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Considering switching to CachyOS from Arch after almost a decade
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this post was submitted on 21 Jan 2025
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Do you guys think people affiliated with a distro make fake posts like this to drum up interest in their product?
That must have happened at least once on these forums, right?
Here's my perspective. I'm exactly that kind of guy you mean.
As soon as someone mentions "immutable distro", I get triggered and start shilling for Bazzite et al.
Why you might ask? Because I like using it, and because the guys behind it are chill dudes with a great vision and a lot of know-how.
I'm just a normal guy without IT skills. I can't code myself, I can't review someone's else code, I can't do anything.
But I wish I could.
The only thing I am able to is making it more well known.
If someone asks "What distro do you recommend for gaming?", I'll say "Bazzite".
Someone else might say "Arch", and another one "Tumbleweed". Everyone likes their own thing, and everyone shills for something else :)
I really wish your theory was real, then I could make some $$$, but everything here is FOSS. The devs are just as broke as I am...
It's possible, but unless you can prove it, you're just blindly casting aspersions. Appeal to possibility is a logical fallacy.
I'm sorry, "fake posts like this?" Do you think this post is fake? If so, why?
Not really. If it's fake, it's fake. Proof isn't necessary for that to be the case.
Yes, because I wasn't born yesterday.
Yes it is. Realness or fakeness is not a subjective matter of opinion.
Your personal incredulity is not valid justification. Either you have proof why you think it's fake, or you're making irrational claims.
Right. We're not talking about 'opinion', we're talking about 'proof.' Even if we can't prove a post is fake, it still can be. If you need further explanation than this then I cannot help you.
I can tell you were born yesterday.
Gonna block you now, because I know you're never going to stop replying to me. It's how you people try to cover up shilling.
Goodbye.
Literally the definition of Appeal to Possibility. "It could be, therefore it is."
Ow, my poor feelings. /s
Exactly what I'd expect from somebody who broadly claims a post is fake but can't provide the receipts. Somebody calls you out, and you call them stupid, double down, and run, instead of engaging honestly.
That's a very cynical take on things :( I'm not sure why the Cachy devs would want to do that when they could just post, "Hey, here's our distro, come take a look or try it out". This is a FOSS community and they're a FOSS product that people make in their spare time, not some huge for-profit trying to squeeze as much out of folks as possible.
I would think a post of me gushing about how I switched to CachyOS after a decade of Arch and how much amazeballs super excellent wonderful blazing fast easy to use easy to install blah blah blah would be more of a red flag than me asking what specific extra packages are installed lol.
But I realise that since these times are so full of fake posts, here's a pic or it didn't happen: https://i.postimg.cc/DZsdcmwJ/Screenshot-20250122-101326.png
And yes I realise I could fake this too but there's only so much time I can be bothered putting into proving that I'm asking a legit question and posting a screenshot is it. Take it or leave it. 🤷🏻♀️
I'll be honest, the fact you went through so much length to try and prove your innocence makes me doubt it even further.
🤦🏻♀️
Yeah, probably, but this one doesn’t seem obviously fake. It could be, but it also could be real. I’ve never heard of this OS, so I’m assuming it’s not popular.