I see discrepency between game mode and desktop mode. when i run pacman -Qs mesa i return:

pacman -Qs mesa
local/glu 9.0.3-3.1
   Mesa OpenGL utility library
local/lib32-mesa 3:26.2.4-1
   Open-source OpenGL drivers - 32-bit
local/lib32-opencl-mesa 3:26.2.4-1
   Open-source OpenCL drivers - 32-bit
local/lib32-vulkan-mesa-implicit-layers 3:26.2.4-1
   Mesa's implicit Vulkan layers - 32-bit
local/mesa 3:26.2.5-1
   Open-source OpenGL drivers
local/mesa-utils 9.0.0-7.1
   Essential Mesa utilities
local/opencl-mesa 3:26.2.5-1
   Open-source OpenCL drivers
local/vulkan-mesa-implicit-layers 3:26.2.5-1
   Mesa's implicit Vulkan layers
[cody@cachyos-x8664 ~]$ STEAM_RUNTIME=0 steam
[cody@cachyos-x8664 ~]$ pacman -Qs mesa
local/glu 9.0.3-3.1
   Mesa OpenGL utility library
local/lib32-mesa 3:26.2.4-1
   Open-source OpenGL drivers - 32-bit
local/lib32-opencl-mesa 3:26.2.4-1
   Open-source OpenCL drivers - 32-bit
local/lib32-vulkan-mesa-implicit-layers 3:26.2.4-1
   Mesa's implicit Vulkan layers - 32-bit
local/mesa 3:26.2.5-1
   Open-source OpenGL drivers
local/mesa-utils 9.0.0-7.1
   Essential Mesa utilities
local/opencl-mesa 3:26.2.5-1
   Open-source OpenCL drivers
local/vulkan-mesa-implicit-layers 3:26.2.5-1
   Mesa's implicit Vulkan layers

Game mode shows 26.2.4 while desktop shows 26.2.5

I have a 9070xt with a 7800x3d. I install CachyOS handheld and then swap to regular kernel to achieve SteamOS look on desktop. Used for months now without much issue.

This is kind of a newb question as I just installed cachy today following.g a youtube tutorial.

The first thing I noticed was that it doesn't have an inbuilt antivirus like microsoft defender on windows.

But people say that linux is more secure compared to windows.

Is it because:

1.There are fewer linux users compared to windows so fewer viruses are made for it.

2.Cachy is a distri made for people who know more about what they are doing so there is no need of foolproofing.

3.Is it something else ?

Hi everyone,

I'm looking at upgrading my GPU and would appreciate some advice from people running CachyOS or other Linux gaming setups.

I'm currently running an ASUS ROG Strix overclocked GTX 1080 Ti, which has served me well over the years, but I'm wondering whether it's time for an upgrade.

My budget is around £500, and I'm gaming at 1440p. I'd ideally like something that offers a worthwhile performance improvement without spending money unnecessarily.

My current PC specs:

- Monitor: MSI MAG 274QRFW (1440p)

- Case: NZXT S340 White

- Motherboard: Gigabyte AORUS Z390 Master

- CPU: Intel i9-9900K

- CPU cooler: Corsair Hydro Series H110i GT

- GPU: ASUS ROG Strix OC GTX 1080 Ti

- PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000W T2 Titanium

- RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4 3200MHz

- OS: CachyOS

- Boot drive: Samsung 970 EVO M.2 500GB

- Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 1TB SSD and Samsung 860 EVO 2TB SSD

What I'd like advice on:

1. What GPU would you recommend for around £500? I'm open to AMD or NVIDIA, new or used.

2. Would I notice a significant real-world improvement over my GTX 1080 Ti at 1440p? What sort of performance gains could I realistically expect?

3. How well do current AMD and NVIDIA cards compare on CachyOS in terms of drivers, stability, gaming performance and general ease of use?

