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Sorry, but which of these distros is right for me? (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 days ago by ClockworkN@lemmy.world to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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I'm currently trying to decide between CatchyOS and Nobara.

I'm sorry to be generating another of this kind of conversation as I can see they are getting pretty tedious. But you see I'm finally getting ready to take the plunge and try Linux again (after a brief encounter in the early 2000s).

I'm a gamer and I care a lot about gaming but I'm also a game dev. I need to be able to use Unreal Engine, Blender, Gaea, and other dev tools. My understanding is that something like Bazzite isn't right for me there.

So I've been looking at CatchyOS and Nobara. I've read their documentation and so far leaning toward CatchyOS. But sometimes people say Nobara is easier to use. I am not afraid of a command line, but frankly I don't tinker with my computer for fun. I get in and get what I need set up so I can get back to making things.

So what do you all think?

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[–] k0mprssd@pie.bumbum.lol 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I've used both nobara and cachyos, and I've stuck with nobara. it's a lot more of a "just works" distro for gaming and creative stuff (vr "just worked", so did connecting an xbox controller wirelessly, and using my drawing tablet) and its more set up out of the box than cachy. I enjoy a distro that I can install and get going immediately with no issues, and without having to install a bunch of other packages myself to get it to do what I want it to do. also when I ran cachy last year on both my desktop and my laptop, I got a month in and my repos completely broke, dont know why and couldn't figure out how to fix it, so that's something to keep in mind.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I'll ditto this.

Nobara is the most "It just works" linux distro I've tried. Its made gaming painless and seamless with having all that stuff preloaded, it updates frequently to keep on top of support, all in all its a fantastic OS and with no real tinkering.