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CachyOS April 2026 Refresh Adds Shelly, DNS-over-HTTPS, vRAM Optimizations.

4/27/2026

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CachyOS released its April 2026 ISO refresh, adding new features.
CachyOS replaced Octopi with Shelly as the default GUI package manager for AUR, Flathub and AppImages.
DNS-over-HTTPS support was enabled to improve privacy.
The default NVMe I/O scheduler switched from none to Kyber for better responsiveness.
The vRAM toggle now uses Valve’s Linux optimizations to aid graphics cards with limited video memory.

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Story summary

CachyOS released its April 2026 ISO refresh, adding new features.
CachyOS replaced Octopi with Shelly as the default GUI package manager for AUR, Flathub and AppImages.
DNS-over-HTTPS support was enabled to improve privacy.
The default NVMe I/O scheduler switched from none to Kyber for better responsiveness.
The vRAM toggle now uses Valve’s Linux optimizations to aid graphics cards with limited video memory.