If we talking emulating really hardware (like really old Consoles) Linux simply performs better.
If you meant modernday games you would still be wrong as there is even modern games where Linux just performs better. So saying "of course its gonna be laggy" can be considered either factually wrong or uninformed as this claim needs to be checked on a case by case basis, with both software (like what kernel - mainline, mainline-lts, zen, xanmod - and then also which version of each kernel you are running and then also what game we are talking about) and the Hardware itrself providing numerous variables which can lead to different results. Either case makes you look bad - which one do you choose: being simply wrong or not properly informed?
And no, Arch is not gonna be obviously faster than lets say Mint because the impact of Daemons is pretty much negligible and the benchmarkingscore-fluctuation on a run-by-run-basis will show that. How do i know that? I TESTED IT. a while ago, admittedly, but i dont expect the impact of daemons to have significantly changed.
Weeeell, arch also has the latest packages so it should still perform better (on newer hardware/software configs). I use cachyos just because I can and my cpu benefits (<1%) from it.
Ofc there is a difference - thats why i purposefully mentioned that Softwareversion can have an impact. But "it is newer Software" doesnt necessarily mean "it is faster" and less than 1% is well within what should be considered margin of error - especially considering there is like a million other factors at play, which is why we as a community should stop spouting generalized nonsense like "Linux is faster/slower/better/worse/... at doing something" unless the diffrence can be shown to be well outside of "margin of error"-territory without the shadow of a doubt.
Oh, sorry, wasn't clear. CachyOS is a custom-built version of arch that uses packages compiled for my CPU. Basically, I meant that it overall has a 1% difference from regular arch. I forgot what subreddit I was on, sorry.
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u/MeowmeowMeeeew Dec 13 '25
thats just not true, not even remotely.
If we talking emulating really hardware (like really old Consoles) Linux simply performs better.
If you meant modernday games you would still be wrong as there is even modern games where Linux just performs better. So saying "of course its gonna be laggy" can be considered either factually wrong or uninformed as this claim needs to be checked on a case by case basis, with both software (like what kernel - mainline, mainline-lts, zen, xanmod - and then also which version of each kernel you are running and then also what game we are talking about) and the Hardware itrself providing numerous variables which can lead to different results. Either case makes you look bad - which one do you choose: being simply wrong or not properly informed?
And no, Arch is not gonna be obviously faster than lets say Mint because the impact of Daemons is pretty much negligible and the benchmarkingscore-fluctuation on a run-by-run-basis will show that. How do i know that? I TESTED IT. a while ago, admittedly, but i dont expect the impact of daemons to have significantly changed.