>>107113358
Is there any difference in performance with cachy vs normal arch? Mainly interested in vidya

>>107113566
no idea, though I know that catchy is newer so it might be more "fuckier".

>>107113566
taken right from the cahcy wiki. how about you try searching before asking to be spoonfed, you stupid fuaggot

To deliver a performance-optimized distribution, CachyOS recompiles Arch Linux packages specifically for the x86-64-v3, x86-64-v4, and Zen4+ architectures.

    x86-64-v3: 5%-20% performance uplift compared to x86-64.
    x86-64-v4: Delivers substantial performance gains through AVX512 support, depending on the workload.
    Zen 4/5: In addition to the x86-64-v4 instruction set, the following instructions are added:

>>107113566
no
games are already optimized, the ones that benefit are non optimized floating point heavy applications

>>107113772
this is a friendly thread, know your place peasant

>>107113919
Just report as attempting to start a flamewar and move on, don't bother interacting with him.

Reminder that v3 is literal snake oil (unless you're using a hyper-specific photo editing software or playing Xonotic).
https://www.phoronix.com/review/ubuntu-2510-amd64v3

>>107113904
Correct. Building everything -v3/v4 just breaks binary compatibility with older CPUs for marginal gain.

>>107113358
These old desktop envs look cool but when you try them it's always a pain to use. Is there any oldschool desktop that's actually nice to use?

idk why this sudden autism of shilling cachy and their v3/v4 packages

my brother in christ, standard amd64v1 isa already forces SSE2 on everything, and that's a fucking lot. Back in the day we had Debian compiled just for i386, we didn't even have MMX, let alone SSE

>dualbooting win11 and manjaro
>have Steam on both
>I have the same library folders chosen in both steam installs
>proton is installed using protonupqt and set as default compatibility tool
>every few days (alternating windows and linux usage, i use linux for work mostly) proton breaks
>steam just throws "Compatibility tool failed" and refuses to launch games
>have to reinstall proton using protonupqt and then it works
What the fuck is going on with this?
>inb4 ntfs
The games are on my NTFS drive but steam itself is on my system partition, so that shouldn't be it... I'm so tired of constantly troubleshooting.

>>107114541
It's ntfs, it isn't compatible with POSIX permissions. You should do the other way around, install under ext4 and then install the driver under Windows. OR have a NAS

>>107114605
hm, but the compatibility tools are in /.local/share/Steam/compatibilitytools
that's on the main drive which isn't NTFS, why would proton break there?
I do have a NAS though but there is no SSD in it for games

what's the best way to do some kind of small-scale encryption (i.e. i just want to encrypt a few folders or maybe have one large file like Truecrypt which I encrypt)?

I'm messing around with my raspberry pi that came with raspbian os. Ran into a problem today, probably after an update. Firefox seems to be busted. Some websites won't let me type at all. Like 4chan. I'm typing this on my tablet right now. Every time I try to get the captcha ì end up with the message "gah. Your tab just crashed". So I can't post at all on my raspberry pi. Anything I can do to fix this?

>>107114658
gpg or openssl

>>107114623
fair, you might want to provide additional info regarding "Compatibility tool failed", maybe look at dmesg or steam logs

