CachyOS Introduces a Simpler Way to Build Kernels... on Debian

For someone who is new to the world of Arch Linux, CachyOS serves as a balanced alternative that doesn't overwhelm them with a steep learning curve. Its lightweight nature ensures that it isn't too heavy on the hardware, while also being optimized enough to deliver some solid performance.

It includes many in-house open source components, such as the CachyOS kernel, CachyOS-Browser, and CachyOS-Settings, with the developers recently adding a new one into the mix.

Let's check it out. 😃

CachyOS Kernel Builder: What to Expect?

Offered as a TUI (text-based UI) utility, CachyOS Kernel Builder can be used to build custom Linux kernels for Debian-based distributions, with kernel patches from CachyOS also being made available.

There are many advanced configuration options, such as configuring LLVM's Link Time Optimization (LTO), Tick Rate, Tick Types, Least Recently Used memory (LRU), kernel preemption type, custom kernel name, and more.

It took the CachyOS folks seven months of effort to reach this stage, and you will be pleased to know that it is being offered under the 3-Clause BSD license.

📥 Get CachyOS Kernel Builder

The official announcement blog lists the following steps to get it installed on a local machine:

First, clone the repository to your computer using:

git clone https://github.com/Nitrux/linux-cachyos-deb

Then, make the utility executable with the following command and move the utility to a directory in the $PATH:

chmod +x cachy-kernel-deb

Finally, run the utility with the command below, and follow the on-screen prompts to configure the kernel and build the packages:

cachy-kernel-deb

If you are interested in the source code, then you can visit the utility's GitHub repo.

CachyOS Kernel Builder

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