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I tried it recently and had so many issues with it like apps not indexing in the "open with" file menu, and flatpak apps not interfacing with any system functionality.

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[–] Manmoth@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] mub@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Bingo! Arch with an easy installation and core tweaks almost any user needs. Then you install just the apps you want.

That said I believe CachyOS has some out of box apps that make sense for the gaming oriented user base it is usually aimed at. Not sure the performance difference is worth the hassle beyond some very specific use cases.

[–] Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Cachy is literally just more sane gamer defaults. It also holds your hand with updates more then endeavour with it's updater. That would be why.