CachyOS is the Arch Linux distro to try if you want serious speed and performance

Jack Wallen\ZDNET

ZDNET key takeaways

The latest CachyOS release is all about speed.

This Arch-based distribution is a user-friendly powerhouse.

You can download and install CachyOS for free.

Power. Performance. Luxury. OK, this isn't a car commercial, so scrap that last one.

However, power and performance are the name of the game with CachyOS, and with the latest update, the OS has improved a lot of under-the-hood bits to make this one of the best-performing desktop distributions available.

What exactly have the developers done? It all starts with the Linux kernel. First and foremost, CachyOS now ships with kernel 7.0.0.1. However, this isn't just any old Linux kernel; this is the CachyOS kernel. What does that mean? Well, the CachyOS kernel uses a specifically tuned scheduler, options for BORE, sched-ext, BMQ, and RT.

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At the same time, every app in the CachyOS repository is compiled for x86-64-v3, x86-64-v4, and Zen4 instruction sets, plus LTO. The core CachyOS packages also receive additional PGO and BOLT optimization, with zero manual rebuilds required.

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