With Intel having sunset Clear Linux, when it comes to aggressive out-of-the-box Linux performance there is the Arch Linux based CachyOS as the leading contender. Given the recent releases of Ubuntu 25.10 and Fedora Workstation 43, if you are curious about the out-of-the-box performance here are some fresh benchmarks of all three using the Framework Desktop.
Am I missing something? I’m seeing like a 1-3% difference in most things aside from that Pogocache bench.
well that and cachys opengl performance is like 1.5x the other distros in super tux kart, so if you had some legacy games, its run better in cachy probably but raw modern hardware would have likely made it trivial. the one exception i could imagine where opengl performance probably matters is heavily modded java minecraft
There’s a Super Tux Cart?!?!?!!
Always has been
Gotta link for that? Can’t imagine what tuning would make that possible simply from library choices or kernel flags.
its in the review, in the super tux kart benchmark section. under vulkan, their FPS is functionally the same. Under OpenGL, Cachy is somehow significantly faster
I think this cant be some odd anomaly, because that gap is huge
- happy cake day! 2):
i could imagine where opengl performance matters is heavily modded java minecraft yup, that’s enough for me forever (a very long time!) jk, it’s not forever; but it’s a long time.
Granted in some cases all three Linux distributions were performing close to one another on this AMD Ryzen AI Max+ desktop.
Nobody will even notice the difference. This is like neovim users shaving 15 microseconds off their startup time, or Gentoo users making a smaller binary by excluding features… Its cool and fun but when picking a Linux distro, probably shouldnt be anyones primary reason.
Gentoo users making a smaller binary by excluding features
Sometimes we do this not for smaller binaries, but for security hardening. Excluding a feature from a standard package sometimes shrinks the attack surface.
Yeah thats true. It has security benefits as well.
My Legion Go runs CachyOS and it works like a charm.
Is Cachy pronounced cashy or catchy?
Yes
i pronounce it as cauchy
Neither. How do you pronounce cache? Now add a Y at the end. That’s how you pronounce cachy.
So, the first one they said.
That’s the first one… Wait, how do you think Cache is pronounced??
Cache with a pronounced first syllable (Kash) while Cash is just uh… not so pronounced? I dunno how to explain.
with a pronounced first syllable
They are one syllable words…
literally manjaro 2.0 but by an aspie.
manjaro 2.0
Was that insult intentional and if yes then what did they do to deserve it?
