PorteuX 2.7 has been released with Linux kernel 7.1.1, GNOME 50.2, KDE Plasma 6.7.0, a switch to the new NTFS-Plus driver, and a number of performance-focused optimizations. The developer is also claiming the distro now outperforms CachyOS in Geekbench 6. Do you think benchmark results like these are meaningful when comparing Linux distributions?

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    17 days ago

    I’ve seen this time and time again, performance between gaming distros like Bazzite, Nobara, CachyOS, etc. is marginal.

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    17 days ago

    Do you think benchmark results like these are meaningful when comparing Linux distributions?

    They don’t really provide any explanation for why it should be faster than CachyOS. So I’d take their claims with a bucket or two of salt.

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    17 days ago

    Do you think benchmark results like these are meaningful when comparing Linux distributions?

    Almost never. Bumping the minimum architecture version and optimization levels is all well and good, but unless you’re doing tons of vector oriented workloads it’s not going to qualitatively make a difference.

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      16 days ago

      How fast does it invert a 1B X 1B matrix storing it in zswap and writing results to NTFS?

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    17 days ago

    I switched from bazzite to CachyOS on my steam deck, never gonna change to another again. CachyOS is simply the best.

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    17 days ago

    I’ve discovered a new game I can play in my head where I append “, btw” on every Arch related title.