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you do too? and yeah, originally was for the flex, now just because it fits my need

used, realized i like windows better, switched back

oh okay- have you ever tried a more windows-y distro like Mint? or did you prefer more the software compatibility of windows?

CachyOS! Good choice, I use their optimized packages on my Arch install (also sorry for my late response haha, I'm barely active anymore here)

I originally started using it for performance reasons, but I ended up falling in love with arch and linux in general after a couple weeks of using it.

@HK-Speedcube ah yes mint, i used it on my 2017 hp evo. was good. i dont really need it now tho.

I also Cachy my OS it's pretty good but I never managed to figure out how to install things to linux from the internet. Wine and proton are hard carrying me and I don't like the quality they provide.

@Kami realll, Arch is so peak, and CachyOS did a great job making it more usable and even more performant

@SpeedCubingLord oh okay, yeah Mint is great for old laptops (my record was installing it on a 20 years old laptop that had difficulties running Windows 8.1 at a decent speed. Mint made it work like a charm)

@HellHeater wdym installing things to Linux? Like using the command-line to install packages? And yeah, true that Wine and Proton aren't always top quality and don't always work for everything, but most of the time with a few tweaks and fixing missing libraries/fonts/Visual C redistribs/enabling virtual desktop it work fine. Was it causing problem for a specific software?

No command line for packages are pretty simple. I just can't for the life of me install from a tar.gz file. Usually I try for like 15 minutes going back and forth in the guide and give up and install the windows version.

oh so you mean when building stuff manually that isn't in the standard packages? usually even if it's not in the main package repository on Arch/CachyOS there's sometimes a version of it in the AUR so you can install it from there (usually there's a link to it on the software's documentation page tho)

Still, I don't know how to get a software from a tar.gz file. Also, I use obscure software that works on hopes and prayers very often which is annoying to get on linux. For example I have no idea how to install MC5D or even MC4D on my cachyos.

Yeah, I was never able to install from tar.gz files either, and the worst part is nobody would give me a clear answer. I usually just find it on the aur or flatpak when I run into that

@HellHeater usually installing software from a tar.gz is for developer mostly, for building it yourself (except, of course, if it's a prebuilt software that is just compressed into a .tar.gz, for example the War Thunder Client).
Like most of the time if you find say a github project that offer a .tar.gz, they'll also offer a AUR/flatpak/appimage/snap package to install. What is MC4/5D tho?