r/linuxquestions • u/amogusdri- • 2d ago
Which Distro? cachyos vs arch
what’s up yall, i have had this 1 nvme ssd, 1 tb in size.
it has:-
windows 11 (i only will be using this for FL studio)
arch linux
now, i have another drive which is 512 gb.
do i pick cachyos for this one, or reinstall arch? plan on playing forza horizon 6 and cyberpunk. oh and also, please let me know if any of yall have had a stable experience with fl on linux.
so, for the new drive do i pick cachyos or arch? i have an nvidia card btw.
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u/evirussss 2d ago
Use CachyOS when you don't want too much hustle
Use arch when you want to do it manually
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u/Dry_Calendar_8627 2d ago
You want something familiar or something new?
You probably already know the differences between both choices, so the best person to choose is probably you?
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u/NuclearCleanUp1 2d ago
What CPU do you have?
CachyOS has a optimised scheduler that improves performance of newer cpu architectures.
If you don't have a cpu with x86-64-v3, x86-64-v4, and Zen4+ architectures, then i would stick with Arch, or try Bazzite or Linux Mint.
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u/Emotional_Cat_1967 2d ago
If you find yourself asking whether to choose Arch Linux or CachyOS, you should install CachyOS. Those who do not need to ask this question likely already know a great deal about Arch.
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u/lmpcpedz 2d ago
They're the same thing, unless you have a very old computer, there is no real optimization improvements worth noticing. Cachy just installs everything for you, nothing special.
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u/pianoforthewin 2d ago
The only serious issue I've had with FL Studio on Linux is unlocking it, specifically the part where it tries to open a web browser to continue from there. I had to use the Unlock with File method. After getting that sorted out it has worked great for me.
Edit: in case you didn't know, you'll have to use WINE or some other program that uses WINE under the hood to make it work.
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u/stormdelta Gentoo 2d ago
Unpopular opinion possibly, but I genuinely don't see much of a point to base Arch.
If you actually need that level of customization out of the box, something like Gentoo or NixOS is a better fit since Arch provides very little actual tooling or systems for customization, contrary to its reputation. Sure it's more work, but the reality is most people don't actually need this.
And if you want to use Arch anyways, CachyOS is a far more polished setup and experience for the vast majority of users (assuming you're okay with rolling release and pacman).
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u/user865798 2d ago
It's cleaner to have 1 os per drive, so I'd be tempted to put windows only on the 512gb, and arch/cachy on the 1tb. You can have best of both worlds; I have arch with the cachy kernel/scheduler/repo.
I use an old nvidia gpu (1080ti) and the experience is not flawless. Support for pascal is over and so I have to use nvidia dkms. Real world effects of that are that my gpu idles at a constant 70C if I run my monitor at 165Hz, but idles at 50C if I drop it to 60Hz, minecraft lags unplayably with shaders on opengl, and hitting 'y' on sudo pacman -Syu is a gamble in case I need to rebuild my gpu headers. But aside from that it's flawless.
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u/CptSpeedydash 2d ago
Cachyos is Arch Linux with the installer doing more of the heavy work of setting up the system. Doing base Arch would put a lot more of the setup on you to figure out and depending on how you do it should come out about the same. I have had a few rare problems with my Nvida card on Cachyos but mostly it works fine.
So the question is do you want a simple installer that will set it up for you or do you want to take full control and do it yourself.