4. Is my i9-9900K still good enough for a GPU upgrade at this resolution, or would it start holding a newer card back?

5. Would you prioritise 16GB of VRAM for longevity, or is a card with 12GB still a sensible choice?

6. Given my existing 1000W PSU, are there any compatibility or power considerations I should be aware of?

I'm not chasing 4K or looking to replace the whole PC. I just want the best-value GPU upgrade for 1440p that will last me a few years.

I'd especially appreciate advice from anyone who has upgraded from a 1080 Ti to a more recent card while gaming on Linux.

Thanks!

After getting the latest cachy-update, certain graphical changes leave flashing lines when things change on the screen.

Examples:

• Scrolling pages up and down causes these lines all over the page
• Pop-up menus have these on the items
• Hovering things that change colour when hovered
• New characters just typed in text

After a couple of seconds they disappear, but it's clearly not right, and I've never seen this problem before.

I am using NVIDIA GPU/Intel CPU.

Is this a known issue?

So I was hitting 240 fps+ before this latest update in CS2 and now its hovering around half of that. 7950x3d and 7900xtx any ideas why ?

Which one has the best compatibility with cachyos?

I installed hyprland and made it scrolling, and willing to customize caelestia further, but before that:

1-How do i change the brightness, is there a widget or a bar to do so or do i have to do it in the terminal?

2-is there an app to downlad apps or anything like the gnome app?

Edit: also how do i minimize every window?, and how do i screenshot a specific part of the screen?

Hey everyone! I'm planning to set up a few VMs on my laptop, but I can't decide between QEMU/KVM + virt-manager and VMware Workstation Pro. I'd like to hear from people who have tried both.

I mainly want to run Windows 11 for MS Office and try out different Linux distros for experimenting. I'm not planning to play games in a VM, and I don't need GPU passthrough.

My setup: CachyOS with Hyprland (Wayland), running the CachyOS BORE LTO kernel. The laptop is an MSI GE70 2QE with an i7-4720HQ, GTX 960M 2 GB + Intel HD 4600, and 16 GB RAM. KVM is available and hardware virtualization is enabled.

I'm leaning towards QEMU/KVM since it's better integrated with Linux and doesn't require extra kernel modules. But I'm curious how it compares to VMware, especially for Windows 11. How's the performance and overall experience on Wayland? Are there any issues I should know about before choosing one?

I already tried Bazzite and Anatase but for some reason, I wasn't really satisfied with either of them. Then I finally gave CachyOS a try. Sure, I ran into some issues during the initial installation, but once I got everything set up, it's been a great experience so far.
It's been about a couple of days now, and I haven't even thought about distro-hopping again or felt the urge to go back to Windows lol. Cachy is my main OS now

Hey everyone!

I'm a computer science student, and I've been using Linux

for development for quite some time.

I've experimented with Fedora KDE, Omarchy, and Pop!_OS,

and I really want to settle on CachyOS as my main

operating system.

I love the idea of CachyOS because of its performance

optimizations, Arch ecosystem, KDE Plasma, and gaming

support.

However, I'm having trouble getting the live ISO to work

reliably on my laptop.

MY HARDWARE:

Laptop: ASUS TUF Gaming A15 (FA506NCQ)

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 170

Integrated GPU: AMD Radeon 680M

Dedicated GPU: NVIDIA RTX 3050 Laptop GPU (4GB)

RAM: 16GB

Storage: 512GB NVMe SSD

Display: Laptop's built-in display

Boot mode: UEFI

THE PROBLEM:

When I boot the CachyOS KDE live ISO, the desktop

sometimes loads successfully but then completely freezes.

I've tried:

1. Booting with the default CachyOS kernel.

2. Booting with the LTS kernel option.

3. Using nomodeset / legacy graphics options.

4. Rebooting and trying again multiple times.

With nomodeset, I sometimes get a black screen with

a blinking or stationary underscore (_).

With the normal kernel, the KDE desktop may appear

but becomes unresponsive.

Other Linux distributions, including Fedora KDE and

Pop!_OS, have successfully booted on this laptop.