>>107112927
>>107113167
Thanks to all the replies anons, Linux it is

>>107114878
Managed to find out from console_log.txt... no idea

[2025-11-05 19:32:05] GameAction [AppID 2135150, ActionID 1] : LaunchApp changed task to CheckShaderDepotManifest with ""
[2025-11-05 19:32:06] GameAction [AppID 2135150, ActionID 1] : LaunchApp changed task to RunningInstallScript with ""
[2025-11-05 19:32:06] GameAction [AppID 2135150, ActionID 1] : LaunchApp changed task to SynchronizingCloud with ""
[2025-11-05 19:32:07] GameAction [AppID 2135150, ActionID 1] : LaunchApp changed task to SynchronizingStats with ""
[2025-11-05 19:32:07] GameAction [AppID 2135150, ActionID 1] : LaunchApp changed task to ShowInterstitials with ""
....
[2025-11-05 19:32:07] GameAction [AppID 2135150, ActionID 1] : LaunchApp changed task to WaitForStreamingEncoderConfig with ""
[2025-11-05 19:32:07] GameAction [AppID 2135150, ActionID 1] : LaunchApp changed task to CreatingProcess with ""
[2025-11-05 19:32:07] GameAction [AppID 2135150, ActionID 1] : LaunchApp waiting for user response to CreatingProcess ""
[2025-11-05 19:32:07] GameAction [AppID 2135150, ActionID 1] : LaunchApp continues with user response "CreatingProcess"
[2025-11-05 19:32:07] src/clientdll/compatmanager.cpp (1286) : Assertion Failed: Tool 1628350 "Steam Linux Runtime 3.0 (sniper)" unsupported version 0.
[2025-11-05 19:32:07] GameAction [AppID 2135150, ActionID 1] : LaunchApp failed with AppError_51 with ""
[2025-11-05 19:32:07] GameAction [AppID 2135150, ActionID 1] : LaunchApp changed task to Failed with ""

I swapped from Windows 10 to Linux Mint around a year ago... I did not like the look of Windows 11 and that pushed me to make the change, as have always been keen to move away from Windows spyware. the exp has been good but lacking for streaming...

I like to think of myself as a normie and enjoy watching the sportsball. I pay each month to legally watch sports and usually do this from my console (which has an app to support the streaming provider).

but I am currently away from home so figured I would watch on my laptop... I log into my account but when loading the match I want to watch I get a vague error (as opposed to saying linux is unsupported...) I do some reading and find out the steaming service does not support Linux! no worries I figured I would boot up a VM! I think i've used vmware/ocracle before and could just build a win10 vm but on linux I had issues setting up a vm and had to download iso manually first... but had no time as I dont want to miss the game.... fuck so i loaded up the game on my android phone - happy days but the screen is small.... hmmm maybe I can plug this into my pc... do some quick bing search and find out about the tool scrcpy - great!, put my phone into developer mode and i'm in! I can see my phone screen on my laptop! but soon as I watch the sports the screen is black... I can hear the audio but cant see the sports! fuck. i so some more reading up and find out this must be due to DRM!

this sucks... not a rant against linux but i want to watch the sports... and i want to do it legally without pirating (i'm not judging people who do - even ignoring its free service/product would be better lol)... yet despite paying a large sum each month i cant watch it on my own device of choice (cant even watch it about 720p without paying extra)... for lack of a better phrase, I feel as though I've been digitally raped? any advice on this? should i take the time to setup a vm in slowtime or is any workaround to watch on linux/firefox natively?

>>107114994
something is corrupting your the compatibility tool and I doubt it is something related to windows, you might want to clear cache of steam and then reinstall again

>>107115061
>any advice on this?
yes. next time "pirate" since piracy services don't have this type of drm

>>107115061
Does your streaming service have its own client?

Hate having to rebuild nomacs after every update. What image viewer/editior is good? On Arch.

>>107115247
>rebuild nomacs after every update
why? just install the flatpak version

>>107115251
>flatpaks
no, i don't think i will.

>>107115235
Yes you are correct in that this would be much easier to do, quick google search and find a stream (and actually a better service as not capped at 720p...). However, I want to be legally compliant and am in a fortunate position where spending money on the sports package each month is not an issue. To reiterate I do not judge anyone who does pirate/stream content illegally.

>>107115240
Not for PC. They did in the past, but now its just on their website. I'm using Firefox (tried chrome which also did not work). I even tried spoofing my user agent as windows but still getting issues so I'm confident is must be a linux/DRM un supported issue... their website does say linux devices are not supported.

Although, there is a client/app for my console for the same service, which is confusing as I would have thought under the hood most smart tvs/consoles would use some sort of GNU/linux?

Is there any software to find duplicate images? I need to clean up my pictures folder but there's so many pics I don't want to do it manually...

>>107113358
I am dual booting windows 11 with cachyos in the same ssd and I want to expand my cachyos partition. When I tried to shrink the size of my windows 11 partition, it showed an error saying that the volume was damaged and that I should use chkdsk to repair it. Will this command erase my linux partition?

