To clarify, I use cachyOS packages on arch. So, I can’t give a review of the distro itself. But the packages do work really well for gaming, especially their kernel and their proton variant. I use GNOME and force Proton to use Wayland and FSR4. So far, so good.
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scala@lemmy.ml 3 weeks agoI might give catchyOS a try. I’ve been in bazzite for almost a year and haven’t had any issues.
lastweakness@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
lastweakness@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
But wait… If you haven’t had any issues, why bother trying something else?
scala@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
That’s kinda where I’m at. Everyone says CatchyOS, CatchyOS, it’s smoother, stable, no issues. And I’m here on bazzite with all the same pros and cons list without seeing a different, I figured id try it myself since all the cons people seem to have on bazzite I haven’t had.
lastweakness@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’d say, don’t bother. For me, I was already on Arch, as I’ve been for years, so switching package repositories isn’t a big deal and I could just as easily switch back. So when I noticed some minor performance issues with Arkham Knight on base arch, I thought “why not”. There’s also the fact that Bazzite can’t work for me because of its immutable nature. If you’re happy with how things are going right now, I don’t think there’s a reason to switch. Of course, there’s always the “why not” factor for everyone :)
scala@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
That’s a fair point. I’m mostly curious because installing flatpacks are just a bit of pain. I have to finesse it using the terminal. unlike Mint, where I can click it like a windows .exe and it installs. The other option is trying out Manjaro since that’s based off Arch and probably the closest to SteamOS in terms of distro.