Post B23mLapWsHDOC5X62a by IcyGrillz@noauthority.social
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(DIR) Post #B236LlJlgXlie84hxg by RichardJohnson@noauthority.social
2026-01-07T17:52:32Z
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Over the holidays, I tried to switch my Gaming PC to CachyOS, and I gave up. I learned a lot from the experience, but the conclusion I came to is this:Ironically, CachyOS is better for gaming for normies than techies. Normies who would never consider using Linux.If all you want to do is surf the web, and install and play games you legitimately bought from mainstream stores, then it's great. Very little setup, good performance.(continued)
(DIR) Post #B236P7d7BapmiMj5zl by RichardJohnson@noauthority.social
2026-01-07T17:53:08Z
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(continued)But I'm not a normie. I want to install mods. I want to stream my games to other systems and have the system change my screen resolution and framerate to match that system. I want to overclock or undervolt my GPU.And you can do those things… but it’s going to be inconvenient. Where are my game saves? Hidden in a hidden folder in the root of your drive.(continued)
(DIR) Post #B236SlhAgEMdqOMWh6 by RichardJohnson@noauthority.social
2026-01-07T17:53:48Z
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(continued)Want to increase the power limit on your GPU? You can do that. But the first four forums I found via search had people asking how to do it, and people telling them they can’t. Eventually, I happened upon an offhand comment that said the name of the program that does it (LACT). And it worked fine. It took me hours to find. MSI Afterburner just works on Windows. I had Apollo set up for streaming games, complete with resolution changing in half an hour.(continued)
(DIR) Post #B236XPa2KZmWhfEtYe by RichardJohnson@noauthority.social
2026-01-07T17:54:38Z
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(continued)In the end, I installed *shudders* Windows 11. WAIT HEAR ME OUT. I installed Windows 11 Enterprise IOT. IOT being the most important part. It’s extremely barebones, but still modern enough to support the newest technologies. No Candy Crush, no Copilot, No Onedrive, no TPM required, no Microsoft account required.(continued)
(DIR) Post #B236dFeq8SiZfOGqIq by RichardJohnson@noauthority.social
2026-01-07T17:55:41Z
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(continued)I still hate Microsoft. But at some point I started to feel like I was cutting off my nose to spite my face. And I have a new baby. My troubleshooting time is limited.I haven’t given up on Linux. I still run it on other machines; I just can’t commit to it on my main machine.(end)
(DIR) Post #B238GudLozew0139Ye by IcyGrillz@noauthority.social
2026-01-07T18:14:04Z
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@RichardJohnson ya it sux i havent been able to overclock my cpu and gpu like i did running windows... and every single game still runs better stock with cachy and no OC than it did with a stripped down windows.And OC'd system with windows ran worse than a non OC'd system with Cachy. Ill never go vack to windows.
(DIR) Post #B238thCvfoX7eWBVlw by 1over7@noauthority.social
2026-01-07T18:21:04Z
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@IcyGrillz @RichardJohnson Either of you tried Bazzite? I was considering switching over to Linux for my "badass" desktop...but I'm hesitant.
(DIR) Post #B239IKzHQNWfyfYBdY by HLC@noauthority.social
2026-01-07T18:25:31Z
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@IcyGrillzYou were the first person I'd seen mention it and now I've started seeing people talk about cachyOS all over@RichardJohnson
(DIR) Post #B239fB3qUqXZqsZpLM by IcyGrillz@noauthority.social
2026-01-07T18:29:39Z
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@1over7 @RichardJohnson i tried bazzite... super easy to setup but performance was worse than cachy
(DIR) Post #B239ufKMFWAE45gZMW by RichardJohnson@noauthority.social
2026-01-07T18:32:27Z
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@1over7 @IcyGrillz I would not suggest running Bazzite unless you are going to use their mascot as your wallpaper, and are interested in using themed progress bars. (only LGBTQP++ themes are availables)
(DIR) Post #B23A9iM3HAtJnWeb2G by RichardJohnson@noauthority.social
2026-01-07T18:35:10Z
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@IcyGrillz I didn't have the same experience. Games are actually at higher and more consistent frame rates on Win11IOT.Not night and day better, but still.But definitely check out LACT. It was painless to setup. ONCE I FIGURED OUT WHAT IT WAS.
(DIR) Post #B23AD3nrzF8fBkGEdM by IcyGrillz@noauthority.social
2026-01-07T18:35:46Z
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@RichardJohnson is LACT for nvidia and Amd?
(DIR) Post #B23AFxs0VFOveha54a by RichardJohnson@noauthority.social
2026-01-07T18:36:18Z
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@IcyGrillz I'm running an AMD card, so it certainly works there. I think it probably works on Nvidia, but I didn't look at the time.
(DIR) Post #B23ALbLr8heBYLELYG by IcyGrillz@noauthority.social
2026-01-07T18:37:20Z
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@RichardJohnson gonna check it out rn... maybe im getting such a big performance boost due to the age of this machibe
(DIR) Post #B23AUxAZOFFFpIPWU4 by RichardJohnson@noauthority.social
2026-01-07T18:39:00Z
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@HLC @IcyGrillz I'm really not trying to shit on CachyOS here. It's a great system. I will very likely dual-boot it in the future.The real point of my post, is the irony of it being better suited for people who will probably never even consider it.
