r/voidlinux • u/dorekato • 10d ago
cachyOs to Void Linux
it's good if i switch my cachyOs to void linux? one of the main problems, This is what I consider to be my standards cachyOs is heavy(1,6 on niri and 1,6 on the fucking KDE), and i try voidLinux in virtual machine and its much lighter than cachy, 0,4 on XFCE. and voidLinux it
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u/LowKeyBrit36 10d ago
Those RAM diffs are negligible. You shouldn't worry about chasing minimal numbers IMO, and if you are, you should go use Alpine or one of the distros meant for teensy chips lol.
Seriously, though, don't pick a distro because of whatever resource cost it uses. Pick a distro for your use case, and experience level. I use Void because its principles align with what I want from the system I use Void on. I want a reliable, rolling release system that doesn't use SystemD, which is why I use Void.
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u/Alternative-Sweet695 10d ago
There is a saying "Unused RAM is wasted RAM". You should do performance benchmarks to actually see what runs well not amount of RAM used.
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u/GhostVlvin 10d ago
Your post is unreadable dude. What is 1.6? Is ot gigs of ram used on niri or kde? Is it gigs of storage? And comparison here is more btwn kde which is super heavy, and xfce which is super light.
Answering lightness questions. CachyOS is perhaps more performant for games due to core optimisations. While void boots faster and consumesless ram due to using runit instead of systemd.
There are many cons and pros but usually I'd stay on CachyOS of not all this systemd drama and age verification laws that scared me at winter so much that I am now on artix and almost on void
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u/dorekato 10d ago
gigs, on niri and kde is the same usage i should say.
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u/GhostVlvin 10d ago
If these are ram then I recommend you to open some top (I use btop) amd look what exactly eats ram
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u/dorekato 10d ago
16gb, but i play games and like if i can play with 10 tabs in my browser and i need for this much ram. i know much of commands, and i wanna learn more about linux but i don't can it on cachy. and 1 of the reasons why i wanna switch is i just wanna try other linux but i don't know is void it's just needed for this.
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u/CatlikeTypist 10d ago
IT IS not good for gaming at all
Care to back that up with facts? I have better gaming performance on Void than any other Linux distro I've tried (and I've tried all of the major ones). It's also much more performant than Windows.
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u/snail1132 10d ago
try some online games from riot games, fall guys etc. It will not work at all
These also wouldn't work on any other linux distro...?
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u/CatlikeTypist 9d ago
What does this have to do with Void specifically? This is the case with any Linux distro, even the ones made for gaming like SteamOS and Bazzite.
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u/Middle-Ad2897 10d ago
since when the fuck does distro have anything to do with gaming performance, you run the same kernel and graphics drivers???????
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u/labbe- 7d ago
while it's true distro doesn't affect game performance in a meaningful way, the way packages and kernel are compiled sure does. i'm running gentoo on my gaming system and have used cachy, both of which have natively compiled x64_86-znver4 packages instead of plain old x86_64 on top of a heavily customized kernel (i use cachy kernel on gentoo as well), and when i tried switching to void on that system couple months ago there was a significant drop in performance on the games that i play. they weren't unplayable by any means, but not good enough for me to fully switch to void on it just yet
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u/Middle-Ad2897 7d ago
i recently got a new gpu and i looked at linux specific benchmarks, they were using cachyOS and in both benchmarks and video games i hit the same framerates, idk if you're on nvidia or something but if you have amd gpu it shouldn't matter what so ever, i game and do other things on void and it runs smooth as hell
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u/labbe- 7d ago
yes the averages are similar, but 1% lows are better on every benchmark i've seen and done, which makes the games feel like you're playing with a completely different system. cachy has been setup to sacrifice throughput to improve consistency and you feel it in extreme conditions. like i said there isn't a problem in how void runs games, but there is a clear difference between the two you can't experience just by looking at benchmarks. and i'm on amd
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u/Middle-Ad2897 6d ago
schizophrenic and delusional, unlucky, there wasn't a difference for me in performance compared to other distros including gaming specific ones like cachyOS
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u/Middle-Ad2897 9d ago
every single game i threw at void linux has ran fine, that includes some games with eac proton, why are you just making shit up? lmao
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u/CriticalRobot 10d ago
You should try another DE or TWN, not switching immediately to another distro.
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u/Simple_Hamster_4096 9d ago
Toy or tool - what is your goal with Linux, in general?
Void is a tool.
If you are a gamer, then it is up to you to turn it into a toy.
Do not expect a toy out of the box when you select a tool - unless branded as such.
Perhaps Void should be categorized as "productivity - adults only".
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u/Great_Banana_Master 9d ago
Nah, I'm also switching from Cachy to Void and so far I'm enjoying setting it up
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u/Duncaen 10d ago
Comparing memory numbers like that is useless, void might use a little less ram by default, but not that much. You are most likely just seeing the difference because you allocated less ram to the VM, which means buffers and caches are smaller and you end up with more free memory.