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So i have a gaming desktop that not the best or the newest. What takes up most of my drive space is games, updates, and software's. Im wondering if i should switch to linux and if linux will improve any performance for my main machine? If you believe i should switch what os should i go with or why or why not should i switch?

I mostly game and do mess with ollama/ai tools because i think that's cool. I want to do more things in the future but that might beyond my drive space?

What would you advise?

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[-] jim3692@discuss.online 1 points 1 week ago

Sandy Bridge is too old for CachyOS. Cachy compiles the kernel with optimizations for newer CPUs

https://wiki.cachyos.org/installation/installation_prepare/

[-] rakeshmondal@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

Wrong, I'm running a sandy bridge on cachyos right now

[-] princessnorah 1 points 1 week ago

If you look at recommended requirements on that page, it suggests the x86_v3 but minimum doesn't. It's a little confusing but the following section seems to just be explaining that term for the recommended level? If I'm wrong though I'll gladly cross it out.

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