Small sample set aside, the performance differences here are much bigger than I've seen in previous linux comparisons. Something has to be off right? Curious if anyone is able to reproduce these results.
this post was submitted on 28 May 2026
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Makes me wonder how it compares to Garuda, which is more gaming-tailored and has a graphical installer.
Garuda suffers from having absolutely dog shit defaults and tools compared to cachy for new Linux users.
Not even talking visuals.
Cachys custom scripts, tools and helpers make Garuda look like a fucking joke from a professionalism standpoint. And makes cachy infinity easier to get going and use day to day for a new Linux user.
Cachyos is about as new user friendly as you can physically get on arch short of SteamOS.
If your an advanced user then both Garuda and cachy might as well be carbon copies. Its just a starting point for us. Everything's getting fiddled with anyways
How about endeavour. That has a graphical interface for an arch install. Been using it for a few years already after windows 10.