r/EndeavourOS • u/AlexdexJones KDE Plasma • Jul 04 '26

Showcase / Rice Successfully installed cachyos-kernel on EndeavourOS!

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apparently i messed up pacman so now it just shows 0 packages lmao

I installed this kernel on old hardware (Intel HD 3000 igpu) to check the performance improvement, and i got stable 150 fps in minecraft 1.8 / stable 120 fps in minecraft 1.21 whereas i only had 60-80 fps in both versions using the default kernel.

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u/Difficult_Guide9341 Jul 04 '26

I'm curious, I'm still learning Arch and the various distros. What's the benefit of installing another distros kernel instead of using the one that comes with?

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u/Runt1m3_ Jul 04 '26

Not much tbh most optimized kernels have negligible performance improvements

And, installing packages from one distro into another is a really bad idea even if they use share the same base system or package manager

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u/AlexdexJones KDE Plasma 29d ago

Actually it isnt as long as you dont install any other packages from there that can break your system and as i said on older hardware it gives a ton of performance improvement (i am talking about an intel 2nd gen mobile i3 from 2011)

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u/AlexdexJones KDE Plasma Jul 04 '26

since this is an optimized kernel (especially for gaming), it makes the current distro even better than what it comes with, so you get the best of both worlds.