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Not only does cachy work perfectly, Debian needs so much fiddling around to get latest software versions it's a hindrance for a lot of stuff including gaming
Gaming and getting the latest kernel is a big one for me. My gpu and cpu are very new and they require the latest kernels. I’m sure there are ways to bring in the newest kernel to Debian, or just use Sid or testing, but why do that and what I have works no problem?