CachyOS positions itself as a blazingly fast and customizable Linux distribution and recently became number one on DistroWatch's popularity chart. DistroWatch page-hit rankings measure visits to distribution pages and do not reflect market share, usage, or quality. Reliable usage statistics for most Linux distributions are scarce because enterprise vendors do not publish them. MX Linux and Linux Mint consistently rank highly on DistroWatch, with Debian rising after the release of version 13. A prior review of CachyOS on older hardware revealed issues; new testing uses a modern Dell XPS 13 9370 testbed.
The DistroWatch Page Hit Ranking statistics are a light-hearted way of measuring interest in Linux distributions and other free operating systems among the visitors of this website. They correlate neither to usage nor to quality and should not be used to measure the market share of distributions. They simply show the number of times a distribution page on DistroWatch was accessed each day, nothing more.
We also attracted criticism when we reviewed CachyOS in summer 2024. We pointed out a number of issues we encountered, and were scolded in the comments for testing a distro optimized for cutting-edge kit on an elderly ThinkPad W520, a model that dates back to 2011. Since The Reg FOSS desk now has a rather new testbed, a Dell XPS 13 9370 (which The Register's own Avram Piltch review
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