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Linux Distros for Gaming: CachyOS is Taking over (ProtonDB data) (videos.abnormalbeings.space)
submitted 3 days ago by AbnormalHumanBeing@lemmy.abnormalbeings.space to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.abnormalbeings.space/post/6562285

Companion article here: https://boilingsteam.com/distro-for-gaming-cachy-os-takes-over/

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[–] dataprolet@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 3 days ago (6 children)

I don't get it, CachyOS is probably improving performance in the low single digit percentages. Why are people so crazy about it?

[–] AbnormalHumanBeing@lemmy.abnormalbeings.space 11 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I don't think it does much for gaming, as the video and article also point out, but even if it turns out to just be placebo - my old and creaking PC here feels more responsive than it did with Manjaro, Vanilla Arch and Garuda respectively.

[–] dataprolet@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, it always reminds me that I did a kernel benchmark for gaming a couple of years ago and the differences were within the margin of error. https://web.archive.org/web/20220602144244/https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/utfazn/results_for_the_kernel_benchmarks_in_gaming/

[–] glog78@digitalcourage.social 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

@dataprolet @AbnormalHumanBeing The huge difference is the reaction time of interactive elements (aka the close to realttime behavior). This is all mostly because of the BORE Scheduler .. installing a cachy os bore kernel on a default arch feels nearly the same.

So Wayland + Bore Scheduler it's really feeling crazy good. I would not even want to move back to X11 cause damm it feels "slugish" compared.

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