CachyOS is the Arch Linux distro to try if you want serious speed and performance

"CachyOS now ships with kernel 7.0.0.1, which is not just any old Linux kernel; it features a specifically tuned scheduler and options for BORE, sched-ext, BMQ, and RT."

"The core CachyOS packages receive additional PGO and BOLT optimization, with zero manual rebuilds required, resulting in a well-oiled machine that enhances speed."

"The 7.0 kernel's improved swap performance results in 20% better throughput in workloads where multiple processes share the same swapped-out memory, tested using Redis with persistence."

CachyOS has released an update that significantly enhances speed and performance. The distribution is based on Arch and now includes the CachyOS kernel 7.0.0.1, which features a tuned scheduler and optimizations for various instruction sets. All applications in the repository are compiled for x86-64-v3, x86-64-v4, and Zen4, with additional PGO and BOLT optimizations. The kernel's improvements lead to a 20% better throughput in workloads with shared swapped-out memory, making CachyOS one of the best-performing desktop distributions available.

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