{"id":22,"date":"2026-10-12T00:59:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T00:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.osexplore.com\/?post_type=distro&p=22"},"modified":"2026-10-16T05:22:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T05:22:56","slug":"cachyos","status":"publish","type":"distro","link":"https:\/\/www.osexplore.com\/index.php\/os\/cachyos\/","title":{"rendered":"CachyOS"},"content":{"rendered":"

CachyOS is an Arch-based Linux distribution focused on speed, security, and a streamlined desktop experience. It ships performance-tuned packages and a customized Linux kernel using the BORE scheduler, with graphical and command-line installation options.<\/p>\n

At a glance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Operating system<\/th>\nLinux<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Based on<\/th>\nArch Linux<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Origin<\/th>\nGermany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Status<\/th>\nActive<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Category<\/th>\nDesktop, Live Medium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Architecture<\/th>\nx86_64, x86-64-v3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Release model<\/th>\nRolling<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Latest listed release<\/th>\n260809 \u00b7 August 9, 2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Popularity snapshot<\/th>\n#1 \u00b7 2,664 page hits per day<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reader rating<\/th>\n8.2 \/ 10 from 523 reviews<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Desktop choices<\/h2>\n

CachyOS offers a broad selection of desktop environments, window managers, and Wayland compositors: bspwm, Budgie, Cinnamon, COSMIC, GNOME, Hyprland, i3, KDE Plasma, LXDE, LXQt, MATE, niri, Openbox, Qtile, Sway, UKUI, Wayfire, and Xfce. KDE Plasma is the default desktop in the release snapshot.<\/p>\n

Release and system notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Installer<\/th>\nCalamares<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Package format<\/th>\npkg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Package management<\/th>\npacman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Init system<\/th>\nsystemd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Default browser<\/th>\nFirefox<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Filesystems<\/th>\nBtrfs, ext4, JFS, XFS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Download size<\/th>\nAbout 3.0\u20133.1 GB (release 260809)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Recent releases<\/h2>\n