CachyOS Dethrones Arch As ProtonDB’s Top Linux Gamer Desktop Distro

Linux gaming “has gotten to the purpose the place some individuals declare that Linux runs their video games higher than Home windows does,” in accordance with the Android website XDA Builders. And there is a new shock on ProtonDB, an “unofficial” neighborhood web site with crowdsourced information about videogame compatability with the Linux software program/gaming compatability layer Proton:

On ProtonDB, one working system had reigned supreme since 2021: Arch Linux. And I say ‘had,’ as a result of its streak has simply been ended by [Arch-based] CachyOS in an upset that has slowly grown over the previous two years. As reported on Boiling Steam, the variety of experiences coming from CachyOS has topped that of Arch Linux, which held the crown for essentially the most variety of experiences since 2021…

[T]his is not actually an announcement that CachyOS is one of the best gaming distro on the market; nonetheless, it is seemingly attracting the most important variety of avid gamers who’re invested in testing video games on Proton and reporting their efficiency, which is a reasonably large milestone for those who ask me.