It has been a lengthy day.
It has been a lengthy day.
I changed my gaming PC to CachyOS today. It didn’t go perfectly. I’m still facing some issues—I added an extra SSD for games, formatted it, installed Btrfs, but mounting was a nightmare. Eventually it worked. Steam treats it as an external drive, which is fine, though it’s still frustrating. I’m relieved it functioned. Tomorrow I’ll move my 4TB game drive to Btrfs and fix the installation problem. My networking logs today were tough, with over a hundred GB of downloads. Lucky for me, I have gigabit internet and a 10GbE switch. :3
CachyOS works well enough for gaming. It's a dedicated gaming PC, and most of my time will be spent playing games on it. I appreciate the Cachy meta files, CachyOS Proton, and the option to use Yay along with CachyOS files. Do you prefer BTRFS? I’m not sure if this system includes any Flatpak features at all. I’ll verify that later.
Flatpaks are small software packages designed for Android devices, allowing users to install and run apps directly from the app store.
TL;DR - a flexible method for delivering software that works across different distributions without relying on specific package managers. Since Flatpaks operate independently of your distro, updates happen more often than with traditional updates. They follow a standard format, making them a good fit for first-party repositories and official package lists. Flatpaks are found in repositories like FlatHub, which hosts both official and community versions. Their key benefit is that they bundle all needed libraries, ensuring compatibility across systems. Unlike regular packages, you don’t need to choose specific distros for support; the system handles it. Flatpak runs with limited privileges, offering security, but may require extra permissions depending on the app. They can share dependencies between themselves or other apps via runtimes, blending aspects of both traditional and modern package management. More details are available elsewhere, but this overview captures the main points. Snap packages are another option promoted by Canonical, though they’re proprietary and not free. Flatpaks are often preferred in Ubuntu-based environments, while Snap is more popular outside that space.