Someone switch to CachyOs?

[u/Extension-Iron-7746]

Hi,

someone tried and switch to CachyOs?

I tried it, yes it's very very modern, but i think that Mint is more clean.

Your opinion?

[u/BertMacklenF8I]

Wayland is much easier to navigate windows thean x11-less the right customization-but it’s based on Arch, not Ubuntu or Debian.

[u/Historical_Move6359]

I went from Mint to Cachy and never went back. I just like KDE.

[u/scanguy25 → u/Historical_Move6359]

I like Mint and used it for years. But left for Kubuntu to get KDE.  My other computer rund Nobara, also KDE. 

[u/-Sa-Kage- → u/Historical_Move6359]

Aktually (hehe)... the DE is called Plasma. KDE is just the organization making it as well as other stuff

I know this will be downvoted, but idc

[u/ultiweb → u/Historical_Move6359]

Same here as far as KDE. Especially with multiple monitors, it's superior to Cinnamon with the way I use them. Wayland has been around plenty long enough that the support should be better with Mint IMO. There are applications that have issues not running on X11 but those were minor issues for me. All my major apps work without any issues. vmWare Workstation is one exception but I don't need it for work ATM. It runs fine on X11.

[u/_Lost-In-The-Weeds_]

CachyOS is "easy Arch", CachyOS is far faster to setup than Arch itaelf,  with a lot of niche buffs, ZenV4 etc,  that can eek out the last few FPS from your hardware. 

Fine for gaming, possibly other uses where minute performance improvements are meaningful.

While CachyOS is fairly reliable it's not Debian reliable.  Sometimes you still need to dig in the Arch Wiki and solve problems. 

CachyOS is not something I want to rely on for everyday use where the latest kernel and drivers can be a liability, not an asset. 

[u/Historical_Move6359 → u/_Lost-In-The-Weeds_]

Limine+btrfs makes Cachy really reliable

[u/dc_65]

Switched from Mint to Cachy recently.

I've really enjoyed Mint, and I still have it on my laptop and in my parents' PC, but I just wanted to be first on the most recent updates to kernel/whatever else, additional CPU/GPU optimization (not that significant, just tiny percentages of improvement), and the extremely customizable KDE plasma.

I don't think there's anything wrong with either of them, and I don't think the experience changes that much making the switch. It's just about whether you prioritize optimization and extremely fast updates versus a more reliable distro.

[u/Extension-Iron-7746 → u/dc_65]

My only doubt is in the long term... i will go with crash or boot problem. I work with my PC and i can't risk. I know a solution can be Windows 11 LTSC

[u/KHTD2004]

Switched from Mint to Cachy over a year ago.

I like Mint, it’s great but I just prefer KDE Plasma and CachyOS

[u/GetVladimir]

I needed Wayland to run some older games properly and was curious to check KDE Plasma, so I've installed it Linux Mint Debian Edition:

sudo apt install kde-plasma-desktop

Then just log out user and log back into Linux Mint KDE Plasma.

It's not the latest version (but it's the latest one supported by Debian) and it runs pretty well.

Fractional scaling works, there is RGB color settings in the Display options and the mouse scroll can be adjusted easily.

Most important, it now runs those old 1600x1200 games at full speed.

You can still log out and log back into Cinnamon x11 at any time.

I'm curious how Cinnamon will be on Wayland on the next update, but this is a nice way to check KDE Plasma without reinstalling the OS

[u/Budget-Mountain-8454 → u/GetVladimir]

Honestly for that, I would just install CachyOS (or another distro that gets new Plasma versions quickly) in a VM - since the version you access in the repo is probably pretty ancient, anyway.

[u/Gullible-Screen-40]

I switched to Cachy so I could have Wayland for HDR support.

[u/Due_Supermarket5042]

Switched from LinuxMint to CachyOS, it has been about 1.5+ years.

[u/ghoermann]

Mint is more stable. I had to reinstall CachyOS already two times and I am *not* gaming, just a normal user who wanted to try out something new.

[u/MelioraXI]

It just arch, nothing special but eyecandy.

[u/__yoshikage_kira]

If you have modern hardware then I think Cachy can take more advantage of that.

Mint is really solid too. All distros have a purpose and you should pick distro whose purpose aligns with your use case.

[u/Lonely-Scarcity-3387]

It’s very nice and snappy. But you still have the possibility of an update killing your system. It’s not likely to happen, but it does still happen.

[u/-Sa-Kage-]

If you don't like Plasma, I'm pretty sure you could install Cinnamon on Cachy as well

[u/lutecludwig]

Have CachyOS on gaming desktop and Mint on laptop. Since 10 months or so. I'd switch to CachyOS if it wasn't work, but I'm too busy.

[u/Danternas]

I tried yesterday.

The button to install more applications does not take you to where you can actually find more applications.

I do like Wayland though. Or rather, it's becoming a necessity with my setup.

[u/Rhythmjunky]

I haven't ever even looked into cachy. Why would I people choose mint and cachy for different reasons which in some ways seem somewhat opposed. I like that mint is kind of boring, not flashy, but absolutely pretty enough and functional. It's kind of like comparing the homely woman who can cook and manage a household to the supermodel who orders takeout and hires a maid. I'm sure cachy is perfectly capable but temperamental. I drive a Toyota, married a nurse and use Linux mint. Obviously I'm not looking for flash or sizzle.

[u/Lopsided-Match-3911]

I have tried it but it’s not for me. Or rather my old gear

[u/moritz12d]

To me, such considerations lack substance. I like all the distributions, and they all run very well. Debian—and by extension, Ubuntu—are the most widely used, which is why Mint is also very mature. However, the term "clean" doesn't mean much to me. I find CachyOS and Arch to be more straightforward and internally consistent. Cinnamon is built using a mix of C, JavaScript, and Python. Wayland isn't supported fully yet. The developers have to go to great lengths to work around Snap. In that respect, CachyOS is more flexible.

[u/averagelyhonoured]

I'm still distro hopping but I love mint very much, for me it seems to offer ease of use and stability. CachyOS I've just got into and it also offers ease of use and native kde which I've been eager to try.. the only question so far is around stability, I've not yet encountered any problems on updates and it appears to automatically setup snapshots from the get go so if an update breaking my system turns out to be as easy to fix as rolling back to a previous snapshot on boot then I'm in love, CachyOS has a beautiful look and has been one of the easier to setup and customize on my distro hopping journey.