CachyOS founder explains why they didn’t join the new Open Gaming Collective (OGC)

The Open Gaming Collective (OGC) was an interesting announcement lately from just a few greater names, however the CachyOS group opted out of it and now we all know why.

At present the OGC consists of the likes of Bazzite & Common Blue, ASUS Linux, ShadowBlip, PikaOS, Fyra Labs together with ChimeraOS, Nobara and Playtron.

In a publish on Reddit that was made in relation to our personal protection of it, the founding father of CachyOS ( Peter Jung / ptr1337 ) jumped into the feedback to clarify why they determined to not take part. From their own phrases:

Hello,

Now we have thought of this however we opted out, since we don’t see all an excessive amount of profit from our aspect. Handheld stuff is just not our main focus. Additionally, we had some issues that this might get a “burocractic loophole”, which seemd to be kind of true to this point.

Moreover, to us all this “initiative” locked like an emergency rushed factor, in order that Bazzite finds new kernel maintainers and for different technical stuff after kicking the maintainer, which principally made most integration work for them

We neither wish to be related to “Playtron” too. There are extra causes, however In poor health maintain them out of the general public

Aspect-note: For these unfamiliar with Playtron, they made an enormous splash back in early 2024 about making a brand new Linux-based OS for gaming whereas pulling in a lot of open supply builders. The primary (and solely?) {hardware} truly utilizing it seems to be the SuiPlay0X1, which has some bizarre web3 / crypto blockchain stuff. And ultimately, Playtron announced their own crypto currency again in Might 2025. Playtron have not introduced something in any respect since then.

In a follow-up Reddit remark Jung from CachyOS additionally mentioned:

There could possibly be theoretically a profit when it comes to particular patches for handheld units. Antheas made there a very good job in creating and discovering the correct patches, however for the reason that particular person is just not in Bazzite anymore and the remainder appear to not have their expertise.

Weve been working along with ChimeraOS and asus-linux since extra then a yr. A lot testing and integration from inputplumber got here from the CachyOS Handheld Version too! 🙂 I dont assume for {that a} collective with strings hooked up is required.

Staying out of any doable drama and simply persevering with to do your individual factor is a really legitimate stance to take. Hopefully each CachyOS and the Open Gaming Collective (OGC) proceed on to do nice work for the advantage of all Linux customers, even when it is aside.

Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.