>>107115355
I'm not sure why using scrcpy wouldn't work, but honestly I've never even seen a DRM video service before so I have no idea how they behave. You can just use an Android phone which supports display out through USB-C and plug it into any monitor/TV.
I assume a properly configured VM would also work.

>>107115630
>Will this command erase my linux partition?
Almost certainly. Windows doesn't support good file systems. It's limited to FAT and NTFS, so it will format your disk to one of those and erase all data.

>>107115675
Is there any other way to expand my linux partition then?

>>107115393
Geeqie works well. It's a little slow and suffers from GTK UX retardation though.

>>107115690
Yea. Boot any Linux distro from a live USB. Choose anything that has KDE or GNOME, I believe both of their disk management utils have the option to expand partitions.

>>107115630
>it showed an error saying that the volume was damaged and that I should use chkdsk to repair it. Will this command erase my linux partition?
No. chkdsk operates on filesystems not partitions. In fact Linux has no ntfsck type program worth using, so it's your only option to fix ntfs errors without quietly ruining the filesystem.

>>107115741
Fucking idiot, you still have to clear the NTFS errors, and you can't do that from Linux without a VM. No, ntfsfix is not a substitute.

I can install Anki just fine and it works but for some reason I can't import decks. It doesn't give me an error, the deck simply doesn't show up. Anyone know how to fix this? I'm on EndeavourOS.

>>107115763
By the way, there is yet another NTFS filesystem driver for Linux in development:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20251020020749.5522-1-linkinjeon@kernel.org/T/#m5d04bfdd32a9a6cf406941f9bd0fa3b70fecde42

This one will have a proper fsck:
"
While ntfs-3g includes ntfsprogs as a component, it notably lacks
the fsck implementation. So we have launched a new ntfs utilitiies
project called ntfsprogs-plus by forking from ntfs-3g after removing
unnecessary ntfs fuse implementation. fsck.ntfs can be used for ntfs
testing with xfstests as well as for recovering corrupted NTFS device.
"

>>107115763
Are you retarded? You can shrink the NTFS partition within Windows.

>>107115823
>developer announces intent to
Ok get in a time machine, go forward 10 years, and let us know how that shaped up. In the mean time everyone who isn't clinically retarded can keep using chkdsk in Windows.

>>107115830
You still have to clear the error with chkdsk if you don't want the filesystem eaten. Whether you do the shrink in Windows or Linux doesn't matter.

>>107115862
There'll probably be another 10 implementations by then. It seems nobody can fix Microsoft's filesystem but people keep trying.

>>107115873
Good fsck programs take a lot of experience. Especially for something as complicated and obtuse as ntfs. It's one of those projects you'd have to devote a big portion of your life to.

What are some useful aliases? I created a few for replacing cat with bat and ls with lsd and reducing the ridiculously long onlyoffice-desktopeditors to just "office".

>>107116240
I just use the GUI like a normal person.

>>107116261
>a normal person
>on 4chan
>on /g/
>on /fglt/

>>107116240
this is everything i use. i put most of them into other scripts though so they don't bother me. e.g. ssh-agent shit that i don't want loading all my keys and asking for passwords. nixos related stuff that updates my gits.

alias l='clear'
alias cat='bat'
alias cap='bat -p'

alias grep='grep --color -n'
alias ls='ls -lAh --color=auto'
function godoc() {
    go doc ${1} ${2} | less

}

>>107116286
>like a
Reading comprehension, anon.

Lifetime bash user, I just switched to zsh. Can I just expect to continue using my shell like nothing changed? I installed all the completions and that's pretty much it.

>>107115630
No, there is no danger, your Linux stuff won't be affected.
Run a checkdisk from Windows and shrink the NTFS partition from Windows, then you can expand your Linux partition from Linux.
I keep a flash drive with HBCD and Kubuntu on it so I can boot into the respective live environments whenever there's a need to do stuff like this.

