A hands-on first impressions walkthrough of CachyOS paired with the Niri scrollable tiling Wayland compositor, running on a Star Labs Starbook laptop. Covers Niri's unique scrollable tiling approach (horizontal windows, vertical workspaces), the Nocttalia shell, extensive desktop customization options, and hardware compatibility including suspend/sleep. The author shares key bindings, panel features, and plans for a full review, noting the setup works especially well on laptops with touchpads.
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