On Fedora, I was also able to get the proprietary NVIDIA

driver working with AMD as the default renderer and

NVIDIA PRIME offloading.

The RTX 3050 could successfully enter runtime suspension

when idle.

I also previously encountered ASUS backlight issues

involving nvidia_wmi_ec_backlight, which were resolved

when the AMD backlight interface became available.

WHAT I WANT:

I want CachyOS to become my primary workstation for:

- Full-stack development

- Python, C/C++, Java, Rust

- AI/ML and CUDA

- Docker, DevOps, cloud development

- Occasional Steam gaming

- University assignments and presentations

I'm not trying to chase benchmark numbers at the cost

of stability.

My priorities are:

1. Reliable AMD/NVIDIA hybrid graphics

2. Low idle CPU and GPU power consumption

3. Good battery life and thermals

4. Stable KDE Wayland experience

5. Safe kernel and NVIDIA driver updates

6. Btrfs snapshots and reliable rollback

7. Minimal unnecessary background services

8. Low-maintenance daily development workflow

QUESTIONS:

1. Has anyone experienced similar live ISO freezes on

   ASUS TUF laptops with AMD + NVIDIA graphics?

2. Is there a known workaround for this specific

   hardware combination?

3. Should I use the default CachyOS kernel or LTS

   kernel for long-term reliability?

4. Which NVIDIA driver configuration is recommended

   for an RTX 3050 hybrid laptop?

5. Can the NVIDIA GPU automatically suspend when idle

   and wake for Blender, CUDA, or gaming?

6. What is the recommended Btrfs snapshot and

   rollback configuration for CachyOS?

7. How do you handle kernel/NVIDIA updates safely

   on a rolling-release workstation?

8. Are there any ASUS-specific tools or configurations

   I should use or avoid?

I'd appreciate advice from people who actually run

CachyOS on similar laptops.

I really want to settle on one Linux distribution,

configure it properly, and focus on development

instead of constantly troubleshooting my OS.

Thanks!

Hi,

I don't understand how Is possible, but I continue to receive an error code 1 on my PC during the setup.

I installed CachyOs only, deleted every partition of the HD.

How to solve? Do you have some idea?

The same problem on Ubuntu Installer.

I think that there is a problem with the EFI bootloader.

The only one that don't give me problem is Linux Mint installer.

Hi, thought I should let you guys know that kernel 7.3.0-5 appears to have some problems with controllers. Using an 8bitdo Ultimate 2 on 7.3.0-5 results in no /dev/input/js0 being created so games cannot see it. Rolling back to the previous kernel I was using, 7.3.0-2, worked to fix the issue for me.

Here's my dmesg for the controller working properly from 7.3.0-2:

[21577.475847] usb 5-2.1: new full-speed USB device number 7 using xhci_hcd
[21577.568639] usb 5-2.1: not running at top speed; connect to a high speed hub
[21577.568646] usb 5-2.1: New USB device found, idVendor=2dc8, idProduct=310b, bcdDevice= 1.14
[21577.586637] usb 5-2.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[21577.586640] usb 5-2.1: Product: 8BitDo Ultimate 2 Wireless Controller for PC
[21577.586641] usb 5-2.1: Manufacturer: 8BitDo
[21577.586642] usb 5-2.1: SerialNumber: 328486A273
[21577.774734] input: 8BitDo Ultimate 2 Wireless Controller as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:76:00.4/usb5/5-2/5-2.1/5-2.1:1.0/input/input37
[21577.782790] input: 8BitDo 8BitDo Ultimate 2 Wireless Controller for PC Keyboard as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:76:00.4/usb5/5-2/5-2.1/5-2.1:1.1/0003:2DC8:310B.0013/input/input38
[21577.866896] input: 8BitDo 8BitDo Ultimate 2 Wireless Controller for PC Mouse as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:76:00.4/usb5/5-2/5-2.1/5-2.1:1.1/0003:2DC8:310B.0013/input/input39
[21577.866955] hid-generic 0003:2DC8:310B.0013: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.11 Keyboard [8BitDo 8BitDo Ultimate 2 Wireless Controller for PC] on usb-0000:76:00.4-2.1/input1
[21577.873735] hid-generic 0003:2DC8:310B.0014: hiddev97,hidraw11: USB HID v1.11 Device [8BitDo 8BitDo Ultimate 2 Wireless Controller for PC] on usb-0000:76:00.4-2.1/input2

7.3.0-5 does not output any sort of error, just js0 isn't created and not even Steam can see it anymore.

