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| + | # Distros |
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| + | ## CachyOS |
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| + | Generally my distro of choice for both servers and desktops is [CachyOS](https://cachyos.org/). The main reason is very good defaults and it runs very fast. |
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| + | ### Servers |
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| + | A rolling distro for a server is not too much of an issue for me as I do development on servers and I want up to date packages. I take snapshots, update all packages, and reboot daily ([Ansible config](https://github.com/valankar/ansible/blob/master/cachyos.yaml)). |
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| + | #### Efficient resource usage |
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| + | For a VPS without a huge amount of RAM and disk, the default zram (compressed swap) and btrfs compression is a great setup. Docker containers mostly doing nothing can sit in compressed swap, and large Docker images take up less of the filesystem. |
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| + | ### Desktops |
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| + | CachyOS has the best performance of any distro I've used, and it just works on all desktops I've tried. The default KDE setup is very good and just works. |