🐧 CachyOS WSL Root Filesystem

This project provides the CachyOS root filesystem for running under Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).

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📥 Download Statistics

Below are the current download stats for each variant of the CachyOS WSL rootfs:

Variant	Architecture	Downloads
CachyOS v3	x86-64_v3
CachyOS v4	x86-64_v4
CachyOS znver4	AMD Zen 4

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🚀 Quick Start

1. Add Registry Key for Custom Distribution List

reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Lxss" /v DistributionListUrlAppend /t REG_SZ /d "https://github.com/okrc/CachyOS-WSL/releases/latest/download/DistributionInfo.json" /f

PowerShell

New-ItemProperty -Path HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Lxss -Name DistributionListUrlAppend -Force -Type String -Value https://github.com/okrc/CachyOS-WSL/releases/latest/download/DistributionInfo.json

2. List Available WSL Distributions

wsl -l -o

3. Install CachyOS

wsl --install CachyOS

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🎨 Default Shell Configuration

CachyOS comes with customized shell themes via cachyos-fish-config and cachyos-zsh-config. Choose either fish or zsh for your preferred shell experience.

🐟 fish shell setup:

sudo pacman -Sy --needed --noconfirm cachyos-fish-config
mkdir -p ~/.config/fish
cp /etc/skel/.config/fish/config.fish ~/.config/fish/config.fish

💻 zsh shell setup:

sudo pacman -Sy --needed --noconfirm cachyos-zsh-config
cp /etc/skel/.zshrc ~/

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💬 Feedback

Feel free to open issues or pull requests if you encounter problems or want to contribute!