Finally a distro has me tempted into considering moving from Arch which I’ve been using for almost a decade (kudos to the CachyOS devs on a job well done!).
But one of the things I love about Arch is that I choose what is and isn’t installed and after my spouse installed Cachy (also previously on Arch) I can see a number of apps come pre-installed (like Meld).
Is there a list somewhere of what CachyOS installs by default so that I can uninstall it post-install? Or is there a minimal install ISO somewhere that I’m missing that just installs the Cachy ‘tweaks’ and Cachy-specific apps (like Hello) + a DE?
I have considered converting my Arch install to Cachy but since this install is 3+ years old now, it would be more difficult to find and get rid of all the tweaks I’ve made here and there than just start a fresh CachyOS install and remove unwanted packages.
EDIT: Here is the answer: https://github.com/CachyOS/cachyos-calamares/blob/cachyos-systemd-qt6/src/modules/netinstall/netinstall.yaml
Do you guys think people affiliated with a distro make fake posts like this to drum up interest in their product?
That must have happened at least once on these forums, right?
That’s a very cynical take on things :( I’m not sure why the Cachy devs would want to do that when they could just post, “Hey, here’s our distro, come take a look or try it out”. This is a FOSS community and they’re a FOSS product that people make in their spare time, not some huge for-profit trying to squeeze as much out of folks as possible.
I would think a post of me gushing about how I switched to CachyOS after a decade of Arch and how much amazeballs super excellent wonderful blazing fast easy to use easy to install blah blah blah would be more of a red flag than me asking what specific extra packages are installed lol.
But I realise that since these times are so full of fake posts, here’s a pic or it didn’t happen: https://i.postimg.cc/DZsdcmwJ/Screenshot-20250122-101326.png
And yes I realise I could fake this too but there’s only so much time I can be bothered putting into proving that I’m asking a legit question and posting a screenshot is it. Take it or leave it. 🤷🏻♀️
I’ll be honest, the fact you went through so much length to try and prove your innocence makes me doubt it even further.
🤦🏻♀️
There’s no helping this one.
Here’s my perspective. I’m exactly that kind of guy you mean.
As soon as someone mentions “immutable distro”, I get triggered and start shilling for Bazzite et al.
Why you might ask? Because I like using it, and because the guys behind it are chill dudes with a great vision and a lot of know-how.
I’m just a normal guy without IT skills. I can’t code myself, I can’t review someone’s else code, I can’t do anything.
But I wish I could.
The only thing I am able to is making it more well known.
If someone asks “What distro do you recommend for gaming?”, I’ll say “Bazzite”.
Someone else might say “Arch”, and another one “Tumbleweed”. Everyone likes their own thing, and everyone shills for something else :)
I really wish your theory was real, then I could make some $$$, but everything here is FOSS. The devs are just as broke as I am…
Bazzite was my first first into Linux. I loved it overall, the thing that eventually made me switch was that the login screen background was locked behind immutability. It’s stupid, but matters to me. I’m on Garuda now and it has been great too.
Yeah, probably, but this one doesn’t seem obviously fake. It could be, but it also could be real. I’ve never heard of this OS, so I’m assuming it’s not popular.