CachyOS just dethroned Arch Linux on ProtonDB, and Linux gamers are finally noticing
…Sign in to your XDA account In case you missed it, CachyOS recently toppled Arch Linux as the OS with the most reports sent to ProtonDB . On its own, it doesn't…
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Microsoft should be terrified of SteamOS, even if Windows owns the Steam charts
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I regret switching to Linux, even though I wanted to love it
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