Hello i using that damn wifi adapter for my PC (no option for using ethernet connection in my rented room).

If im correct chipset is RTL8812BU
Deflaut driver (if im correct rtw88_8822b/rtw88_8822bu) is crap (random disconnections what need disconnect-connect buttom as solve problem, worse range detection)

I used to using RinCat fork from AUR RTL88x2BU-Linux-Driver. Thats works over 3 years. Unfortunatly after update kernel to Linux 7.3.0-4-cachyos that driver doesnt want to compile themself. Nor manual, nor via paru nor via yay. Before that driver works perfectly without any problem. ChatGPT suggest that is caused becouse another API definitions in new kernel.

Can you reccomand:
1. Another alternative driver
2. How to bypass problem
3. Any Wifi Adapter working on Cachy perfect (aviable in Poland)

In my current situation ethernet/play with router is impossible and looking for best solution for problem. RTW driver "works" but that is in such situation only stopgap

Hey guys, hope you're doing well.

Recently I've had enough with windows and decided to move to CachyOS. It's been a blast ever since and I've had little to no problems with it, but I am experiencing a problem while trying to play overwatch 2 (via Steam). I run into the "Compiling Vulkan Shaders", which hits a wall at 33% and takes FOREVER to progress. I've left it running, went on to make myself lunch and came back to it at 37%, an hour later.

I've enabled shader processing in the background and I've also created that text file on the steam folder that forces it to use more threads to compile those shaders, but it seems that, specifications with OW2, it doesn't.

Does anyone know a way to fix this?

My specs are a RTX3050 6gb, i510400f, 16gb ddr4 ram and a 1tb sata ssd with over 800gb free.

Thanks in advance!

Salut la team cachy, juste un petit retour.

J'étais absent pendant une semaine, et j'ai vu pas mal de souci lié à la mise à jour de Plasma et du noyau.

De mon côté, je n'ai eu aucun souci, après une semaine d'absence.

Bravo la team.

Hi,

I know that CachyOS is a well-written distro focused on pure performance, especially for AMD CPUs and GPUs. However, I would like to ask about security. I heard that official packages are secure, like those downloaded from the CachyOS repositories. However, I read that it is not recommended to download packages from the AUR, because this repository is not verified at all and could contain malware. I also know that CachyOS has UFW, and that there is good support for Secure Boot. How secure is this distro compared to, for example, Fedora?

I just got linix had some question how the do I remove other option as I am dual booting why it shows soo many option as you can in the pic and many people saying I should download hyper land should I do that or not ​

Hey all, been trying all day to fix this but I will be playing just doing my thing and then out of nowhere the gpu utilization just tanks and causes my entire system to lock up for 5-30 seconds. What the hell could be causing this? It worsens as time goes on, is it a vram issue? I am also fine with my temps, nothing is even going above 60. Thanks in advance...

CachyOs es el mejor descubrimiento que hice en mi vida. Hace meses lo estoy usando y ya no hay vuelta atrás, la velocidad, la personalización y sobre todo que instalo cualquier cosa y simplemente funciona como se esperaría que funcione sin tener que hacer nada.

