CachyOS

Reader supplied reviews for CachyOS Average rating 7.9 from 385 review(s) What are your thoughts on CachyOS? Please include a few pros and a few cons, along with your overall impression of the operating system. Our FAQ page has tips on writing a good mini-review. Version: -- 251129241221231210221230 Rating:    -- 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 out of 10 Your review (minimum 250 words): Past reviews - sort by: DateVotes Version: 251129 Rating: 10 Date: 2026-01-17 Votes: 1 I have been a long-time user of both Windows and macOS, but transitioning to CachyOS has been a total game-changer for my workflow. With the combination of CachyOS and the Niri compositor, everything runs incredibly smoothly and feels significantly more responsive than any other setup I've tried. One of the standout features is how user-friendly it is for gamers; it provides excellent default gaming packages out of the box, making it remarkably easy to set up Steam and start playing immediately without the usual Linux troubleshooting. The performance gains were so noticeable that I actually reformatted my entire disk and left the Windows platform for good. Furthermore, the documentation is exceptionally helpful and comprehensive, which made the transition feel seamless. If you are looking for a high-performance, Arch-based distribution that just works, I cannot recommend CachyOS enough. Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 251129 Rating: 10 Date: 2026-01-13 Votes: 0 Honestly, I can´t use other distros. The AUR and pacman are the most versatile package managers that I have used, everytime I try a non-arch distro I miss them, and why can´t I use other arch based distros? CachyOS has the least problem with my hardware. Using it on a acer nitro 5 an517-57, meaning impossible to disable nvidia optimus, as i use a dual monitor setup I get a lot of trouble. Other distros capped my second monitor refresh rate in half when using wayland, this also occured on CachyOS put changing to any cachyV4 kernel version fixed it. Even with this problem I used it for 1 month without regrets, then hopped to windows so i could play some siege, fortunately for me it got hacked and I was stuck seeing the agony of slowed down Firefox scroll bar on firefox or when watching 1440p videos, also the unresponsive file searcher. CachyOS KDE surpasses any use case of windows unless when you NEED Adobe software / MS Office and don´t want to bother creating a vm/container to run it. Also, updates didn´t break anything on my end, so no planned obsolesce like Microsoft does with Windows. Games run great, there is a "install all necessary game packages" wich makes it so fine, Its custom proton version fell snappier and more performant than other options. A really well rounded distro. Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 251129 Rating: 10 Date: 2026-01-09 Votes: 1 After being on Mint, Fedora Bazzite and CachyOs for two moths, I seriously found CachyOs to be the best distro i have ever used. It just works out of the box for my nvidia 5090, it just loads the latest NVIDIA drivers and updates it withought fuss, it recognizes my monitor, keyboard and mouse brands without issues. With fedora and Mint i have to go to the terminal to download the 5090 driver. As for system restore Cachy gives you Btfrs like Mints time shift, unfortunately Fedora gives you nothing. The gaming packages that come with Cachy is another plus. For gaming Cachy was the best, unilike bazzite which i used as well and had issues with. Seriously recommend this distro for beginners and advanced users alike. Its as easy as Mint, users often dismiss the cachy hello and this is where the Cachy team needs to spend some time to make the gui better so users can be more aware of. The cachy team should make the Cachy software installer the main one and remove octopi and the arch updater as users are confused and often mistake them for the official app store. I seriously wish the Cachy team all the success. Was this review helpful? Yes No See all 385 reader reviews of CachyOS...