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submitted 2 weeks ago by Blaze@piefed.zip to c/linux@programming.dev

Windows is getting worse, while gaming on Linux is getting better. I’m gonna move my desktop to CachyOS. Wish me luck.

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[-] Emi@ani.social 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I somewhat broke my Linux mint Debian edition and decided to distro hop a bit. So I wanted to try popos but when trying to install it the windows and everything were broken like when you dragged the windows it left shadows and you couldn't see anything on it. So I ended up with CachyOS and so far that was awesome. Especially like that you can just clone the bottom panel which I struggled with on mint. The only "problem" I have with it is that there's no app manager like on mint just octopi that is too minimalist and doesn't seem to search well and some apps I assume aren't for arch so looking for some app manager to install that would be similar to mint or just more noon friendly, just normal GUI. Well, there's my short story of finding CachyOS is good so far.

[-] CubitOom@infosec.pub 12 points 2 weeks ago

I believe when you say app manager, you mean a package manager GUI. If so, you might like GuiMan

[-] C8r9VwDUTeY3ZufQRYvq@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks for the recommendation. That looks much better than the default app manager!

[-] CubitOom@infosec.pub 2 points 2 weeks ago

I mean, personally, I just use yay in the terminal and if I need to research a package I use the arch wiki or aur website. But this does look promising for people that aren't used to that or who might be intimidated by a terminal.

[-] Excel@beehaw.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

If you want something that hides all of the ugly console garbage, well that’s not an option on Arch because reading the pacman output is mandatory; using something like Discover (which hides it) will break your system eventually.

On the other hand, if you just mean “a small curated list of apps for specific tasks”, there actually is one, it can be launched from CarhyOS Hello.

this post was submitted on 20 Nov 2025
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