Posts tagged: packages

Why "Same Version" Pipewire Consumes More Disk on CachyOS — Compiler Optimization Explained

CachyOS rebuilds Pipewire with aggressive compiler flags (-O3, -march=x86-64-v3, LTO). Same upstream version, 1.4MB more disk. Here's why the size difference exists and whether it matters.

KWrite, KWriteD, and the cachyos-extra-v3 Question You Shouldn't Skip

KWrite is the Notepad clone. KWriteD is a daemon that catches `wall` messages. They share a name by accident. And when pacman asks which `kate` repo to install from, cachyos-extra-v3 is the only correct answer on Zen 3.

Dumping Flatpak from CachyOS — 5.8GB Reclaimed

Removing Flatpak and its massive runtime bloat reclaimed nearly 6GB on my KDE CachyOS system