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Linux Distros for Gaming: CachyOS is Taking over (ProtonDB data) (videos.abnormalbeings.space)
submitted 4 months 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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[–] who@feddit.org 55 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (10 children)

CachyOS claims performance improvement by compiling its packages with CPU-family-specific optimizations. Okay, but most games are not CPU bound, and even those that are mostly spend their CPU time in game code, not distro package-provided code.

CachyOS claims interactivity improvement by using the BORE scheduler. Okay, but that's unlikely to help games unless you're running other tasks that compete for CPU time while you play.

So for most gamers, I wouldn't expect CachyOS to offer much improvement in either area.

[–] arality@programming.dev 4 points 4 months ago

Everything you say is spot on. I've chased the tail of the dragon in search of performance gentoo, custom kernels, over clocking, etc. The defaults are 99.99% that other .01 just isn't worth the effort.

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