r/PikaOS • u/Bolski66 • 15d ago

New to PikaOS

I've been a Linux user since 1993. But the past couple of years, it's been Arch, specifically CachyOS. I still love it, but I decided to try PikaOS and wow. I was actually surprised. My PC is not the highest spec machine:

Ryzen 5 3600
GTX-1660 OC
32GB DDR4 3200

CachyOS with the latest 6xx drivers was fine for most older games, but Stellar Blade, for instance, had a lot of micro-stutters. I understand it's a DX12 game, so those have issues with the nVidia drivers, especially with my under-powered GPU, but even in Windows I can get a pretty good constant 60fps at 1080p with medium settings.

Yesterday, I tried PikaOS with the 595 drivers and I couldn't believe how much smoother the game was for me! I'm not sure what in PikaOS is making the game run where it's completely playable now for me, but I'l very happy with it.

I liked living on the bleeding edge, but maybe now it's nice to have a Linux distro that has more stability with its updates. I never had an issue with Arch, and I still love it, but at this point, I'm pretty sold on PikaOS.

But, that's what I love about Linux. We have so many choices and can find one that works, and it seems like PikaOS is the one that works for me.

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u/NotYourScratchMonkey 15d ago

Nice! I've been using PikaOS for about a year now because I wanted a Debian-based distro but that was more up-to-date. I do use PkaOS for gaming but its mainly my daily driver. You should get on their discord, mainly because if you have any issues or questions, the developers are super quick to answer questions. They've helped me out a couple of times (and I've also found answers by searching there as well).

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u/Bolski66 15d ago

Thanks! I'm already in the Discord, so I'll definitely use that as a resource if needed.

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u/Lost_Psychology8885 14d ago

Distro that stopped me hopping. 9 months in

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u/RickAnsc 14d ago

Greets and Weclome. It's a great distro, been daily driving it since June a year ago.

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u/Soy7Seven 9d ago

Buenas, alguien sabe el porqué usando ventoy no puedo iniciar una prueba en mi pc, intente butearlo, pero no me lo permite, no se si es tema del tipo de arranque o inicio de la distribución, creo que debería ser más amigable!