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

  • daggermoon@lemmy.world
    91·
    1 year ago

    It really doesn’t install anything you wouldn’t install yourself. The only thing I removed post-install was the Fish shell. I’ll stick with Zsh and Ksh thank you. I’m on Cachy, I’d be happy to help if you need anything.

    • Thorned_Rose@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Yes, there are a number of apps (including my example of Meld) that I would install anyway. But a list is nice anyway just so I can curate things the way I like them. :)

  • cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de
    61·
    1 year ago

    I tried it. Didn’t found noticeable performance increase for me to daily drive. Biggest turn off for me was their bloat. Ended up going back to EndeavourOS. Funny enough exiftools performed better on EOS (only by couple of seconds).

  • MrSnookums@lemmy.mlEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    You can boot from the cachyos livecd and install it the arch way that way you have fine grained control over what is installed, I believe that you have to modify the livecd pacman.conf to add cachyos repos other than that is pretty much the same as a arch install.

  • hornedfiend@sopuli.xyz
    2·
    1 year ago

    I’ve been an arch user for years and recently switched to Cachy cause of performance promises and curiosity. I did use their repos before in arch,but I ended up with a mess and instead of fixing the mess I decided to wipe the slate clean.

    It’s a decent distribution ,like most,but it did offer me 0 stutters in Path of Exile 2. With Arch I had so many stutters for some reason that it was really unplayable. I think anancy-cpp or kernel schedulers, or everything combined, but I was pleasantly surprised.

    Anyway, fire up a vm, or install on baremetal and decide for yourself .

  • azron@lemmy.ml
    53·
    1 year ago

    Partners with cloudflare to stand on top of arch’s shoulders. Seems sus to me. Why is this better than arch? They forked Firefox and also stand on top of librefox’s work with unclear additions.

    Seems someone just wants to look good on top of others’ work. Oh but they compile a bunch of different kernels with random scheduler settings to really give you that edge.

    I’m being unfair but what are the benefit of moving to cachy and why would I want to use something supported by cloudflare. I don’t trust cloudflare any more than Google or Microsoft at this point.

    • Thorned_Rose@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

      to stand on top of arch’s shoulders

      Ubuntu is standing on top of Debian’s shoulders then. So is Kali, CrunchBang, MX Linux, Deepin, Rasbian, Tails, etc. Linux Mint is standing on top of Ubuntu’s shoulders which are standing on top of Debian’s shoulders. As is KDE Neon, elementaryOS, Bodhi, Pop!, Zorin, etc. Fedora and RedHat are standing on top of each other’s shoulders. Bazzite, Asahi, Alma, Rocky are standing on their shoulders.

      EndeavourOS is also standing on top of Arch’s shoulders. So is Artix, Majaro, Garuda, Archbang and let’s not forget SteamOS.

      That’s how FOSS works. And you do realise that it’s not a one way street right? They all contribute up and down stream… because again, that’s how the FOSS community works.

    • Telorand@reddthat.com
      6·
      1 year ago

      Standing on top of others’ shoulders is the entire deal of distros (and Linux, more broadly), no?

      I don’t know anything about Cloudflare vis a vis CachyOS (the politics of business melts my brain), but supposedly Cachy offers a speed boost for certain tasks. When I’ve used it, it feels as snappy as a Debian install I use.

      For some, it may not offer them much of a difference. It’s not going to be a “leaps and bounds” difference either way, but it allows people who don’t want to optimize their packages manually and don’t want to optimize and build their own kernel the opportunity to experience the potential benefits of those things.