A lot of people recommend new users (and just in general) to go with the big main distros like Fedora, Arch, Debian, Ubuntu or Mint, because they say "who knows if flavour of the week distros still exists in 5-10 years".

So i asked myself today, what would happen if maintenance for CachyOS just halted completely? Would it be necessary or recommended for most users to reinstall a different distro, or would the updater simply just grab the new packages from vanilla arch repos and everything is just fine?

it's very appealing to me but i know can do SO much more. i give myself a solid C...

edit: i have an empty widget on the top left that it seems is an input method panel? not sure what to do with it. I kinda like the way it looks though. just a tiny mysterious black hole...

I've been using Windows since i was born, and even "RICE"ed the hell out of it.......and got bored. So, i switched to CachyOS.....AND I LOVE IT SO FAR!!!

I'm using the default hyprland setup that comes with noctalia shell.....and it looks pretty, ngl. I might switch to waybar later, when i have enough knowledge. You guys guide me on these tings....y'all are awsome 🔥

[N.B. Yes, it's true....it CAN GAME! 😈 Using steam withh no issues so far.....just gotta learn how to install my Fitgirl packs using wine.]

it feels very off and for windows i don't use mouse acceleration and when i turn it off in linux it doesn't feel the same as windows. even with the right sensitivity it still feels off.

Ok. This is probably massive skill issue on my part (possibly amplified by progesterone effects and me being tired right now).

I wanna try shelly.

I install it via pacman. Launch the GUI.

I enable AUR

Try to install AUR package (both with the cli command and the GUI)

Failed to download package sources
error: AUR operation failed
error: BuildFailed
:: Transaction failed.

I look in the docs / wiki. Nothing related to that issue.

I look in the github issues, nothing related to that issue.

Try with another AUR helper, It works.

...

I enable appimages.

Open the GUI, select the appimage section.

"Drag and drop appimages here to install"

I drag and drop the appimage. Nothing happens.

I click the "+ install appimage" button, select an appimage file.

error: AppImage operation failed
error: AppImage operation failed
error: AccessDenied
:: Transaction failed.

I try to install it with the cli. Same error.

I look in github issues / discussions. Nothing related to that issue.

I look in the appimage section in the shelly wiki.

It mentions installing appimages through two methods : static url or repository

Says nothing about how to actually use any of these two methods.

Search for github issues / discussions. Nothing related to that issue.

...

I click on "updates" in the GUI

"Impossible to execute shelly check-updates. Check the cli output and retry"

I run "shelly check-updates" in the cli.

It gives a list of installable packages whose name are close to "check-updates"

...

What ? Am I completely stupid ? Is this an elaborate prank ?

Can some of you who use Catchy OS as a daily driver relate your experiences with tasks like audio/video editing, office tasks, and other common tasks?

I read a lot about gaming, but I do not see too much about everyday tasks.

I was a plan ing on installing Open Madriva (back to my Mandrake roots). But was somewhat underwhelmed by the experience. So instead of doing an Arch install, I was thinking if trying Catchy.

I booted it up in a VM, but I don't think that gives me a good reflection on bare metal performance.

Hey, sorry if this has been answered or has an obvious answer I’m just not seeing anywhere but is there any timeframe that I can update the deckify kernel to 7.2 in the kernel manager? I’m on a legion go s and seeing every other version be updated to it but not this one.

Thanks

How do I get the gen 4 astro a50 headset mic to work on linux?

Edit: the picture was intended to be at the end of the post body, my bad.

Ran the usual sudo pacman -Syu

This one in the logs in interesting:

```

[ALPM] upgraded libcdio-paranoia (10.2+2.0.2-2.1 -> 10.2+2.0.2-3.1)

[ALPM] installed pdfio (1.6.5-1.1)

[ALPM] upgraded libcupsfilters (2.1.1-4.4 -> 2.2.1-2.1)

[ALPM] upgraded libresidfp (1.2.1-1.1 -> 1.2.2-1.1)

```

pdfio is availble on the cachy-repo (extra-v3), but on running pacman-Qi pdfio the source is unknown:

```

pacman -Qi pdfio

Installed From : None

Name : pdfio

Version : 1.6.5-1.1

```

The reason I checked this, is because Shelly claims this to be from the AUR (maybe because the source is not registered or something?)

Is this a bug where the source is not registered? Pacman for sure did not (and cannot) pull this from the AUR.

It is from the extra-v3 repo: <inset picture>

I have two printers, a HP and a Canon. Today both printers fail with message: universal filter failed

After enabling debug i see this in cups' error_log:

E [01/Sep/2026:23:58:15 +0200] [Job 193] cfFilterChain: pdftopdf (PID 3306) stopped with status 1
E [01/Sep/2026:23:58:15 +0200] [Job 193] universal filter failed.
E [01/Sep/2026:23:58:15 +0200] [Job 193] Job stopped due to filter errors; please consult the /var/log/cups/error_log file for details.

I tried reinstalling qpdf, cups-filters and cups-pdf but to no avail.

I don´t print that much, think last time was about two weeks ago, working just fine. Today i get this.