>>107116240

alias ffmpeg='ffmpeg -hide_banner'
alias ffplay='ffplay -hide_banner'
alias ffprobe='ffprobe -hide_banner'

alias df='df -h -x squashfs -x fuse.encfs -x devtmpfs'
alias findmnt='findmnt --real --types nosquashfs'
alias lsblk='lsblk -e7'
alias free='free -h'

So whats up with the whole glibc vs musl war and why is it treated like a culture war flashpoint?

This is kinda arguably a windows question but
I have two internal storage drives. If I install windows on my other drive, will it cause problems or are those more from having two OS's on the same drive partitioned?
Theres just some stuff on windows that I unfortunately cannot use

What's the best way to go about backups? I know about timeshift from when I tried Mint. Ever since I moved to arch I've been living dangerously without any backups.

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>>107113358
Question about Clam-antivirus that comes with the Ubuntu ISO files.
I'm running
- "Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS"
ClamAV version "0.103.12"

when I try to do a freshclam, the program tells me my engine is outdated and no longer supported. I tried removing clamAV, then reinstalled it from the cmd line, but the version in the repository is also outdated?

Is there a way to install the latest LTS version of clamAV? And what is up with Ubuntu and a broken antivirus system?

>>107117455
i'm about to get a fresh clam from your sister.

>>107117455
Maybe ClamTk from flathub or use homebrew

I installed EndeavourOS on my laptop because that's what I use on desktop. I realized I don't use my laptop often enough to justify a rolling release. I like KDE and a lean system. Which distro should I install on it?

>>107117706
Nixos

So what causes the IP to show when you log on to, i.e. an Ubuntu server. Because it happens on one of mine and not the other.

Does anyone use NvChad? I tried installing it because I can't be arsed configuring nvim and it's great for the most part but it keeps giving me error marking for css files. They're not wrong, it just doesn't understand that those are css instead of something else. Anyone knows how to fix it?

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>>107117706
>laptop
im installing debian gnome on moms new laptop, that she will only use her browser on it

For me it's linux

>>107117801
/etc/motd or something on /etc/ssh/ssh_config

>>107117714
>read up on NixOS
nigga what the fuck is this meme distro and why do you keep promoting it every fucking thread?

>>107118040
>meme distro
Nix is one of the best options for servers now.

>>107117801
>>107117857
Well after some further digging, there is something in /etc/update-motd.d/50-landscape-sysinfo, which calls "landscape-sysinfo". I guess it was relying on cache or something, because after dpkg-reconfigure and/or running landscape-sysinfo manually, both servers show the IP on login.

pacstrap grabs the packages from the mirrors right?
so if i install arch right now i should get mkinitcpio 40 that just got updated?

>>107115355
Im taking a huge chance of souding retarded, but did you checked an allow DRM content checkbox in firefox settings? I think its disabled by default, the other day i tried watching a youtube bougth movie in firefox for android and gave me the error of your browser is not supported, turns out i had that checkbox disabled

hello

i would like suggestions for software for playing audio locally on the command line. ideally i can throw whatever mess of folders i want into it and have it scan everything.

>>107118129
Yes, when you run pacstrap it installs the latest version of whatever binaries you asked for even if your Arch install USB is an older snapshot.

>>107118136
cmus is a popular terminal music player.

>>107118136
cmus

>>107118148
>>107118153
arigato

>>107113358
was too late last thread thank you fellas for recommending music players, fooyin shall do me just fine
cheers

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Does anyone familiar with the original release of Rome: Total War know if it's possible to get the in-game cutscenes working? I've tried Proton-GE and they still wouldn't play. Is it just broken on Linux?

>>107118327
https://www.protondb.com/app/4760
try an older proton version
its platinum on protondb so it should work

>>107118345
I've tried a bunch of different ones, the game itself runs fine but cutscenes are just broken. Looks like the video files are wmv with the vc-1 wmv3 codec, if that matters

>>107118327
Try disabling winegstreamer (WINEDLLOVERRIDES="winegstreamer=") and installing lavfilters

>>107118040
>Meme distro
It's one of the best around and the future of Linux. Memes like whatever garbage you use won't exist in 5 years.

>>107118062
Good for servers? Didn't read like that but if that's what its good for then fair enough.
>>107118484
meme response

>>107118502
I mean, we do have a schizo as you can see, but nix is legit and not a meme.

