No. The issue with distros like CachyOS is that they're popular for a year or two before falling into obscurity. CachyOS was released in 2024. You should use a distro that has at least 5 years of history where it has been popular.

>>107022018
No. Any arch-based distro requires you to know how to properly maintain your system and CachyOS is no exception

>>107022018
It really isn't. Try Ubuntu, Linux mint, Pop! Os or Fedora. Those are the distros with the biggest communities and the most support. Most things will just work on it and what doesn't has guides.
CachyOS is silly. It's like maintaining an arch system someone else has set up, where you don't know what changes they've made.

>>107022068
Cachy has a package mirrorlist with packages compiled with optimizations. But you could easily add that repo to Arch Linux https://mirror.cachyos.org/

Also, it has configured BTRFS for snapshots. Something you could easily do in Arch.

I would say use CachyOS if you don't know/don't want to waste time with configs. But don't be surprised if development gets slower and slower and eventually it dies

I use it, it's good. But support for it beyond Wiki fucking sucks. Ask any question on discord and good luck getting an answer.

It's good to use now, but as others said, if the team gets bored and leaves, then development drops.

Next best is Arch itself, Fedora, Ubuntu/Mint, or Debian itself. The rest are just small projects. I know nothing of Nix and the rest so I can't comment.

>>107022422
>Something you could easily do in Arch.
Only if you're doing it during initial setup. If your didn't configured separate btrfs subvolumes you're fucked.

>>107022018
Is
>> 5th millionths meme distro
from
>>Loonix tranny
good?
Answer is always no

>>107022018
It's alright but I would avoid Arch until you've gained more experience with Linux. You could better start with Ubuntu or Fedora which may be "less optimized" but better supported. Use them for a little while and when you feel your grip ready then try an arch distro (or arch itself which honestly would be better) and set it up how you want. You'd get a better experience, usability and stability.

>>107022018
works on my machine. It's good if you want to use your computer for gaming and you're a somewhat beginner that wants to learn.
Like others said it's a meme distro that will eventually die, but by then you'll have enough experience to just install arch since this is arch based, or get whatever new meme distro comes next. It's a lot easier to reinstall and distro hop on Linux, so it's not a big deal if you want to switch later.

>>107022422
as it stands it's the most popular new distro by a landslide
it's got years until the support drops

>>107022517
....so the official support channel is on discord?

>>107023138
wouldn't surprise me for zoomer software

>>107022018
Anything that is not Silverblue is a tinker distro. Arch is the worst offender of being a tinker distro.

If you want to spend time configuring and fixing your system go with Arch.

If you want to install your system in 5 minutez and then forget it for all eternity and never have to deal with updates or drivers or anything then go Bazzite (or any other Silverblue distro). If you really want to tinker you can even in Silverblue.

>>107023043
This is the /g/ memers. Bazzite (alone! which is merely Silverblue with some config) has millions of installs. Add onto that all other Silverblue/Ublue distros and "popular" quickly changes for Omarchy.

Obviously /g/ay consoomers would not want to use something that just works.

>>107022105
I tried googling around for a distro with good support for nvidia hardware and everyone said cachyos
Anyone who said pop! was told that pop was getting too old and reaching end of support soon

>>107022018
I like their repos, they have a bunch of aur packages in them.
As an os, I like some of the defaults they set up, but I find many others annoying, and their branding looks like ass.

>>107023294
Then they'll release a new version of pop!. This is the most disingenuous bullshit propaganda by chachytards I've ever heard.

>>107022105
>It's like maintaining an arch system someone else has set up, where you don't know what changes they've made.
tbf the alternatives you listed are the same thing but with Debian.
Which is why I always just recommend Debian. You start with a reasonable base and can build your own configuration for your usecase. You could probably go a while without even needing to interact with the command line. But when you do get to that point you're less likely to run into conflicting information about your system.

>>107023369
Hmm, actually based. Nowadays, there's nothing that makes Ubuntu "easier" than Debian for newbies anyway.

>>107023294
Bazzite has the open source nvidia drivers preinstalled and pre configured. Never had a desktop this smooth.

bazzite is the go to distro right now for windows refugees.

If you want a better experience with gaming go with nobara, however you will need to modify some configs to get old nvidia cards to work. You need to enable the "use closed drivers option"

>>107023369
zram is probably the most retarded thing they do for every system when it doesn't make sense for most

>>107023012
How easy is it to reinstall or distro hop in linux without losing your data????

>>107023776
Pretty easy. Just create your home folder on a separate partition. The only data you'll be losing is the stuff that isn't in the home folder, which is stuff that is irrelevant to you for the most part. Unless you have like web root or something in /usr/

>>107023776
if youre using a silverblue distro it takes 2 minutes. dont even need to reinstall anything just rebase and reboot and you got your new distro with all your old files and old and new apps/de.

if you are on anything but silverblue then yes you can copy your home folder but usually you will meet issues. and that is disregarding the fact that you actually have to reinstall (compared to silverblue where you just reboot and your files stay the same).

also silverblue (bazzite and friends) have the advantage of being the most secure os (not just distro but os) available and silverblue has access to all other distros packages. desu in 2025 if you use any non silverblue distro chances are you are a contrarian or stupid or stuck in the past. likely all three.

>>107023983
Note that this will delete all configurations and anything that does not live under /home (e.g. networks drivers etc.).

On silverblue these will survive a rebase.

>>107023776
>>107024034
>>107024043
Building up on this guy Bazzite also has a "real" (as in functioning performant and many software available) app store pre installed called Bazaar. It is kind of weird to think that the most normie friendly distro is also the most developer friendly and also the overall most secure one.

fuck niggers install windows again

>>107023369
OP is likely a gamer given his interest in CachyOS, using a distro like Debian is not a good idea.

>>107023248
>Silverblue
What about Kinoite?
I've been debating to switch to an immutable. But I'm still a noob and don't know if I'd get any advantage or disadvantage.

>>107026675
Kinoite/Silverblue are good. Getting an IDE set up on it can be a bit of a pain in the ass. You have to restart after system updates. Flatpaks are the preferred installation method for software, but you can layer packages too if you need to.
You might prefer one of the Universal Blue spins like Aurora or Bazzite. Has the non-free codec and driver support out of the box. You can rebase between Silverblue/Kinoite and Bazzite/Aurora/Bluefin too. So you can try out different spins and if you don't like one just rollback to the previous without having to reinstall everything.

>>107026757
Great, I might try Bazzite then. Thank you very much brah.

>>107026757
Just install your ide into a distrobox/toolbox arch image. you can install anything you want and it will work including gui apps. this is literally what distrobox was made for including desktop integration. even better when u screw the system u just delete and recreate the image.

>>107026900
god people on the stability opioid are such fucking retards

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>>107027109
>mad
>at stability

>>107022018
yes

>>107027109
gr8 b8 m8

>>107026900
I prefer to have the IDE installed on the host and then use remote containers.

>>107022564
Good morning saar. 0.1 rupees have been deposited into your Microsoft account. Please do not redeem