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I'm in the process of making a distro that combines the way SteamOS makes Arch Linux stable and user-friendly WITH the performance optimizations of CachyOS (pu-239.org)

submitted 1 week ago by yxc999@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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As the title and the website say, I'm currently making a distro with the goal that you don't have to compromise between ease of use + safety and bleeding-edge + performance optimizations.

As I will likely be able to publish the 0.0.1 source code to the GitHub link and the ISO to the website sometime next week, I would like people to be aware of my project so I can have some feedback for further improvements when I release the first version. I have not posted this anywhere else yet, as I value the opinion of this community more than Reddit or whatever.

If you have any questions or any criticism, please voice it, I would love to hear it, good or bad, in the end I want to make a proper OS. (I'll go to bed now so expect replies to take a few hours from posting.)

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[–] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

IIRC the CachyOS optimizations were basically a rounding error. I'm thinking of just switching my gaming PC to Fedora (and switching my Fedora Laptop to OpenSUSE maybe).

[–] helix@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why switch the laptop to OpenSUSE?

[–] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Two reasons. Firstly because it's illegal to have the same distro on two different machines, and secondly because I've been meaning to switch back to OpenSUSE for a while (but I ain't gonna be gaming on OpenSUSE).

[–] helix@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

it’s illegal to have the same distro on two different machines

Shit. Gotta go, have to do something about that. Glad you mentioned it.

Why OpenSUSE specifically? What do you like better about it?

[–] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Why OpenSUSE specifically?

Firstly, my general rule is "upstream or Mint (because screw snaps)". CachyOS was a decision I made prior to this rule but otherwise I have 6 options (Arch, Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, Fedora, and OpenSUSE).

A rolling release is out of the question, so Arch's out.
Ubuntu's always out.
Based on what I've heard, Fedora and OpenSUSE are the two leaders when it comes to desktop security on Linux. I value security so Mint and Debian are out.
Fedora tends to adopt new technologies fast, which isn't really what I want.

So by process of elimination, OpenSUSE it is.

Another part of it is nostalgia. I used it briefly when I was first switching to Linux full-time. I ran into various issues and moved off it. Private internet access wouldn't install, I didn't even know what proprietary media codecs were at the time, and tumbleweed had a few bugs that caused me trouble. Despite all that, I'm nostalgic for it partly because of the themes I ended up installing.

[–] helix@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I value security so Mint and Debian are out.

Why is that? I never had security issues with Debian.

[–] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

Based on what I’ve heard, Fedora and OpenSUSE are the two leaders when it comes to desktop security on Linux.

[–] yxc999@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 week ago

Honestly, for the packages I do agree. You are not going to notice if your damn font is compiled with v3 flags or not lmao. The kernels however do apply a meaningful improvement, even if it's just in general desktop use, you DO notice the jump from 250Hz to 1000Hz. Currently I'll just ship the regular linux-cachyos kernel with the EEVDF scheduler which is more general purpose, but if you select BORE for gaming or (I forgot the name) for throughput, it becomes even more apparent. I get almost a minute shaved off compiling the kernels when I use a good kernel!