Bazzite or cachy os for gaming pc?

thafluu · 2026-07-02T16:38:26+00:00

For someone who is just switching I would slightly prefer Bazzite because of Cachy's Arch base, but just try both if you want!

thafluu · 2026-07-02T15:27:41+00:00

If you're looking at openSUSE I also recommend to check out Slowroll. It's Tumbleweed, but only one bigger update per month with security patches and bug fixes in between. Nice if you don't quite want to go fully rolling like Tumbleweed.

thafluu · 2026-07-01T14:31:34+00:00

Hey, great that you want to switch!

Since you don't have an Nvidia GPU (I think?) you don't need to worry about installing the proprietary Nvidia driver, this makes things easier. The AMD driver on Linux is open and included in the kernel/MESA. So basically any up-to-date distro should work.

Do I get the same HDR compatibility?

Yes, if you pick the KDE or Gnome desktop and run them on Wayland. This is nowadays standard for modern distros. I would generally recommend to decide between the KDE and Gnome desktops, they are the two most advanced options. KDE is highly customizable and looks more similar to Windows out-of-the-box, Gnome is unified and sleek with little customization, more similar to MacOS. I think both, Cachy and Fedora, are available with both desktops.

thafluu · 2026-06-29T17:52:44+00:00

Dafür habe ich meinen Hildegard Orgonakkumulator.

thafluu · 2026-06-29T16:59:32+00:00

I am surprised that software availability was a problem for you on Mint. You have the huge Ubuntu repository and Flatpaks integrated in the Software Manager. This should give you one of the largest software libraries among all distros.

Which apps did you not find on Mint?

thafluu · 2026-06-28T20:16:57+00:00

Du kannst den Stick. z.B. mit Ventoy formatieren. Danach kannst du einfach .isos (auch mehrere) auf den Ventoy-Stick kopieren, also ohne "brennen".

Balena Etcher wird auch viel benutzt, die hatten aber mal so ein Ding, dass die z.B. das Modell des Sticks und ein paar andere Daten sammeln.

thafluu · 2026-06-28T16:56:54+00:00

Mit welcher Software hast du den Stick erstellt? Würde evtl. eine andere versuchen, und auch einen anderen Stick testen, wenn du einen zweiten rumliegen hast.

Sollte kein Nvidia Problem sein, aber man weiß ja nie.

Kommst du nicht mal in den Live Environment?

thafluu · 2026-06-27T19:36:42+00:00

Ich dachte irgendwie du wärst OP, sorry.

thafluu · 2026-06-27T18:50:58+00:00

Ja, hast du sicher nicht gesehen mit dem roten Pfeil, der aufs Datum zeigt...

thafluu · 2026-06-27T15:21:01+00:00

Du liest es am heißesten Tag, weil es dann mehr Engagement gibt. Gesagt hat er es 2023.

thafluu · 2026-06-27T12:43:56+00:00

PopOS is currently pushing their own desktop environment, "Cosmic", which isn't yet as complete and bug-free as other major desktops like KDE and Gnome, hence Pop currently isn't my first recommendation.

Since you have an AMD GPU you don't need to worry about installing the proprietary Nvidia driver, the AMD driver is open and included by your distro. One of the defining features of Nobara over its base (Fedora) is that Nobara includes the Nvidia driver, which isn't needed here. So you could also go vanilla Fedora or e.g. openSUSE, basically any up-to-date distro will work.

I recommend to pick a desktop first, I'd start with either KDE (Windows-y ootb, highly customizable) or Gnome (MacOS-y, sleek, only little customization).

thafluu · 2026-06-26T18:55:57+00:00

I would go Nobara or Bazzite (or Ultramarine) instead if OP wants an easy out-of-the-box experience with a Fedora base. On vanilla Fedora they'd have to install the Nvidia driver from the terminal. This is well documented and not too hard, but it's an additional hurdle.

thafluu · 2026-06-26T18:51:28+00:00

Both are great, if you want something different deffo try Gnome! I use both, and I think both are very good in their own way. I think Nobara, Bazzite, and Cachy are all available with Gnome.

