A while back, I read on a Linux subreddit that someone added Garuda and CachyOS repos to their EndeavourOS install. If I remember correctly (I can’t find the subreddit) it involved enabling chaotic aur along with adding the Garuda and Cachy repos. Curious as to why anyone would do this. Is the resu…

I want to think (I haven’t really analyzed the repos) that they have wisely chosen those that would benefit most by better CPU utilization (I notice things that I would consider would benefit are indeed in the cachy opt’d repos). Ie the obvious low hanging fruit.

Not sure what exactly you are saying but it sounds like that ALHP repos are well thought out since they are just clone the Arch packages with cpu optimizations. That CachyOS repos are more what you would consider obvious benefits, as those obvious things is what CachyOS is known for. Did I understa…

I think so? I mean I don’t think the ls command or the cd command have much advantage to being more efficient, where as the display driver and something like ffmpeg do.

Cool! :slight_smile: I was just wanting to make sure I understood your last reply. As it was a bit confusing, my first language isn’t English that’s why I was asking.

I’m bored, so I tried the Cachy repos, can’t remember how many packages it installed, but it was north of 1300 (was on the phone…). Rebooted, no issues, but my perception is my machine, (Ryzen7/RTX3070), feels snappier, a lot snappier. I used the curl/script from their website.

That’s my perception too (though I used a full blown reinstall).

I had my ventoy USB plugged in ready for it to fall flat on it’s arse :rofl: Didn’t need it, but it was a bit “Squeaky bum time” as we say in the UK!

@UncleSpellbinder @dalto I was reading the thread and I notice people are suggesting to use the Chaotic AUR Repository. I did notice this document in the CachyOS Repository to add their repository directly: [image] Optimized Repositories Information about our optimized repositories …

Trying the CachyOS Kernel now. So far it is pretty good. [Screenshot from 2025-08-14 00-31-39]

I always recommend against adding 3rd party repositories. [image] [FAQ] The dangers of using 3rd party repos General system This is something I wrote last year and posted somewhere else. I thought it was worth sharing here as I see a lot of people using 3rd p…

Why would someone "Frankenstein" EOS with other distro's repos?

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dalto August 14, 2025, 4:50am 113

I always recommend against adding 3rd party repositories.