CachyOS Dethrones Arch As ProtonDB's Top Linux Gamer Desktop Distro (xda-developers.com)
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- News link: https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/03/15/2048241/cachyos-dethrones-arch-as-protondbs-top-linux-gamer-desktop-distro
- Source link: https://www.xda-developers.com/cachyos-dethrones-arch-as-the-top-desktop-distro-for-linux-gamers-on-protondb/
> On ProtonDB, one operating system had reigned supreme since 2021: Arch Linux. And I say 'had,' because its streak has just been ended by [Arch-based] CachyOS in an upset that has slowly grown over the past two years. As reported [2]on Boiling Steam , the number of reports coming from CachyOS has topped that of Arch Linux, which held the crown for the most number of reports since 2021...
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> [T]his isn't really a statement that CachyOS is the best gaming distro out there; however, it's seemingly attracting the largest number of gamers who are invested in testing games on Proton and reporting their performance, which is a pretty big milestone if you ask me.
[1] https://www.xda-developers.com/cachyos-dethrones-arch-as-the-top-desktop-distro-for-linux-gamers-on-protondb/
[2] https://boilingsteam.com/cachy-os-is-now-the-most-popular-distro-on-proton-db/
Are the "people claiming" in the room with us now? (Score:1)
"...it has gotten to the point where some people claim that Linux runs their games better than Windows does..."
Article makes the same claim, unsubstantiated.
Genuinely curious to see which games these are and how edge-case the circumstances.
Even [1]https://discuss.cachyos.org/t/... [cachyos.org], which is a pro-Catchy forum the best I can find is that one of them is SHOCKED it actually runs better on Catchy "all of those games (minus BL4 which runs about 20 fps less at least) have either been running the same as in Win 11 or
[1] https://discuss.cachyos.org/t/games-which-run-better-on-linux-cachy/23769/2
Re: (Score:3)
For the most part you don't need to cross your fingers on any game that isn't some online multiplayer game involving anti-cheat. Even Denuvo protected games have little trouble with proton now. It's not that "some" games run on Linux, it's that "most" games run on Linux.
Now as to whether they run better, some do, very objectively so. In some cases dramatically so (e.g. Monster Hunter Wilds happily cranks out 15% higher frame rate). But some also run worse. There doesn't seem to be much rhyme or reason as to
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There is an OS overhead, but on gaming rigs it's barely measurable. And since these games run on Proton, some of the Windows overhead will still be there, so I'm skeptical about them being faster. Usually the games that run noticeably faster on Linux do so because they lack the aggressive DRM of the Windows version.
Wayland (Score:1)
Arch's premature Wayland migration broke games. I understand that migration needs to happen, but it's very premature, distros should wait until the issues are ironed out.
Android (Score:2)
The Linux distro with the most gamers? Android. By several orders of magnitude.
But ya'know what? I'ma be called out because its "not a real distro" while everyone bickers and fights about right/wrong, there are literally billions of installs and a huge chunk of those people gaming while not giving two fucks about what kernel runs under the hood.
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"Desktop".
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I run Android on my Intel Core Ultra 9 290K Plus and RTX 5090 you insensitive clod!
Re:Android (Score:4, Insightful)
Leaving aside the fact you left out the word "desktop", calling people who play mobile click slop "gamers" is just disgusting. Right up there with calling people who read anti-vax stories on Facebook as scholars.
No you're not being called out because it's not a real distro. You're being called out because it's not gaming.
And with that out of the way let's not leave it aside, your entire rant is predicated on you leaving out key words in TFS. ChromeOS is more of a Linux desktop gaming OS than Android is.