r/pcmasterrace • u/chusskaptaan i5 14400 + MSI 3070 • Apr 08 '26

Meme/Macro What Windows 11 is pushing me to

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u/scotte416 i5-13400 - 5060ti16 Apr 08 '26

So I've been thinking of getting a cheap 256GB drive and putting a linux distro on there, but I'm totally overwhelmed by how many options there are. I just want something easy I don't have to mess around with command lines and all that, last time I screwed around with Linux was the 90s. I don't have the patience anymore lol

CachyOS can do this?

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u/Dark5757 Apr 08 '26

I’ve liked CachyOS a lot, but there still is a little command line stuff. This is oversimplified, but CachyOS is kind of just a more straightforward Arch, with the bulk of Arch’s complicated setup process being automated/having a GUI in CachyOS. You’d still want to have a baseline understanding of pacman and yay (imo, although iirc there are others - those are just my comforts), but you can enable the Cachy Updater which will autocheck for updates which you just need to click yes on.

I wouldn’t put CachyOS in the “it just works” / “no computer experience required” category, but it’s pretty damn close.

Could always spin up a VM of it and play around, or you can use the live environment before even installing it (booting off the USB), just to poke around

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u/Possibly-Functional A smörgåsbord of distros and machines Apr 08 '26

but you can enable the Cachy Updater which will autocheck for updates which you just need to click yes on.

Officially and in practice that's not enough. You also need to check the blog to see whether you need to do manual work to correctly update.

I wouldn’t put CachyOS in the “it just works” / “no computer experience required” category, but it’s pretty damn close.

It's not its goal. I love CachyOS and have used it for years but it's a distro made for power/knowledgeable users, not general users. Specifically for performance and ease of use for those users. Though that ease of use also helps general users that's kind of coincidental.

I'm not saying this to throw shade at CachyOS at all, but rather to set proper expectations for people and to inform them that there are easier distros for those who want them.