition. I use it for my steam deck and it's great.

[–] Mynameisallen@lemmy.zip 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Totally fine, yeah I use fedora for laptop, the Ally is only for gaming as I don't have a desktop setup

Edit: changed to laptop as desktop was confusing

[–] Linearity@piefed.zip 2 points 8 months ago

I use Manjaro on my Ally X 😝
(Also to my fellow ally owners, fingerprint reader support is coming soon I think)