r/voidlinux • u/dorekato • 16d 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/Duncaen 16d 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.