I just wanted to say congrats to the CachyOS Team for being #1 on Distrowatch! I realize it’s not a perfect metric, but the CachyOS Team should be very proud. I remember when CachyOS wasn’t even on the list, and now it’s #1!
I switched to CachyOS after one test drive and now use it in all of my classes. Many of my students have switched as well. Great distro, great community, and a great team!
Again, congrats!
Yes, I can write the same. Congrats!
This was innevitable!
20 + years of linux here on and off.
Cachyos is the best I have ever tried.
My perfect experience combo works beautifully here!!!
Cachyos + X11 + Compiz !!!
I am very happy, I havent even plugged in my windows 10 / 11 pc since I installed this OS.
Also, I found out about cachyos on distrowatch when I was searching for some to try!
Garuda was pure junk, Bazzite was ok, Cachy OS is my current main OS 
Love it love it congrats for the #1 spot !
Hey yall ..
Obligatory mention that distrowatch rankings, at best, simply report how many times a certain distrowatch page was visited. Nothing more or less.
That means it doesnt actually mean almost anything. Except which pages, for people that use distrowatch - which is a specific set of newbies for the most part - have the most traffic. Which could even correlate to some sort of interest or drama.
They in no way equate to overall reputation or current user count or similar.
Finally I will quote DW itself;
Thus, my sentence: “I realize it’s not a perfect metric, but the CachyOS Team should be very proud.”.
Also:
Hey y’all… Obligatory mention that DistroWatch rankings, at best, simply report how many times a given DistroWatch page was visited. Nothing more, nothing less.
Correct—and if you had actually read my post, you would’ve seen that indicated in the second sentence: “…it’s not a perfect metric…”
“That means it doesn’t actually mean almost anything. Except which pages—visited by DistroWatch users, who tend to be mostly newbies—have the most traffic. Which could even correlate to some sort of interest or drama.”
“That means it doesn’t actually mean almost anything.” — What?
The point of my post was that CachyOS has reached a level of visibility where people are actively seeking more information. It’s no longer some obscure or fringe distro—it’s becoming something with real momentum in the Linux community. Spoiler: That interest is the exact metric I and others were congratulating the CachyOS Team for.
Also, I find your use of the term ‘newbies’ unnecessarily derogatory. I hold a Ph.D. in Computer Science, teach at a top university, and I occasionally browse DistroWatch to learn about emerging distributions. Nobody is born an expert—everyone is a “newbie” at something, at some point.
“They in no way equate to overall reputation or current user count or similar.”
Again, if you had actually read my post, you’d know those claims were never made.
Finally, some constructive criticism: Rushing to dismiss a post because you think you understand what it’s saying only undermines your credibility. Copy-pasting information that most readers already know from DistroWatch doesn’t help either—it just further erodes your reputation.
Advice I give my students: It takes a lot of effort to build integrity—and very little to destroy credibility.
“Its not a perfect metric” is nowhere near the same as recognizing its not really much of a metric at all.
I did read your post, and the subsequent ones, and still thought it might be illuminating to outline what the distrowatch rankings actually are.
As outlined by myself and again by the quote from the distrowatch people themselves - it does not really mean anything. Its not a useful number. I dont know what more to say.
Then I apologize. Maybe the derision attached is something relative to the reader.
What other term would you prefer to be used when talking about newcomers and/or non-experts?
Whatever term is in use the general concept still stands - I dont really know any old hats or long time users or maintainers that frequent DW.
Yeah again, so, whats the inherent problem with the term?
I honestly dont care what you think my reputation is.
I didnt ‘rush’ to anything.
I added extra information that was not contained in the thread and that I thought some users might benefit from. If you did not then thats fine. But I dont understand the need for negativity. That has been introduced only just now.
Be safe out there.
I agree with you @XetalEngine
I have been on Linux since 2000, and this is absolutely the best I ever had, and for nowadays it is the best of the best (even after I decided that Arch based is the way to go, and after I incredibly enjoyed EndeavourOS since 2021).
Masterpiece project + Wonderful community + Wonderful team = CachyOS
I come from arch, I heard about CachyOS and it got my attention, I tried it and.. It’s the best distro I ever tried… 
¡CONGRATS TO CACHYOS! 
Personally, I didn’t know this, so thank you.
Just here to say I’ve recently converted as well. Both at work and at home CachyOS FTW!!!
I tell everyone I know about how awesome CachyOS is, as well as regularly recommending it on Phoronix and other social media. It’s also important that as many people as possible give on Patreon to support the distro because it’s truly unique and the developers deserve all the money and help we can give them. And heck, it’s only $5.50 a month for the basic tier, and we all spend more than that on ridiculous stuff every month anyway.
Thanks to the CachyOS devs for creating such an awesome distro, and all the hard work they put into it everyday!
this is my right System