01 month on CachyOS
Exactly a month ago, I decided to switch to Cachy as my daily driver. Been using Windows since 7 years old. I used everything from Windows 95 all the way to Windows 11.
Same reason with everybody here about switching: too many AI slops + Microslop insults to customers + I want the best performing OS for my gaming.
But the turning point was the moment I knew HV cracks work perfectly on CachyOS.
My journey with Linux:
- CachyOS was not my 1st distro though.
- It was Bazzite, on December 2025. I made the switch back to W11 after 10 days, due to various issues from audio, display to bluetooth.
- My 2nd distro was Nobara, on April 2026, which lasted for 2 weeks until it won't boot anymore and I could not fix it.
- Problems I have on Bazzite and Nobara are nowhere to be found on Cachy. I have no driver issues, at all. Runs butter-smooth.
- I ran into not once but 3 boot problems with CachyOS, but solve them all (with Claude's help) within 10-15 minutes.
This is my only machine for gaming + working, and I fucking love it.
- Unofficial softs like Figma (+WebGL tweaks), Claude Desktop (AUR package) and Solaar (to control my Logitech MX Mouse) works perfectly.
- Gaming is incredible. No issue at all.
- Dealing with .rar files is buggy sometimes but found a way nonetheless.
- Taskbar customization is top notch. I'll stick with KDE for now but I saw other tempting options down the line to try too.
- I found it weird that Fitgirl Repacks stuck everytime and ran into issues no matter what I tried (Lutris, Heroic, Wine, Bottle with other recommended settings, etc.) . DODI repacks, on the other hand, runs perfectly fine with zero tweaks needed.
I have 2 NVME sticks: one with W11 and one with CachyOS. There are times I desperately want to go back to W11 to troubleshoot things, but resist all that and found a perfect fix on CachyOS instead.
And that made me love it.
My next steps: If I can reach 3 months without any major issues, I'll do a full switch.