# Going back to EndeavourOS after CachyOS (Technical question) **URL:** \ **Category:** Newbie\ **Created:** [February 13, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/going-back-to-endeavouros-after-cachyos-technical-question/78122 "2026-02-13T20:28:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Iwiatsh](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/4491bb/32.png) [@Iwiatsh](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Iwiatsh)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/going-back-to-endeavouros-after-cachyos-technical-question/78122/1 "2026-02-13T20:28:51Z")
I was interested in the optimizations that CachyOS could offer and I have been using it for around 2 weeks now. It’s a nice distro I guess, but tbh I didn’t feel or see any improvements, although it could be due to my lower end system. I also didn’t like the customized experience out of the box like the terminal. However, I want to implement some of the optimizations CachyOS offers on my soon to be EndeavourOS system, Implementing the kernel and repo is simple enough, but I don’t necessarily care for them. I’m interested in stuff like z-ram for example. If I’m not mistaken, EndeavourOS had a swap file thing. So should I do it and how can I go about it if possible, or is there a good reason why swap could be preferred? I have 16 gigs of ddr4 on a laptop if that’s relevant which I assume is. Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![Noodly](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/noodly/32/131136_2.png) [@Noodly](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Noodly)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 8:35pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/going-back-to-endeavouros-after-cachyos-technical-question/78122/2 "2026-02-13T20:35:54Z")
Hi friend, I used this guide to set up zram… > [@Enabling ZRAM in EndeavourOS](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/enabling-zram-in-endeavouros/37746): > > ZRAM is very efficiently compressing information in the RAM and creates a kind of the virtual SWAP device, which actualy do not takes physical space on yours SWAP partition. It comes with a tradeoff of the a little bit perfomance that’s being taken to compress and unpack data. but ZRAM is active by default even on the android so it’s not hard to guess how little we’re paying for having more RAM out of nothing. Install it. sudo pacman -Syu zram-generator Create config file sudo nano /usr/l… ---
**Author:** ![dalto](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/dalto/32/5577_2.png) [@dalto](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/dalto)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 8:41pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/going-back-to-endeavouros-after-cachyos-technical-question/78122/3 "2026-02-13T20:41:59Z")
Just choose “No swap” in the installer up and then setup zram after the fact. In the vast majority of desktop use cases either ZRAM or ZSWAP will be your best option. Keep in mind, if you want to hibernate your machine, you need a swap partition or swap file to do that but most people don’t use hibernation these days. ---
**Author:** ![Iwiatsh](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/4491bb/32.png) [@Iwiatsh](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Iwiatsh)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 8:45pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/going-back-to-endeavouros-after-cachyos-technical-question/78122/4 "2026-02-13T20:45:28Z")
Thanks. I did see it, but the debate under it and some other posts made me want to make my own post due to confirmation bias I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Iwiatsh](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/4491bb/32.png) [@Iwiatsh](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Iwiatsh)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 8:46pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/going-back-to-endeavouros-after-cachyos-technical-question/78122/5 "2026-02-13T20:46:57Z")
Seems like it. I did a previous round of research when I was in the CachyOS installer, because it lacked a swap option and that seemed to be the general consensus from what I saw. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Noodly](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/noodly/32/131136_2.png) [@Noodly](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Noodly)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/going-back-to-endeavouros-after-cachyos-technical-question/78122/6 "2026-02-13T20:49:14Z")
Ahh yeh, I saw that but trust me it’s all good. ✌ ---
**Author:** ![drunkenvicar](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/drunkenvicar/32/112222_2.png) [@drunkenvicar](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/drunkenvicar)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 11:02pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/going-back-to-endeavouros-after-cachyos-technical-question/78122/7 "2026-02-13T23:02:53Z")
> [@dalto](#): > > Just choose “No swap” in the installer up and then setup zram after the fact. > > In the vast majority of desktop use cases either ZRAM or ZSWAP will be your best opt Not to hijack but having stubbornly clinged to making my own physical swap in the installer for ages… Could I setup ZSWAP by paving over my physical swap (by making `/root` bigger) in a LIVE `gparted` environment then getting back into Endeavour and enabling zswap myself? Seems sensible but thought I’d ask. _Or would setting up ZSWAP negate the physical swap in the partition?_ Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![dalto](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/dalto/32/5577_2.png) [@dalto](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/dalto)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 11:08pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/going-back-to-endeavouros-after-cachyos-technical-question/78122/8 "2026-02-13T23:08:35Z")
The Arch kernels have ZSWAP enabled by default so it is probably already working if you have a swap partition. See what the output of these are: ```t cat /sys/module/zswap/parameters/enabled grep -r . /sys/kernel/debug/zswap/ ``` ---
**Author:** ![drunkenvicar](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/drunkenvicar/32/112222_2.png) [@drunkenvicar](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/drunkenvicar)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 11:16pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/going-back-to-endeavouros-after-cachyos-technical-question/78122/9 "2026-02-13T23:16:07Z")
updating another OS right now. Will report back soon. thank you ---
