Installing the CachyOS kernel in Ubuntu or Debian

General
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I have to use Ubuntu for personal reasons and I would like to try the cachy os kernel as an alternative to xanmod or liquorix, has anyone tried to do this?

2

None of the 2 you mention, but this:

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โ”‚ System Information
โ”‚  ๓ฐน OS  TUXEDO OS x86_64
โ”‚  ๓ฐ’‹ Kernel  Linux 6.17.10-psycachy
โ”‚  ๓ฐ… Uptime  51 seconds
โ”‚  ๓ฐ– Packages  2871
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โ”‚ Desktop Environment
โ”‚  ๓ฐงจ DE  KDE Plasma 6.5.2
โ”‚  ๓ฑ‚ฌ WM  KWin (Wayland)
โ”‚  ๓ฐ‰ผ Theme  Breeze
โ”‚  ๓ฐน‘ Resolution  1920x1080 in 16", 120 Hz [Built-in]
โ”‚  ๓ฐžท Shell  zsh 5.9
โ”‚  ๓ฐ›– Font  Liberation Mono (10pt)
โ”‚
โ”‚ Hardware Information
โ”‚  ๓ฐป  CPU  AMD Ryzen 5 5600H (12) @ 4.28 GHz
โ”‚  ๓ฐขฎ GPU  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile [Discrete]
โ”‚  ๓ฐ› Memory  2.55 GiB / 15.47 GiB (16%)
โ”‚  ๓ฐ‹Š Disk (/ )  65.04 GiB / 238.18 GiB (27%) - btrfs
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apt show linux-image-6.17.10-psycachy linux-headers-6.17.10-psycachy                                                                         

Package: linux-image-6.17.10-psycachy
Version: 6.17.10-1
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: kernel
Source: linux-upstream
Maintainer: psygreg <psygreg@bloodlust>
Installed-Size: 193 MB
Homepage: https://www.kernel.org/
Download-Size: unknown
APT-Manual-Installed: yes
APT-Sources: /var/lib/dpkg/status
Description: Linux kernel, version 6.17.10-psycachy
 This package contains the Linux kernel, modules and corresponding other
 files, version: 6.17.10-psycachy.

Package: linux-headers-6.17.10-psycachy
Version: 6.17.10-1
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: kernel
Source: linux-upstream
Maintainer: psygreg <psygreg@bloodlust>
Installed-Size: 57.5 MB
Homepage: https://www.kernel.org/
Download-Size: unknown
APT-Manual-Installed: yes
APT-Sources: /var/lib/dpkg/status
Description: Linux kernel headers for 6.17.10-psycachy on amd64
 This package provides kernel header files for 6.17.10-psycachy on amd64
 .
 This is useful for people who need to build external modules

And welcome @efeme

Also if you choose to compile 6.19rc on a nVidia card it breaks that driver

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Thanks, it worked, Iโ€™ll try it for a while and see how it goes :+1:

4

work on latest debian 13? ฤฑ will try

5

That exists. Not endorsed by the cachy team though.

6

That one has been archived in 2025 it seems.

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Thanks for the correction!