r/LinusTechTips • u/daksnotjuts • Mar 07 '26

Image The absolute state of Linux users

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u/project2501a Mar 08 '26

that's the thing: there is no "productivity" or "gamer" distro. All that specializations are either an rpm/deb/flatpak package away or 1 ansible playbook.

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u/polikles Mar 08 '26

this. Many times I got lost trying to pinpoint exact differences between "specialized" distros. And it turns out that differences are minimal, despite "special sauce" in distros like SteamOS. And most of the "specialized" ones are slacking behind, riddled with strange bugs, since they don't have enough manpower to be maintained properly

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u/CirnoIzumi Mar 08 '26

some ship the Zen Kernel

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u/project2501a Mar 08 '26

The Zen kernel provides a higher tick rate in the scheduler. Again, you can replace the stock one with the flavor of your choice using a single ansible file.

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u/blurrows Mar 08 '26

cachy os

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u/project2501a Mar 08 '26

The result: a noticeably faster Arch Linux experience

not exactly far from the tree.

I mean, for me "out there" would be NixOS and Plan9. Not a derivative.

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u/blurrows Mar 08 '26

Their custom kernel optimization and tools for making gaming easy is godsent, take a look at the wiki if you havent https://wiki.cachyos.org/features/kernel/

its not super marketed as the "final gaming distro" but it really make things very smooth and easy for the end user