It is also first in the Distrowatch rank
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=cachyos
I distro hopped to it from Bazzite a couple of months ago, and I could not be happier.
If you try the installer, be careful when selecting multiples DE/WM as the conflicts were not listed anywhere for the installation process.
Picking a single environment and then adding the others later was what worked for me.


Landed on Cachy after Ubuntu> Mint > Bazzite. Wish I had just skipped Mint and Bazzite. A lot of DEs too, so it’s kind of however you like it.
What do you prefer about Catchy over Bazzite. I’m currently using Bazzite but not in love with it. I mean it’s just an OS that works for my gaming and browsing.
I game, browse, and do audio production. Between all these things, I’ve had the least issues with Cachy. In fact, everything’s been shockingly easy.
The flexibility of Cachy has been great too. Very customisable if you want it to be and lots of DEs to choose from, so really it’s can be setup exactly how you want it. This is something I like in most things, a “do it once; do it right” or “set and forget” setup. I’ve also had the best performance from Cachy overall, but when you’re comparing that against something like Bazzite, the victor could literally just come down to the hardware, they’re so close.
Sometimes you gotta know what you don’t like to really understand what you do like.
Same here. Basically distro hopped and finally tried cachy. I am converting my main big gaming rig to it, but fell in love on a samsung slate from 2012ish. Runs great on anything