>>107118502
Okay, well you just keep trooning out on arch or mint or whatever. Make sure yve got your thigh high socks on.

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>>107118547
>mint

i use debian gnome. maybe its because i had been using manjaro kde6 for a while, but i am extremely pleased, its as snappy as windows for me
i use mint on my laptop. i can't complain, not as crisp an experience overall

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I like more to install distros than actually using them. Recommend me a distro.

>>107118591
Unironically after my distro hopping days I just switched back to Ubuntu. Debian if you're a little less retarded.
The compatibility is worth more to me than any riced up features of less mainstream distros. Network effect is real.

>>107118615
Is there any reason to use Debian outside of server hosting?

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>>107118591
alpine linux lxqt

>>107118560
fine i'll download soosa even tho i dont like the fat guy they hired to sing the song

efi stub or grub in current year?

imo grub sucks but efi stub is too brittle

>>107118621
Like I said, compatibility. There's a .deb for everything.

>>107118327
https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Rome:_Total_War
Doesn't say anything about it but it mostly seems like a missing codec issue. Many older games used Bink video tools and such.
It's hard to believe it's just a proton/wine issue if the game is otherwise working properly.

>>107118636
Systemd boot. Never had it break and it's simple to config.

>>107118672
I saw at least one mention of it here >>107118345 though that was from 5 years ago. Seems like something that should bump it down from Platinum status if it's really still an issue.

>>107118766
Rome: Total War uses pre-rendered FMV (full motion video) files that depend on Windows-native codecs, so their failure to display is not a random bug but a known compatibility obstacle.

>>107118809
>a known compatibility obstacle
yeah they even mention it here
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/1464

>>107118861
What I meant, retard, just install the goddamn codecs manually.
I'm going to prove you that this game works by installing it myself.

>>107119053
Have fun with that. The game works, but the in-game video files like the cutscenes and animated title screen won't.

Fresh Loondook The Fuehrer is gathering the stormtroopers and forming the Devuan Reich HAIL LOONDOOK HAIL OUR PEOPLES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfa_SZyltyc

>>107115061
Ahh, so the R in DRM stands for Rape.

>>107116240

alias ..='cd ..'
alias ffmpeg='ffmpeg -hide_banner'
alias gallery-dl='gallery-dl --destination $HOME/Downloads/gallery-dl'
alias rm='rm --verbose --preserve-root=all --one-file-system --interactive=always'
alias sudo='sudo '

>>107119422
>alias sudo='sudo '
What?

>>107117294
To be safe, only have one drive connected when installing Windows. Then you can just use the BIOS boot selection to select the OS and neither Windows nor Linux can break the bootloader.

>>107118591
Nyarch

>>107119449
The space after sudo makes it possible to pass aliases to sudo. Otherwise for example "sudo .." doens't work.

>>107112226 (Me)
So it turns out my shit is actually fucked.
At first it happened very infrequently so the workaround was fine but then it started happening more and more frequently until my system is almost unusable.
I can't find any instance of anyone having a similar bug on the internet so I got no idea what to do but to take the nuclear option (reinstall OS).
I'm currently transferring/backing up some files before I do that so I got time to think.

So I guess the question now is, what distro?
Even though I've been on Arch for two years, and I rarely got too many bad bugs, this is fucked, and I don't want anything like it to happen again.
My current top picks are Fedora with KDE or Debian with KDE (I like KDE, even if it might be the source of most of my problems).
My concern with Fedora is stability, since it seems to use a pretty new kernel and relatively new versions of other packages. I'm sure it's better than what I came from, but considering the reason I'm installing a new OS, stability is a big concern for me right now.
My concern with Debian is outdated packages. I don't care too much about the latest features and whatever for most packages, but I do want stuff like graphics drivers to be "new enough" that gaming works. I've got an RX 7900 XT, so almost 3 years old but not super old. Also I'd rather not use Debian unstable or something because that kind of defeats the point of using it for stability.

Any Fedora or Debian users wanna give their two cents? Or is there some other distro that might fit good for an Arch refugee looking for something more stable?

