Main Desktop — CachyOS Overview
Last updated: 2026-06-11
System
| Property |
Value |
| Distro |
CachyOS (base: Arch Linux) |
| Kernel |
7.0.10-2-cachyos (also has LTS: 6.18.33-2) |
| Desktop |
KDE Plasma 6.6.5 (Wayland / kwin_wayland) |
| Display Server |
Wayland + Xwayland 24.1.11 |
| Init |
systemd v260 |
| Shell |
fish 4.7.1 |
| Terminal |
Konsole |
| Boot Mode |
UEFI / EFI |
| Kernel Params |
quiet nowatchdog splash rw rootflags=subvol=/@ |
Hardware
CPU
| Property |
Value |
| Model |
Intel Core i7-13700K (13th Gen, Raptor Lake) |
| Cores / Threads |
16 cores / 24 threads (8P + 8E) |
| Max Boost |
5.3 GHz (P-cores) / 4.2 GHz (E-cores) |
| Process |
Intel 7 (10nm) |
| Cache |
L1: 1.4 MB, L2: 24 MB, L3: 30 MB |
| Virtualization |
VMX enabled |
| Governor |
powersave (intel_pstate) |
Memory
| Property |
Value |
| Total |
32 GB |
| Used (at capture) |
~4.65 GB (15%) |
| Swap |
31 GB zram (zstd, priority 100) |
| Swappiness |
150 |
GPU
| Property |
Value |
| Model |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti |
| VRAM |
8 GB |
| Driver |
nvidia 610.43.02 |
| Architecture |
Lovelace (AD106, TSMC 5nm) |
| APIs |
OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.4.350, EGL 1.5 |
| PCIe |
Gen 4 x8 |
| Vendor |
ASUSTeK |
Display
| Property |
Value |
| Monitor |
Xiaomi Mi Monitor (34", ultrawide) |
| Resolution |
3440×1440 @ 144 Hz |
| Connection |
DisplayPort (DP-3) |
| DPI |
110 |
Motherboard
| Property |
Value |
| Model |
ASUS ROG STRIX B760-I GAMING WIFI |
| Firmware |
UEFI AMI v1662 (2024-08-07) |
Storage
| Device |
Model |
Size |
Filesystem |
Mount |
/dev/nvme0n1 |
Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB |
931.5 GB |
btrfs (subvols) |
/, /home, /var/log, /var/tmp |
/dev/nvme0n1p1 |
EFI partition |
4 GB |
vfat |
/boot |
/dev/sda |
Verbatim STORE N GO |
14.5 GB |
— |
USB drive |
- Total used: 33.73 GB / 927.5 GB (3.6%)
- Btrfs subvolume layout:
/@ for root, shared partition for home/logs/tmp
Network
| Device |
Type |
Driver |
Status |
| Intel I226-V (enp5s0) |
2.5GbE Ethernet |
igc |
Up @ 1000 Mbps |
| Intel AX211 (wlan0) |
WiFi 6E |
iwlwifi |
Down |
| Intel AX211 Bluetooth |
BT 5.4 |
btusb |
Up |
Audio
- Intel Raptor Lake HDA + NVIDIA AD106M HDA
- PipeWire 1.6.6 (with pipewire-pulse + wireplumber)
Software
Package Manager
| PM |
Count |
| pacman (total) |
1590 packages |
| pacman (explicitly installed) |
239 |
| flatpak |
15 apps |
| Total |
1605 |
Key Applications
| Category |
Apps |
| Browser |
Brave |
| File Manager |
Dolphin |
| Text Editor |
Kate, Micro, Nano, Vim |
| Terminal |
Konsole, Alacritty |
| Media |
VLC, Haruna, Jellyfin (server on homelab) |
| Graphics |
GIMP 3.2, Krita 6.0, Inkscape 1.4 |
| 3D / CAD |
Blender 5.1, FreeCAD 1.1 |
| Video Editing |
Kdenlive 26.04 |
| Screen Recording |
OBS Studio 32.1 |
| Notes |
Obsidian 1.12 |
| Containers |
Docker 29.5 + docker-compose |
| AUR Helper |
paru 2.1 |
| Automation |
n8n (on homelab) |
| Theming |
CachyOS Nord KDE, CachyOS Emerald KDE, CachyOS Iridescent KDE |
| KWin Scripts |
Mouse Tiler |
| Productivity |
Kara |
Compilers
| Compiler |
Version |
| clang |
22.1.5 |
| gcc |
16.1.1 |
| python |
3.14.5 |
Enabled Services
| Service |
Purpose |
| NetworkManager |
Network management |
| systemd-resolved |
DNS resolution |
| bluetooth |
Bluetooth |
| docker.socket |
Docker daemon |
| ufw |
Firewall |
| avahi-daemon |
mDNS/zeroconf |
| snapper-cleanup.timer |
Btrfs snapshot cleanup |
| fstrim.timer |
SSD TRIM |
| ananicy-cpp |
CPU/IO process priority |
| intel_lpmd |
Intel low power mode daemon |
| plasmalogin |
KDE login manager |
Btrfs & Snapshots
- Snapper configured with
cachyos-snapper-support
limine-snapper-sync for bootloader snapshot syncbtrfs-assistant GUI available
Kernel & Boot
| Property |
Value |
| Active kernel |
linux-cachyos 7.0.10-2 |
| LTS kernel |
linux-cachyos-lts 6.18.33-2 |
| NVIDIA module |
linux-cachyos-nvidia-open 7.0.10-2 |
| Bootloader |
Limine 12.3 |
| Intel microcode |
20260512 |
Keyboard Customisation
AltGr+P → ' (apostrophe) remap
The default Slovak (sk) xkb layout inherits þ on AltGr+P from the latin include. Fixed via a custom xkb user variant.
Files:
~/.config/xkb/symbols/sk — custom variant file (named sk, not sk_custom, because libxkbcommon looks up variants by layout filename)~/.config/xkb/rules/evdev.xml — local copy of system evdev.xml with sk_custom variant registered~/.config/xkb/rules/evdev — local copy of system evdev rules file~/.config/kxkbrc — KDE keyboard config pointing to LayoutList=sk, VariantList=sk_custom
~/.config/xkb/symbols/sk content:
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "sk_custom" {
include "sk(basic)"
key <AD10> { [ p, P, apostrophe, NoSymbol ] };
};
Gotchas:
setxkbmap and XKB_CONFIG_ROOT do not work on Wayland — changes must go through ~/.config/xkb/- The symbols file must be named after the layout (
sk), not the variant (sk_custom) — libxkbcommon looks up variants inside the layout file
include "sk" causes infinite recursion when the file is named sk — use include "sk(basic)" instead- KDE reads
~/.config/xkb/, not ~/.xkb/
- keyd was tested but doesn't work cleanly with non-US layouts on Wayland without switching the display server to US layout