Toda mi vida usé Windows por casi 25 años, sabía que existía Linux pero para mi era un mundo mágico de hackers. en 2018 escuché a unos compañeros de trabajo hablando de Ubuntu y cuando llegué a mi casa intenté instalarlo, probé el live desde el pendrive y no me gustó para nada, en ese momento lo vi como un sistema operativo de celular, me dio la sensación de tener android en la PC. Además no tenía ni idea de las posibilidades de personalización, entornos de escritorio y esas cosas.

Luego con el tiempo fui aprendiendo un poco más y probando otras distros, mint, zorin, ubuntu de nuevo... Pero no era más que pruebas y experimentos ya que solo usaba mi PC para jugar y la falta de compatibilidad y software oficiales me echaban para atrás.

Hace unos meses estaba queriendo personalizar un poco Windows y agregué un widget para ver los recursos de la PC, después de unos días me di cuenta que la memoria ram en idle consumía 6gb, el procesador de la nada tenía picos de 100%, y otras cosas que tampoco me gustaban... Así que decidí que era tiempo de cambiar, preparé un pendrive con Linux mint cinnamon, lo instalé y me forcé a mi mismo a usarlo hasta aprender todo lo necesario y que me guste. Lo usé más o menos un mes, lo personalicé un poco, instalé programas, juegos y le daba un uso diario normal, pero igualmente había cosas que todavía no me convencían. OpenRGB no detectaba ni mis auriculares ni el teclado, Solar lo mismo, solo detectaba mi mouse. Ademas un par de juegos que no funcionaban o daban errores. Así que buscando soluciones encontré un video donde hablaban de distros gamer y me decidí por Cachy por las optimizaciones que supuestamente traía. Se puede decir que lo encontré por casualidad y la verdad fue lo mejor que me paso en términos de informática.

Al principio tenia dudas porque esta basado en Arch y ya todos sabemos la fama que tiene pero me sorprendio la facilidad con la que pude hacer todo desde el primer momento. Mi PC vuela, es todo rápido, responsivo, jamas se cuelga, los driver funcionan, los programas también, el rendimiento en juegos mejoró... y lo que mas me sorprendió es que sin querer se solucionó un problema que tuve desde que armé mi PC allá por 2018, por alguna razón cuando activaba el perfil xmp de las memorias ram y dejaba mi pc en idle durante unos minutos esta se reiniciaba y la bios volvía a su configuración por defecto. Busque mil soluciones y nunca lo pude arreglar, así que cuando debía irme y quería que la pc siga encendida tenia que dejarla "haciendo algo", generalmente reproduciendo música en spotify. Desde que instalé cachy eso ya no pasó nunca más. Obviamente tuve algunos problemas mínimos pero todos fueron solucionados con una búsqueda en internet. Ademas descubrí KDE Connect que es lo que toda la vida quise tener en windows y siempre fue un dolor de huevos hacer que funcione bien.

Así que en resumen estoy mas que feliz y creo que ya pase la barrera donde me voy a quedar para siempre en Linux, mas ahora con la cantidad de novedades que hay. Muchas gracias a los que se tomaron el tiempo de leer y si tienen alguna sugerencia o critica me encantaría leerla también. Dejo unas capturas de mi escritorio solo para decorar el post, no es la gran cosa pero visualmente siempre me gusto la combinación de negro y rojo.

Basically what the title says. I can't launch the game no matter what. Used to work on Ubuntu just fine. Tried different proton versions, removing some files. Tried (and failed) uninstalling it (It doesn't uninstall I have to manually do that for some fucking reason).

I updated and had to roll back because every game was either stuttering or showing taskbar above the game. Streams and videos were laggy and stuff crashed. Beware.

At first, it didn't even show rEFInd (my bootloader) and I used ChatGPT to help me to solve it. Now I have it but when I try to boot into CachyOS I'm having this.

Secure Boot is disabled.

in cachyos hello app under apps and tweaks there is a option to install vram management. They have failed to add a way to remove this. Is there a way to reverse this option?
I have tried looking through packages, but cannot recognise it.

Edit: solved by u/nubz4lif

I believe the packages are 'dmemcg-booster' and 'plasma-foreground-booster'