**Author:** ![Pati](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/pati/32/115290_2.png) [@Pati](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Pati)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 11:45pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/going-back-to-endeavouros-after-cachyos-technical-question/78122/10 "2026-02-13T23:45:53Z")
I use both and set the priority of my swap partition in my /etc/fstab very low. So the partition is only used, wenn really needed. > **added only additional info** > > Edit: Only some additional info to see what I meant, just sitting in front of a Mint-Installation at the moment, therefore the different hostname. > > Part of /etc/fstab containing the swap configuration: > > ```auto > # > # # # # # # # # # # # # > # # > # swap # > # # > # # # # # # # # > # swap zram > /dev/zram0 none swap defaults,discard,pri=100 0 0 > # swap partition > UUID=508a4048-20f7-4223-9a4d-a5c76a4474d5 none swap sw,pri=-2 0 0 > # swap file > #/swapfile none swap sw,pri=-1 0 0 > > ``` > > And the output in the terminal: > > ```auto > manni@sgtZena:\~$ swapon > NAME TYPE SIZE USED PRIO > /dev/zram0 partition 1,9G 403,3M 100 > /dev/sdb3 partition 10G 0B -2 > manni@sgtZena:\~$ > > ``` ---
**Author:** ![drunkenvicar](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/drunkenvicar/32/112222_2.png) [@drunkenvicar](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/drunkenvicar)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 11:59pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/going-back-to-endeavouros-after-cachyos-technical-question/78122/11 "2026-02-13T23:59:45Z")
$ cat /sys/module/zswap/parameters/enabled Y and $ sudo grep -r . /sys/kernel/debug/zswap/ /sys/kernel/debug/zswap/stored\_incompressible\_pages:0 /sys/kernel/debug/zswap/stored\_pages:0 /sys/kernel/debug/zswap/pool\_total\_size:0 /sys/kernel/debug/zswap/written\_back\_pages:0 /sys/kernel/debug/zswap/decompress\_fail:0 /sys/kernel/debug/zswap/reject\_compress\_poor:0 /sys/kernel/debug/zswap/reject\_compress\_fail:0 /sys/kernel/debug/zswap/reject\_kmemcache\_fail:0 /sys/kernel/debug/zswap/reject\_alloc\_fail:0 /sys/kernel/debug/zswap/reject\_reclaim\_fail:0 /sys/kernel/debug/zswap/pool\_limit\_hit:0 EDIT @Iwiatsh please forgive me for any ‘jacking. your OP made me remember this was on my to-do list. ---
**Author:** ![dalto](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/dalto/32/5577_2.png) [@dalto](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/dalto)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2026, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/going-back-to-endeavouros-after-cachyos-technical-question/78122/12 "2026-02-14T02:00:52Z")
It is enabled but unused. That is odd. Is your swap partition activated? What does `swapon` show? ---
**Author:** ![drunkenvicar](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/drunkenvicar/32/112222_2.png) [@drunkenvicar](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/drunkenvicar)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2026, 2:12am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/going-back-to-endeavouros-after-cachyos-technical-question/78122/13 "2026-02-14T02:12:43Z")
$ swapon NAME TYPE SIZE USED PRIO /dev/sda5 partition 3.6G 0B -2 > [@dalto](#): > > It is enabled but unused. That is odd. Is your swap partition activated? I thought all those 0’s were odd too EDIT: Endeavour’s own SSD– ![en](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/c/d/cdd4367161754c2ceaa403b70dd4f511ff9f43de.png) have no idea what the comical ‘not fixing’ /boot message is…nor am I asking 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dalto](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/dalto/32/5577_2.png) [@dalto](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/dalto)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2026, 2:23am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/going-back-to-endeavouros-after-cachyos-technical-question/78122/14 "2026-02-14T02:23:31Z")
How much RAM do you have? What does `free -m` show? ---
**Author:** ![drunkenvicar](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/drunkenvicar/32/112222_2.png) [@drunkenvicar](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/drunkenvicar)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2026, 2:28am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/going-back-to-endeavouros-after-cachyos-technical-question/78122/15 "2026-02-14T02:28:02Z")
16G `'$ free -m` `total used free shared buff/cache available` `Mem: 15776 4360 8153 636 4226 11416` `Swap: 3713 0 3713` ---
**Author:** ![dalto](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/dalto/32/5577_2.png) [@dalto](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/dalto)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2026, 2:29am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/going-back-to-endeavouros-after-cachyos-technical-question/78122/16 "2026-02-14T02:29:34Z")
I suppose it is possible it is because you have so little RAM in use that nothing is going to swap. ---
**Author:** ![drunkenvicar](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/drunkenvicar/32/112222_2.png) [@drunkenvicar](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/drunkenvicar)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2026, 2:33am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/going-back-to-endeavouros-after-cachyos-technical-question/78122/17 "2026-02-14T02:33:07Z")
> [@dalto](#): > > I suppose it is possible it is because you have so little RAM in use that nothing is going to swap. 3 browsers libreoffice evince kitty pragha music player keepassxc –only open apps. No games, no movies. Perhaps you are right. ---
**Author:** ![dalto](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/dalto/32/5577_2.png) [@dalto](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/dalto)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2026, 2:35am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/going-back-to-endeavouros-after-cachyos-technical-question/78122/18 "2026-02-14T02:35:26Z")
But now that I look, your swap is full… ---
**Author:** ![drunkenvicar](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/drunkenvicar/32/112222_2.png) [@drunkenvicar](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/drunkenvicar)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2026, 2:36am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/going-back-to-endeavouros-after-cachyos-technical-question/78122/19 "2026-02-14T02:36:36Z")
crap you are right. what does that mean? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/2X/9/9ea52f9fd5ef8e609e593c362d61a36295f48be8.png) [@system](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 2:37am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/going-back-to-endeavouros-after-cachyos-technical-question/78122/20 "2026-02-16T02:37:16Z")
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