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>>107113358
I have a serious question, why would anyone run linux in 2025, linux is now a windows store app, i open my CMD on winny 11, I type WSL, and I suddenly have whole linux spun up, if I want a dedicated environment I have a docker container with all the server stuff, I even have GUI stuff, and I don't even feel that its running on a 32GB system it barely uses 12 gigs and i dedicated 25 in case load increases for my flink jobs

Been hearing about CachyOS recently. What's the big deal? Worth the distro hop?

>>107120005
Meme distro for gamers who know nothing about Linux and are fed up with Windows

>>107120005
go to windows app store, search for an app called ubuntu, then run it by typing WSL into CMD retard

I wont lie bros. If Windows gutted all the AI bullshit and unshittified their OS I would go back.

I wish I were a woman, fuck this life I swear

>>107120005
It's a meme distro that will die in a few years. A lot of people are making false claims it "performs better" when in reality the performance difference is within the margin of error (under 3%) in almost every single benchmark, including game benchmarks (distro is popular among gamers because they believe they'll get better performance).

>>107120130
>It's a meme distro that will die in a few years.
Only if someone creates a better Arch-based gaming distro

>>107119655 (Me)
>install Debian with KDE
>IT STILL HAPPENS
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?
This must be a KDE bug, right? I confirmed it's not Wayland. Switching to X11 still has the same problem.
I don't see how this could be hardware related. How could windows and the shell not acknowledging the mouse be a hardware thing? Especially when librewolf/firefox still acknowledges the mouse and trying to click windows actually seems to register clicks on the desktop behind them (I can drag the box and right click to get up the context menu).
Tell me I'm not crazy.

I'll try a different DE I guess.

I started using Debian 13 Trixie a few month back after having only used windows.

Could have been a mistake. Things don't work well as it is installed?

>>107120186
what's with the insistence on Arch? Fedora runs games just heckin' fine.

>>107120222
As it is instable*

>>107120130
Where do I go to once it's confirmed EoS? I like Cachy but I need to prepare

>>107120186
Valve already did. CachyOS isn't even a gaming distro.

>>107120222
Just don't add 3rd party PPAs and limit yourself to only Flatpaks and Appimages and you'll be fine.

>>107120224
>what's with the insistence on Arch?
rolling release is best for gaming, it's the distro Valve switched to for their stuff

>>107120273
>Valve already did.
Valve themselves recommend against using SteamOS on desktop

>>107120224
Fedora is not fully rolling-release, and they've recently decided to use AI-assisted coding, so people looking to escape Windows' AI-induced shittiness would be better off looking elsewhere

>>107120273
I am struggling with installing ProtonVPN. I succeeded and it worked flawlessly, but then I somehow accidentally removed it. Now when I want to reinstall it, it mentions all kinds of unsolvable (for me) dependency issues

>>107120291
I think that what I did was be overzealous with removing shit in my downloads folder and one of them was the installation file or something. Then poof the program was gone and I haven't been able to reinstall it

>>107120277
Valve's Arch isn't rolling release. It's effectively the same thing as Manjaro except much more delayed and tested before they push out updates (packages are 3-6 months behind). It's also atomic+immutable, but unlike Fedora's atomic distros SteamOS doesn't have an equivalent to rpm-ostree which can be used to install system packages or modify the OS. So it's a locked down, stripped and outdated version of Arch.
Saying "SteamOS is Arch" is the same as saying "macOS is FreeBSD". It's technically correct to a small extent, but it's completely irrelevant and incorrect in all the ways it matters. If anything Bazzite is much closer to SteamOS than Arch is, while still behaving like a normal Linux distro.

>>107120290
>they've recently decided to use AI-assisted coding, so people looking to escape Windows' AI-induced shittiness would be better off looking elsewhere
What is this legacy media propaganda bullshit sentence structuring? They've just added a policy that AI-assisted code needs to be labelled and tested/understood by the actual person trying to push the code.
Only unemployed terminally online retards think using AI assistance when coding is somehow bad. At that point you might as well argue that all coding should be done in Notepad.exe or nano without any form of snippet shortcuts, syntax highlighting or intellisense.