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CachyOS July 2025 Update Finally Lets Users Choose the Shell During Installation (9to5linux.com)

submitted 3 days ago by cm0002@programming.dev to c/linux@programming.dev

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[–] kurcatovium@piefed.social 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Does CachyOS use real Arch repos or is it like Manjaro which holds packages for "testing"?

[–] Nico_198X@europe.pub 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

no. it is akin to Manjaro in that it is based on Arch repos, but is opinionated. they have their own kernel, wine, proton, with their patches.

[–] kurcatovium@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm asking whether it's more like "arch with some custom spice" or rather something vaguely similar to arch like "ubuntu is like debian". I tried manjaro long, long time ago and can't remember much more than using AUR being mess due to not really being arch...

[–] Nico_198X@europe.pub 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's not really arch. It's more like Ubuntu is to Debian.

EndeavourOS is straight arch repos, with one additional optional repo of their own with a few of their tools, branding, etc.

Cachy is opinionated about the OS.

EndeavourOS is only opinionated about the install setup. Arch with sane defaults.

[–] TwilightKiddy@programming.dev 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

While I see the analogy, saying "CachyOS to Arch is like Ubuntu to Debian" with a straight face is not something I can do. If you try to interact with an Ubuntu install like it's Debian, you'll get very frustrated very quickly. If you try to interact with a CachyOS install like it's Arch, you probably won't even notice you are not on Arch, besides a couple of different package names.

[–] Nico_198X@europe.pub 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

i suppose, it's a loose analogy he brought up, so i was just trying to speak his language.

the point is, the packages are different, particularly core ones. so it is not straight Arch.

[–] kurcatovium@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I know it's not a perfect analogy. It was just a first thing that crossed my mind...

[–] Nico_198X@europe.pub 2 points 2 days ago

doesn't bother me, i get what you're saying.

[–] TwilightKiddy@programming.dev 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They use their own repos, but they don't hold back the packages. The reason for having separate repos is recompiling packages for newer architectures. It gives a little performance boost for most of them. AUR works totally fine.

[–] kurcatovium@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago

OK, thank you, this pretty much explains everything.