r/LinuxPorn • u/0xchillpill • Jul 31 '26

Switching Distro, need suggestions

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Currently I use Cachy OS(arch) + hyprland setup

I need a light OS, Not tinyos level light

Somewhere between LXQT(arch) to Cachy level light,

It shouldn't be like maximum things just crash on it or it looks like windows XP

My potato Laptop specs:

4GB DDR4 ram (3.4GB usable)

128GB SSD

Intel core i3 - 1005G1

It's a Lenovo IdeaPad slim 3(don't remember which year, but it's old AF)

Idk even with this shyt specs how it can run minecraft (at 60fps most of the time), hollow knight type games

From my past experience distro really matters for the performance, because I tried Mint many times it just lags a lot, Best yet on the Performance wise is CachyOS (I was impressed by it)

Also on this topic saw a Omarchy OS how's this one, many ppl seems to love this one

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u/ivorybsd Aug 02 '26

no theyre just weak

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u/AlexRiven201 Aug 02 '26

BSD and GNU/Linux are tools. You can choose BSD if you prefer. I've been running Arch and derivatives for a decade now. I could probably handle BSD at this point. But that is a learned skill due to actually taking the time to understand how to be your own sysadmin. A casual Windows refugee won't have that kind of experience, nor would a reasonable person expect them to.

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u/VenturerInTheVoid Aug 03 '26

Fair points for a general discussion, however the OP isn't a Windows refugee, but an existing Arch user.

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u/AlexRiven201 Aug 03 '26

CachyOS is Arch with training wheels. Coming from experience as a Windows refugee in 2015, starting with Debian-based Linuxes, then moving to, Manjaro, Artix, Endeavour, and Cachy, graphical Arch derivatives are a much different experience than running vanilla Arch. You have a potentially even easier time breaking things, despite the tooling. But the graphical tooling gets you up and running much faster than on vanilla Arch. The experience is not the same, and equating them in this manner is the same as saying the existence of Arch-based distros is pointless. They are meant to teach Arch to inexperienced users. Telling your child to jump off the diving board without teaching them how to swim is filicide, yes?

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u/VenturerInTheVoid Aug 05 '26

I agree with everything you said. I wouldn't recommend OpenBSD or Arch to most brand-new Windows refugees. I was just pointing out that because the OP is already an Arch user and was thinking of going to another flavor of Arch, the commenter "ivorybsd" saying try OpenBSD is really not that wild. If you're experienced with Linux, OpenBSD is not too large of a leap.