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Rocky Linux

Rocky Linux is a community enterprise operating system designed to be 100% bug-for-bug compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It is available for the x86_64 and AArch64 processor architectures.

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CachyOS

CachyOS is a Linux distribution based on Arch Linux. It focuses on speed and security optimisations - the default Linux kernel is heavily optimised using the BORE (Burst-Oriented Response Enhancer) scheduler, while the desktop packages are compiled with LTO, x86-64-v3 and x86-64-v4, Zen 4 optimization, security flags and performance improvements.

Technical Specs Comparison
Rocky LinuxCachyOS
Fedora, Red HatBaseArch
flatpak, rpm (dnf)Package Managerpacman / pkg
systemdInit Systemsystemd
Fixed ReleaseRelease ModelRolling Release
9.8Latest Version260426
IntermediateDifficultyIntermediate
May 28, 2026Release DateApril 26, 2026
ARM64ppc64elRISC-Vs390xx86_64x86-64-v3
Architecture
ARM64ppc64elRISC-Vs390xx86_64x86-64-v3
GNOMEbspwmBudgieCinnamonCOSMICHyprlandi3KDE PlasmaLXDELXQtMATEniriOpenboxQtileSwayUKUIWayfireXfce
Desktops
GNOMEbspwmBudgieCinnamonCOSMICHyprlandi3KDE PlasmaLXDELXQtMATEniriOpenboxQtileSwayUKUIWayfireXfce