CachyOS is a user-friendly Arch-based distribution focused on performance optimizations.
Unique aspects of the distribution are claimed to be:
- CachyOS repositories – enables CachyOS to create performance-focused packages and exert more control over the package ecosystem compared to distros that solely rely on the Arch Linux repositories. Packages have been rebuilt with flags optimized for performance, stability, and security.
- Better compatibility for NVIDIA users and users of older AMD cards.
- Employs its own method to detect your graphics cards.
- Prioritizes resources for your games and programs.
- Supports multiple bootloaders, including GRUB, rEFInd, and SystemD-boot.
- Can warn users of risky updates over the terminal
| Working state: | Active |
| Desktop: | KDE Plasma |
| Init Software: | systemd |
| Package Management: | Pacman |
| Release Model: | Rolling |
| Platforms: | x86_64 |
| Home Page: | cachyos.org |
| Developer: | Peter Jung, Vladislav Nepogodin, Piotr Gorski |
| This article is part of our Big List of Active Linux Distributions. |
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Cachy isn’t bad as far as Arch distros go, it’s missing some essential basic dependencies though IMO and it is pretty rough around the edges lacking the polish of PikaOS, Ultramarine, Deepin, or several other distros I could mention. If you’re hell bent on an Arch based distro Cachy is one of the better ones, otherwise I’d put it fairly low down on my top 10.