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CachyOS vs. EdeavorOS: Which spinoff makes Arch Linux easier to use?
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If you're either a fan of Arch Linux or are curious about the oft-lambasted-for-being-too-challenging distribution, then you may know there have been several distros spun off the original with the intent of making it more accessible to more people.
One of the most popular of the spinoffs is Manjaro. For the longest time, Manjaro was considered the best option for those wanting to try Arch, but not having it in them to use the archinstall script.
For the past few years, more spinoffs have arrived to challenge Manjaro as the leader of user-friendly Arch.
Two of those spinoffs are CachyOS and EndeavorOS.
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CachyOS January 2026 Release
This is our first release of the year, bringing a host of improvements to the installer, the new display manager (Plasma Login Manager), and much more!
First, we have significantly reworked the installer and added many quality-of-life improvements. The bootloader selection has been moved directly into the installer, featuring a description for each option; Limine is now selected as the default bootloader. Architecture detection now happens at the very beginning of the installation process, which reduces the download size by around 1 Gigabyte. Additionally, we now pass the --needed flag to pacman to avoid reinstalling up-to-date packages. The mount options for NVMes have also been improved when BTRFS is selected, now defaulting to compression level 1.