Any ideas?

i played today first time and this is happening from the start iof the game it doesnt end tried diffrient protons and commands none worked cachyos 7.2.2-1 kde plazma 6.7.4 cpu r7 5800x gpu arc b570 16gb ram 3200 THATS ONLY GAME THAT KEEPS HAVING THIS PROBLEM

Spent some time this weekend putting together a schedule weekly update flow for my PC and I would appreciate some review of it before it fires for the first time Friday. I’m a Linux noob and through this together with some research and vibe coding.

Is this over complicated for what I’m trying to accomplish? Would using the built-in pacman-offline scripts separately be more effective? Thanks for your input!

/etc/systemd/system/weekly-update.service

[Unit]
Description=Weekly update: snapshot, offline prepare, reboot
Wants=network-online.target
After=network-online.target

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/usr/bin/snapper -c root create --type single --cleanup-algorithm number --description "pre weekly update"
ExecStart=/usr/bin/systemctl start --wait pacman-offline-prepare.service
ExecStart=/usr/bin/bash -c '[ -L /system-update ] && systemctl reboot || exit 0'

/etc/systemd/system/weekly-update.timer

[Unit]
Description=Weekly update chain

[Timer]
OnCalendar=Fri *-*-* 04:00:00
Persistent=false
RandomizedDelaySec=0
AccuracySec=1min

[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target

Snapper Config

NUMBER_LIMIT=10
NUMBER_LIMIT_IMPORTANT=10
NUMBER_CLEANUP=yes
TIMELINE_CREATE=no

Polkit is installed in my niri but when i open it gives me this error. Please help me how to fix it!?

Specifically a Pro 9985wx on trx50 with 1TB of Ram. If it does are there any weird quirks I should look out for? Where can I find documentation for this config? Thank in advance, All help is appreciated.

I just switched. I have an ntfs partition. SO I am trying to merge some free space with this partition. So I was taking backup in case something goes wrong. And along the way I kept deleting files. Old ISOs and media files. I get error trash full. And when shift deleting to permanently deleting files it stopped working with unable to delete errors. Emptying trash does not give any error. It just does not do anything.

So I rebooted and the trash was empty. So I started again. Deleting stuff, but again noticed that trash still won't empty. Why is this happening? (nvme: WD BLACK SN770)

Also dolphin does not show my Linux partition as a mounted device. I won't mind it much, but now I have no idea how much space is left in my Linux installation partition.

As the title states, I do a lot of work with music production but also for fun as a bedroom guitarist. I want to use a guitar amp simulator plugin of mine while playing along to YouTube, but when I go to do this I only get audio out of the plugin and nothing else will play any sound and YouTube videos won't load properly because of it. I've briefly looked into the stuff with pulse, jack, and pipewire but it all seems very overwhelming with no real guides. Is this possible to do on Linux? Any help would be appreciated.

Can't update getting :: Synchronizing package databases...

cachyos-v3 125.4 KiB 1529 KiB/s 00:00 [----------------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%

cachyos-extra-v3 4.3 MiB 22.8 MiB/s 00:00 [----------------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%

cachyos-core-v3 is up to date

cachyos 522.4 KiB 4.77 MiB/s 00:00 [----------------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%

core is up to date

extra 8.5 MiB 28.7 MiB/s 00:00 [----------------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%

multilib is up to date

:: Starting full system upgrade...

resolving dependencies...

looking for conflicting packages...

error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)

:: installing curl-impersonate (2.2.2-1) breaks dependency 'curl-impersonate=2.1.1' required by python-curl_cffi

==> ERROR: An error has occurred during the update process

The update has been aborted

Anyone have a solution for me? Already tried removing them keeps telling me they break dependencies.

I can't stop spinning uncontrollably when I play any type of FPS or shooter. I can't stop spinning, and clicking both M1 and M2 makes my character spin slightly too, which I don't know why this happens. This happens on most FPS games.

Whenever I try to move my mouse, my character usually looks up and starts spinning.

I'm having a weird issue currently that I can't seem to launch any applications or do much of anything right now without getting an error like this one. Does anyone know how to fix this or what even started this weird error?

So I want to play Ring Runner, an older game but it should still run fine. But the only issue I've run across is there is some very noticeable static/crackling noise anytime sounds play in the game.

Protondb seems to report everyone having this issue with no fix. Does anyone know how to fix this or am I stuck with crackling audio?

My pc is hooked up to my tv in my living room. Just updated and now I’m getting no display output after the boot screen. I can access tty2 and tty3 and then it will display but when I switch back to 1, I have no display. I can revert to previous snapshot and it’s fine. Do I need to do a fresh install?

I tried to force shutdown with the power button as well but it's just completely now. I'm dual booting this with an external hard drive. It's been like this for a while now. What should I do?

Love the OS it's now my daily driver unless I need windows for something. However, I'm having a weird issue where sometimes when I boot my PC, my login screen will freeze every few seconds. It still accepts input so I can type my password (it just won't update the screen if it's frozen), and everything works fine once I log in, but it's still something of a nuisance I'd like to resolve if I can.