(DIR) Post #B23AhYU4Tttv1wXcoK by IcyGrillz@noauthority.social
2026-01-07T18:41:17Z
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@RichardJohnson @HLC lmao this is true.... no normies are gonna go any arch route... and the arch ppl would never use such an automated version
(DIR) Post #B23Ai9GthqLd7nf7ui by RichardJohnson@noauthority.social
2026-01-07T18:41:24Z
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@IcyGrillz A long time ago, I advocated for reinstalling Windows yearly. Because it runs like shit after that. Recently, I realized that I haven't put a fresh copy of Windows on my home PC in EIGHT YEARS. So yea, both CachyOS and a fresh install of Win 11 IOT worked better than that install. Because of course it does.I wonder if you are comparing it to an old install of Windows? Also, Win 11 IOT is on a whole over level, compared to using debloat tools on a standard Win 11 install.
(DIR) Post #B23AnP30TkwLV7fdWS by IcyGrillz@noauthority.social
2026-01-07T18:42:21Z
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@RichardJohnson the windows install was probly 6 months old and then debloated
(DIR) Post #B23BHBWbJvTQFTiKwK by RichardJohnson@noauthority.social
2026-01-07T18:47:43Z
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@HLC @IcyGrillz CachyOS is awesome because of what Steam is doing with Proton.CachyOS and Bazzite are the two hot distros for gaming right now.CachyOS is a rolling release distro, so get updates, which could break something.Bazzite is a fixed release, that gets updated occasionally.But the thing about CachyOS, is that if you set it up per their wiki, it comes with BTRFS snapshots out of the box. If an update borks your system, it's a 5 minute fix to roll back to the last snapshot.
(DIR) Post #B23BQT1JdshJ7FVU92 by RichardJohnson@noauthority.social
2026-01-07T18:49:24Z
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@HLC @IcyGrillz Snapshots don't require any command line work, either. You can load the last snapshot from the boot loader, and then CachyOS will prompt you on boot and offer to revert to that snapshot, all in the GUI. EZPZ
(DIR) Post #B23DDJy6BYwNBZrSqG by ent@noauthority.social
2026-01-07T19:09:25Z
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@RichardJohnsonNo idea offhand what else you've played with for gaming on Linux, but I've heard good things about the Bazzite and Pop OS distros.
(DIR) Post #B23DfpGdPUgiMl7iYS by IcyGrillz@noauthority.social
2026-01-07T19:14:35Z
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@RichardJohnson @HLC LACT definently squeezed out even more performance... thx
(DIR) Post #B23DrZVhotJAyJm27M by RichardJohnson@noauthority.social
2026-01-07T19:16:43Z
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@ent Yea, Bazzite is the current circle-jerk du jour, among Linux Youtubers who install distros in VMs, and never actually use them.I used Pop OS a few years ago, it's fine, but not optimized for gaming like CachyOS.
(DIR) Post #B23Duy1t7BpTswRhR2 by RichardJohnson@noauthority.social
2026-01-07T19:17:20Z
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@IcyGrillz Noice. Glad to hear it.
(DIR) Post #B23LGqUsV4zcZdNweG by ent@noauthority.social
2026-01-07T20:39:43Z
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@RichardJohnsonI heard Pop combined with flatpack works well. My main use of Pop so far was bringing an old Mac laptop back to life as a conference presentation/CTF attack box
(DIR) Post #B23LeznPZwJEMcZNs8 by ent@noauthority.social
2026-01-07T20:44:05Z
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@RichardJohnsonAt some point I may trial Bazzite, but next I can finally build another desktop I'll be starting with Pop first. I was thoroughly impressed with how much it "just worked" setting it up along with how all the defaults were what I would have chosen anyway
(DIR) Post #B23MdRY5WV31oSE4LA by RichardJohnson@noauthority.social
2026-01-07T20:55:00Z
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@ent Why Bazzite, though? I see no reason to run it.I assume you want to play games, because if not, there is absolutely no reason to consider Bazzite.CachyOS devs are doing the real work, and between them and the Steam Proton devs, things are moving quickly. That's why CachyOS is so much better, because you get those updates.Bazzite is for gay teenagers to play retro roms on.And if something should go wrong with CachyOS, rolling back is trivial. 5 minutes, all via GUI.
(DIR) Post #B23PAKLfVxj6wiDzvc by ent@noauthority.social
2026-01-07T21:23:21Z
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@RichardJohnsonGood to know. My knowledge of Bazzite is it's for the same use case as Cachy. Haven't used either of them, but a friend of mine has gotten better gaming performance on some titles in Pop than Windows, this why that's what I'll start with, especially since I also like it as a general purpose OS
(DIR) Post #B23mLapWsHDOC5X62a by IcyGrillz@noauthority.social
2026-01-08T01:43:06Z
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@RichardJohnson i wanna throw this on another drive to give it a whirl
(DIR) Post #B23toN5BlW1ddNWjtg by IcyGrillz@noauthority.social
2026-01-08T03:06:44Z
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@RichardJohnson im imoressed with this iot version so far... arc raiders will be the ultimate test
(DIR) Post #B2556VJ1Dxgn0InxDM by 1over7@noauthority.social
2026-01-08T16:47:59Z
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@RichardJohnson @IcyGrillz Oh my.....I am very glad I asked lol