I ran CachyOS from dvd/usb/virtual machine and love it all… but I have a perfectly working arch install for years is there a compelling reason(s)to make a switch? Will i see/feel any speed/effeciency differences? btrfs vs ext4? (i use ext4) just wondering… thanks in advance
Btrfs can be a little slower, but it is because how it works and features it offers, verses ext4. Optimized packages are for x86_64-v3 and up. If you don’t have an atleast a *-v3 cpu, then you would not feel a difference.
I have a hp 420 workstation… says v2 so no use fixing what isn’t broke eh?
BTRFS is a little slower but you can’t notice it in day to day use, just copying massive files. The OS feels much faster than Manjaro, Endeavor and regular Arch in my opinion, it’s very noticeable. Everything from using the Firefox Browser to complete system upgrades, to opening menus just feels faster.
Yeah youo won’t get any optimisation benefits with a v2 cpu.
you will, but it depends on your cpu and cachyos-settings.
its very easy, first you must ad the cachy repository and install a cachy kernel and cachyos-settings…everything else will pacman do for you
To me, it really depend of what you do with your PC and the benefits you wish to get by switching.
The performance boost we see in CachyOS don’t only come from v3/4 pakages, it also come from configuration optimization and custom packages they make (kernels, proton, …). For instance Ananicy-cpp is use ootb. They do many tweaks that make a difference. If you switch your packages after a Arch install, you still have to put in thoses optimization yourself if you want to get the benefits.
The maintainers of CachyOS compile many AUR packages and make them available in their repos, which is something I like a lot.
They also provide Kernels with feature available before they are merged in mainline. For example, I’ve been able to use sched_ext and amd_pstate sooner.
If you like CachyOS but prefer a more vanila experience or want to be closer to the “Arch way”, switching your package is great.
While Arch Linux is bleeding edge, I would say CahyOS is more “experimental”? It may or may not be a good thing depending of your use cases.