<2>CachyOS Dethrones Arch As ProtonDB’s Top Linux Gamer Desktop Distro
<3>Linux Gaming Reaches New Heights
Linux gaming has reached a point where some people claim that Linux runs their games better than Windows does, according to the Android site XDA Developers. This notion has been fueled by the growth of ProtonDB, an unofficial community website with crowdsourced data about videogame compatibility with the Linux software/gaming compatibility layer Proton.
<3>The Rise of CachyOS
On ProtonDB, one operating system had reigned supreme since 2021: Arch Linux. However, its streak has just been ended by CachyOS, an Arch-based Linux distribution, in an upset that has slowly grown over the past two years. As reported on Boiling Steam, the number of reports coming from CachyOS has topped that of Arch Linux, which held the crown for the most number of reports since 2021.
<3>What Does This Mean?
This isn’t really a statement that CachyOS is the best gaming distro out there; however, it’s seemingly attracting the largest number of gamers who are invested in testing games on Proton and reporting their performance, which is a pretty