CachyOS Wiki Notes
Condensed reference notes from the official CachyOS wiki (https://wiki.cachyos.org/), pulled 2026-10-15. One note per wiki page, with commands preserved verbatim. English pages only — translations, policy/legal pages, socials and the handheld/T2-MacBook install paths were deliberately skipped.
Host these describe: CachyOS (Arch-based), rolling.
Getting started
- Why CachyOS
- CachyOS FAQ and Troubleshooting
- CachyOS Downloads and ISO Validation
- Preparing a CachyOS USB Installer
- Installing CachyOS on a Desktop or Laptop
- Navigating the CachyOS Wiki
Installing
- CachyOS Filesystems
- CachyOS Boot Managers
- Boot Manager Configuration
- CachyOS Desktop Environments
- Post Install Setup
CachyOS features
- CachyOS Kernels
- CachyOS Kernel Manager
- sched-ext Schedulers
- Optimized Repositories and x86-64 Levels
- CachyOS Settings Package
- cachy-chroot Recovery Helper
- Managing Hardware with chwd
Filesystems and storage
Hardware, tuning and security
- General System Tweaks
- Dual GPU Setup
- Switching Between NVIDIA and AMD GPUs
- Secure Boot Setup
- Browser Hardware Acceleration
Gaming
Virtualization
Desktop environments
- Switching Desktop Environments
- KDE Plasma on CachyOS
- Niri Keybinds and FAQ
- Hyprland Setup and Keybinds
- i3 Keybinds and FAQ
- Qtile Keybinds and FAQ
Notes on fidelity
- Each note carries the wiki page’s own
updated:date in frontmatter and the source URL. - The wiki hides content behind tabs and collapsible sections; anything an automated fetch could not render was re-fetched from the raw
.mdxsource ongithub.com/cachyos/wiki, so commands here should match the live pages. - Where a page genuinely didn’t reveal something (e.g. the AMD→NVIDIA tab of the GPU migration guide), the note says so instead of guessing.
- Snapshots in time: ISO hashes, kernel variants and repo layouts change — re-check the wiki before acting on anything version-specific.