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Considering switching to CachyOS from Arch after almost a decade
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Partners with cloudflare to stand on top of arch's shoulders. Seems sus to me. Why is this better than arch? They forked Firefox and also stand on top of librefox's work with unclear additions.
Seems someone just wants to look good on top of others' work. Oh but they compile a bunch of different kernels with random scheduler settings to really give you that edge.
I'm being unfair but what are the benefit of moving to cachy and why would I want to use something supported by cloudflare. I don't trust cloudflare any more than Google or Microsoft at this point.
Ubuntu is standing on top of Debian's shoulders then. So is Kali, CrunchBang, MX Linux, Deepin, Rasbian, Tails, etc. Linux Mint is standing on top of Ubuntu's shoulders which are standing on top of Debian's shoulders. As is KDE Neon, elementaryOS, Bodhi, Pop!, Zorin, etc. Fedora and RedHat are standing on top of each other's shoulders. Bazzite, Asahi, Alma, Rocky are standing on their shoulders.
EndeavourOS is also standing on top of Arch's shoulders. So is Artix, Majaro, Garuda, Archbang and let's not forget SteamOS.
That's how FOSS works. And you do realise that it's not a one way street right? They all contribute up and down stream.... because again, that's how the FOSS community works.
Standing on top of others' shoulders is the entire deal of distros (and Linux, more broadly), no?
I don't know anything about Cloudflare vis a vis CachyOS (the politics of business melts my brain), but supposedly Cachy offers a speed boost for certain tasks. When I've used it, it feels as snappy as a Debian install I use.
For some, it may not offer them much of a difference. It's not going to be a "leaps and bounds" difference either way, but it allows people who don't want to optimize their packages manually and don't want to optimize and build their own kernel the opportunity to experience the potential benefits of those things.