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Considering switching to CachyOS from Arch after almost a decade (self.linux)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) by Thorned_Rose to c/[email protected]

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Finally a distro has me tempted into considering moving from Arch which I've been using for almost a decade (kudos to the CachyOS devs on a job well done!).

But one of the things I love about Arch is that I choose what is and isn't installed and after my spouse installed Cachy (also previously on Arch) I can see a number of apps come pre-installed (like Meld).

Is there a list somewhere of what CachyOS installs by default so that I can uninstall it post-install? Or is there a minimal install ISO somewhere that I'm missing that just installs the Cachy 'tweaks' and Cachy-specific apps (like Hello) + a DE?

I have considered converting my Arch install to Cachy but since this install is 3+ years old now, it would be more difficult to find and get rid of all the tweaks I've made here and there than just start a fresh CachyOS install and remove unwanted packages.

EDIT: Here is the answer: https://github.com/CachyOS/cachyos-calamares/blob/cachyos-systemd-qt6/src/modules/netinstall/netinstall.yaml

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago (12 children)

Do you guys think people affiliated with a distro make fake posts like this to drum up interest in their product?

That must have happened at least once on these forums, right?

[–] Thorned_Rose 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

That's a very cynical take on things :( I'm not sure why the Cachy devs would want to do that when they could just post, "Hey, here's our distro, come take a look or try it out". This is a FOSS community and they're a FOSS product that people make in their spare time, not some huge for-profit trying to squeeze as much out of folks as possible.

I would think a post of me gushing about how I switched to CachyOS after a decade of Arch and how much amazeballs super excellent wonderful blazing fast easy to use easy to install blah blah blah would be more of a red flag than me asking what specific extra packages are installed lol.

But I realise that since these times are so full of fake posts, here's a pic or it didn't happen: https://i.postimg.cc/DZsdcmwJ/Screenshot-20250122-101326.png

And yes I realise I could fake this too but there's only so much time I can be bothered putting into proving that I'm asking a legit question and posting a screenshot is it. Take it or leave it. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'll be honest, the fact you went through so much length to try and prove your innocence makes me doubt it even further.

[–] Thorned_Rose 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

🤦🏻‍♀️

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

There's no helping this one.

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