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[–] nfms@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 hours ago (2 children)
[–] CheesyFox@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 6 hours ago

but in this case, actually, I proposed it bc i've seen synthetic tests that compared this distro to others, and it yielded interesting results, so i actually wonder about what the results would be in the gaming context, as the testing specific varies greatly.

in other words

I'M THE NERDEST NERD, AND THOSE NERDS AREN'T NERDING THEIR NERDY STUFF ENOUGH

or... something like that

[–] CheesyFox@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 6 hours ago

i guess it's my new version of archbtw

i just find this distro to be genuinely worth everybody's try, as it's easy to set up, and it comes with custom-built packages (they mostly just add some comptime flags), that favor optimisation for the modern hardware over backward compatibility.