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After Bazzite I went to Garuda, is also gaming focused and has a handy helper app that helps you install common software, run updates, and more.
If you need a new distro it's worth a look.
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I go with CachyOs Ik ik the compiler optimizations only give a minor difference and maybe major in latency but am just comfy with it.
I just like how minimal is the distro
Cachyos has some great default setup choices too. Limine with btrfs + snapper, all preconfigured.. spot on!
Ohh yeah true I forgot they offer alterntive bootloaders that arent grub
Grub was really the only option if you wanted a snapper rollback though.
But now Limine is the new choice for me.
Systemd-boot doesn’t play with snapper.
True but systemd-boot also worked for me on opensuse?
Interesting. I wonder if opensuse wrote up their own solution to this. I did find a post from Cachyos Petr last year responding that he’d like to see more how opensuse boatloader is managed.
I only ever used grub with tumbleweed.
Why not just install the CachyOS kernel onto Fedora (like me)? I then deleted the stock kernle and now make sure to use --exclude=kernel* when updating. Works like a charm.
Ik
My go-to too.
Isn't Garuda also based on Fedora?
Edit: I was thinking of Nobara.
god these names just sound the fucking same, garudo nobara banuda ronada, talking about linux gaming distros is liable to summon a demon
I guarantee you will summon a number of daemons running any of them though!
Genuinely funny comment, thank you.
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Honestly go for EnOS. Garuda is neat and has a good default setup, but they've gone a little far with their modifications imo
Is that the whole name? Because searching shows YenOS, EndeavorOS, EventOS, EndlessOS and one ENOS based off Xubuntu (a single 2020 mention for a 0.4 version)
EnOS is generally EndeavorOS
Oh? I'm still a Linux noob, educate me.
I just don't like their candy design that much and it's effort to undo post-installation
I assume you are taking about desktop environment stuff? I installed the xfce version and it's been pretty streamlined.
Well, I'm talking about their pre-installed software and custom theming
That's fair, but as a Linux beginner, I was happy to have more software than I needed at the start rather than not enough. If you know what you are doing, I could see how you could have a different opinion.
There is a lite version, but sure whatever you prefer.
Yeah, but it's still more work to remove KDE and things... EnOS has an installer that allows you to cherry-pick your preferred packages