I know I probably shouldn’t ask about Flatpak on the CachyOS forum, but I have some questions. I read that CachyOS isn’t optimized for Flatpak. I’m not a gamer and don’t need high FPS; I’m a regular user relying on native apps, Docker, Flatpak, and AppImage. My goal is to keep the OS clean since multiple users share the computer. Flatpak helps by isolating software installations without needing root permissions.
Recently, I’ve experienced issue with Fedora - It became sluggish and sometimes automatically reboots or requires a manual reboot. I’m unsure is this is due to prolonged uptime, too many apps, excessive browser tabs, or hardware issues. Also, I’m not fan of needing to reboot after updates. I noticed CachyOS ranks high on DistroWatch and am interested, especially in Hyprland.
Here are my questions:
My specs are Ryzen 6900HX with a 500GB NVMe and SSD. Is CachyOS suitable, and how well does Hyprland run?
How easy is it to install RAID 1 on CachyOS?
If a RAID 1 drive fails, can I still boot into the system? How easy is it to replace the drive and restore the system?
No idea on the RAID stuff but CachyOS has been really stable for atleast on my laptop. Hyprland works very well.
And flatpaks also work fine, after you install the flatpak package and reboot.
Just a note, if you are customed to using gnome-software on Fedora, you can still use it to install flatpaks on Arch/Cachy but not “native” pacman packages (well you can make it to work with those too but it can cause issues).
There’s a not terribly complimentary review from back in June from The Register, a British tech site with British humor, their byline, “Biting the hand that feeds IT”. They said, At risk of stereotyping, we feel it might suit the sort of tech enthusiasts who have heatsinks on their RAM, overclock their CPU, and change graphics cards several times a year.
They concluded If you build your own high-spec, frequently upgraded computers, want high performance for media or development or gaming, and know enough Linux to want to start tweaking and experimenting without building your own system from scratch, this is an option. Saying that, though, if you want to wring out every scrap of performance, you might be better off learning raw Arch
Also, I’m a bit confused, just from a logical, not technical viewpoint, about “CachyOS isn’t optimized for Flatpak” Although your priority is apparently to not need root, Flatpak is otherwise designed to run apps on distros that aren’t “optimized” for it generally. So, why would they create a technology for apps that don’t need optimization, if it didn’t work on distros not optimized for it? Are you sure you weren’t thinking of Snaps?
From Wikipedia: Theoretically, Flatpak apps can be installed on any existing and future Linux distribution… including those installed with the Windows Subsystem for Linux… it can also be used on Linux kernel-based systems like ChromeOS