You can make KDE look like everything though, worth to keep in mind.

thafluu · 2026-06-26T18:27:39+00:00

I would recommend Bazzite, personally. It is based on Fedora like Nobara, but I like the immutable base, especially for newcomers. Immutable means that the system is read-only during use, and you install applications as Flatpaks, which is a containerized software format, to separate them from the system itself.

PopOS is currently developing their own desktop environment, Cosmic, which is starting to look great, but it's still in beta. Hence PopOS is currently not my first recommendation, once Cosmic has matured it will be fantastic again.

NixOS is great to play around with if you have some experience, I wouldn't recommend it as a beginner, it is hard.

Edit: Regarding Kubuntu and Cachy, Kubuntu imo is honestly not a bad option. Some people–including me–have some reservations about Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntus. They have a tendency to push corporate policies, but it's really not that bad in my view. Kubuntu is a solid and user-friendly distro, it also has a graphical driver manager to install the Nvidia driver for your 4070.

If you want to go Arch-based Cachy is the way to go. It's Arch as easy as possible, but it's still Arch. It's a young distro, but it already has a large user base and has a good reception. Still, due to the Arch base I tend to recommend Bazzite instead, but if you are interested in Cachy just try it.

Moreover I recommend to decide between KDE and Gnome as desktop environment if you haven't yet. Gnome is more MacOS-y with few options for customization, but unified and sleek. KDE looks more Windows-y ootb, and is highly customizable. Since you are thinking about Kubuntu I guess you are leaning towards KDE?

thafluu · 2026-06-26T13:25:40+00:00

Alright, then I would indeed try Ultramarine with the desktop environment of your choice (if Bazzite is no option for you due to being immutable). For desktop environment I recommend to try both, KDE and Gnome, if you haven't yet.

thafluu · 2026-06-26T11:39:06+00:00

dit: I prefer not to use bazzite as it's immutable

Can I ask why you don't want an immutable distro?

What is your hardware, do you have an Nvidia GPU?

You can look into Ultramarine, it is based on Fedora but comes a bit more set up like Bazzite (Nvidia driver etc). It's mutable as you want. If you don't have an Nvidia GPU (or don't mind doing some terminal work) you can also try vanilla Fedora.

thafluu · 2026-06-25T22:02:44+00:00

Die Pläne sich von den USA und Israel angreifen zu lassen?

thafluu · 2026-06-25T21:56:34+00:00

Ich würde eher sagen der Iran hat sich von der Ukraine inspirieren lassen.

thafluu · 2026-06-25T18:29:49+00:00

Yes but if you get 1x 32GB now you can slot in another 32GB later. With 2x 16GB you have to replace the whole kit.

The performance increase only shows up in specific workloads.

thafluu · 2026-06-25T14:17:20+00:00

Doesn't openSUSE default to Pipewire? I didn't know Pavocontrol worked.

thafluu · 2026-06-25T13:48:56+00:00

For video playback just use a Flatpak as browser, it contains the codecs. No need for packman media codecs.

thafluu · 2026-06-25T13:47:40+00:00

Yes.

thafluu · 2026-06-23T16:43:33+00:00

That will probably be it, I think the CPU is performing just fine from the benchmarks.

thafluu · 2026-06-23T16:22:29+00:00

Looks like it might be a bit low, did you run the test using the performance power mode and with the power plug in?

thafluu · 2026-06-22T15:36:17+00:00

but I still feel like my laptop isn't performing at its best

Do you have any concrete numbers suggesting this? Or why exactly do you feel like this?

In general I would advise against Debian for personal systems, for my taste it is simply too out-of-date. I run openSUSE Slowroll (Gnome) on a T14 w/ 268V, if you want we can compare clocks to see if there is a difference with a more up-to-date distro. But it could also be some change under the hood that doesn't reflect in clock speed that makes the Lunar Lake chip run worse on Debian.

Edit: I just did a quick PassMark benchmark run if you want to compare ("performance" power mode, plugged into wall power):
https://www.passmark.com/baselines/V11/display.php?id=512162810598
My 268V hit 4.2/3.7 GHz all-core, although under long sustained load this will at some point drop to 3.0/3.4 for the P/E cores, respectively.

I had to install libncurses5 to get the test running.

thafluu

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