{"id":208829,"date":"2026-02-01T10:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T15:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/01\/liya-linux-proves-high-performance-doesnt-require-a-command-line\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T10:25:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T15:25:11","slug":"liya-linux-proves-high-performance-doesnt-require-a-command-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/01\/liya-linux-proves-high-performance-doesnt-require-a-command-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Liya Linux proves high performance doesn\u2019t require a command line"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liya Linux proves high performance doesn\u2019t require a command line<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/thenewstack.io\/liya-linux-proves-high-performance-doesnt-require-a-command-line\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-02-01 10:03:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: thenewstack.io<\/a><\/p>\n

Any Linux distribution claiming that it wants to make Linux easy and accessible to the general public, as well as to establish itself as a new industry standard for home computing, is bold.<\/p>\n

But I like it. When a Linux distribution can make such a bold claim, it means they are trying to do something honorable and important: making Linux possible for everyone.<\/p>\n

The problem is that a lot of distributions make that claim; while some of them succeed, some also fail.<\/p>\n

The big question here is, does Liya Linux make good on that claim? Knowing that this distribution is based on Arch Linux, that\u2019s a fairly risky claim. And since Liya Linux is new to me (which is rare these days), I installed it as a virtual machine (VM) to see what it had to offer.<\/p>\n

As soon as the installation started, I knew immediately that the developers took the claim seriously. Like many modern Linux distributions, Liya Linux offers a user-friendly, point-and-click installation.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t until I logged in for the first time that I was able to see what the developers had done.<\/p>\n

Before I get into that, it\u2019s important to know that Liya uses the Btrfs file system, complete with snapshots, as well as Samba shares enabled by default, and a clean app selection that might not be as familiar as some distributions, but I found all of the preinstalled apps to be viable options for everyday users.<\/p>\n

Even before I got to the app selection, the thing that immediately struck me was that Liya fooled me. Before I decided to give this distribution a try, I decided not to read up on it first because I wanted to be surprised. Right out of the gate, I was definitely taken by surprise.<\/p>\n

When I first logged in, I assumed I was working with the KDE Plasma desktop. It was an easy assumption because it looked very much like KDE Plasma (with a few distribution-specific tweaks). The desktop was beautiful and carried the typical hallmarks of KDE Plasma.<\/p>\n

Little did I know that the desktop was actually a customized…<\/p>\n

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