Because Fedora is extra steps for nonfree codecs and firmware, and PopOS has an old kernel that doesn't support the latest AMD GPUs. This was my logic when installing linux on the gaming PC of a windows user who wanted to make the switch, recently

EDIT: genuinely curious about the downvote lol

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world -1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

You're spreading straight up false info here about Pop_OS. My kernel on Pop_OS is updated quite frequently and it supports my ~2 year old AMD card flawlessly. My current kernel version, 6.17.4, is about two weeks old...

[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

No, actually I am not. 2 year old AMD cards are not the latest.

I tried to install PopOS for them first, however the LiveISO does not boot with a 9060 XT, because the PopOS kernel is quite old. If it was compatible with the latest AMD GPUs, they'd be running PopOS right now instead of CachyOS.

Are you on the 24.04 Beta version of PopOS?

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

You are wrong about the kernel. I'm not on the beta, I'm on a stable release I installed like 2 years ago and have updated many times since. The kernel is exactly what I just said.

[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (2 children)

Dunno what to tell you lol, maybe it is possible to update an already existing install to a newer kernel version, but the LiveISO hangs when booting on a 9060 XT, and "sorry, it is unsupported by the PopOS kernel" was a common/known issue when I searched for the solution. This was only a few weeks ago.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

It's interesting you say all this because as others have said in the past, pop os pulls upstream updates so often, some say it's practically rolling release at least for many important packages

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Maybe their live iso isn't as maintained?

[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

That's my guess based on what you've said

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

You’re also a cachy?

[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

I personally run Gentoo btw, but was not going to subject a first-time Linux user to that lol. So I installed CachyOS on their PC, yeah

[–] cyborganism@piefed.ca 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

TIL people still use Gentoo.

[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

There's really never been a better time to run Gentoo tbh, processors are so fast that compilation does not really take as long as you'd expect anymore. Probably the best hardware support of all Linux distros, and its good for gaming or workstation.

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

If I wasn’t so intent on going to Nix, I’d give Gentoo a try. Currently an Arch user due to laziness and AUR, but the AUR is not as consistent an experience as memory serves so if it doesn’t fulfill laziness I might as well move on.

And I subjected a first time user to Debian 13 lol

[–] rozodru@pie.andmc.ca 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I'm currently using NixOS and I constantly switch back to CachyOS every now and again. By far the best Arch based distros and one of the best overall distros available.

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 hours ago

Maybe I should do some researching but what do you like about Cachy over plain Arch? That it’s gaming optimized?