CachyOS Introduces New Repository Optimized for AMD Zen 4 and Zen 5 CPUs
Starting with this release, CachyOS will automatically enable a software repository on new installations that will be used to provide the best performance for AMD Zen 4 and Zen 5 machines. In addition, the ISO now features automatic architecture checks for the Zen 4/Zen 5 repository and CachyOS’s hardware detection tool (chwd) received support for AMD GPUs for better detection of official ROCm-supported GPUs.
CachyOS’s hardware detection tool also received support for configuring the libva driver as the default for supported NVIDIA hardware, along with the ability to correctly export the variable to the profile. On the other hand, AMD users received support for the “AMD CPB Boost” feature, which allows enabling or disabling the boost on a per-core basis, which is now supported in CachyOS’s kernels by default.
Linuxiac:
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CachyOS July 2024 Update Rolls Out, Here's What's New
A month after its previous June update, CachyOS launched its July 2024 version, delivering many updates and marking its 8th release for the year. For those unfamiliar, it is an Arch-based rolling Linux distro that aims to provide users with improved performance while being simple.
The spotlight of the July 2024 release is the introduction of a Zen 4 optimized repository. This new addition is specifically designed to leverage the capabilities of Zen 4 and Zen 5 CPUs, promising significant performance improvements.
The Register:
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Arch-based CachyOS promises speed but trips over its laces
CachyOS is an Arch-based Linux distro which brings easier installation plus an almost bewildering array of performance optimizations. Like Arch in general, it's aimed at moderately experienced Linux users who want to try out the latest file systems and kernel options such as alternative schedulers. At risk of stereotyping, we feel it might suit the sort of tech enthusiasts who have heatsinks on their RAM, overclock their CPU, and change graphics cards several times a year.
Like Arch itself, CachyOS is a rolling-release distro, but the project publishes fresh installer ISO images about once a month. The 2407 release came out just a few days ago, and is the first distro The Reg FOSS desk has seen with the newly released kernel 6.10. We've been meaning to try CachyOS since the May release, which was the first distro we heard about to offer the option to install the OS onto the new bcachefs file system, which debuted with kernel 6.7 at the start of this year.