After seeing so many riced up distros that run like crap I decided to take up the slack and make my own port. This is still CachyOS, an ArchLinux based distro, but it contains "optimized packages" out of the box. It is as bare bones as it gets, simple, doesn't get in your way, but most importantly: it's fast. I've also included multiple themes, so you can customize the looks if you so desire!
What it contains
This distro is as simple as it gets, and these are the only changes I made:
- "uBlock Origin", "I still don't care about cookies" extensions, and "BetterFox" installed
- Matcha GTK theme, Qogir cursor and Tela icon themes, as well as Picom compositor (animations and transparency) installed (but disabled to get more performance, if you want to use it, enable it in "Session Settings"
- PS4 specific Mesa 25.3.3 (GPU) drivers installed, built by me using centi07's repository
More info
If you want to install the gaming packages, do so by going in the "Apps/Tweaks" section of "CachyOS Hello".
If you need to configure the distro (i.e. change language and keyboard layout and more) check this out.
Screenshots
Downloads
Specifications
Mesa version: 25.3.3 (latest), no need to worry about updates breaking as I'm maintaining it
Kernel version (used to build the distro): 6.15.4
Recommended kernel version (if any): 5.15 or higher
Built-in apps (optional): None apart from themes
Additional information: Will not work on Baikal as the required kernel version is too low unfortunately.
Login details:
Username: user
Password: 1234
Installation instructions
Just use my guide here. It covers everything.
DISTRO PROVIDED AS IS. FOR ANY ISSUES, CONTACT CACHYOS DEVELOPERS.
If the distro doesn't boot however, you can contact me here.
