--- title: "Leveling Up My Linux Laptop with CachyOS & Niri" url: https://daily.dev/posts/leveling-up-my-linux-laptop-with-cachyos-niri-deoanow9u source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmj-letz6WI type: video:youtube source: "SavvyNik" published: 2026-05-24T19:05:51.792Z updated: 2026-05-24T19:06:11.069Z tags: ["linux"] reading_time: 9 upvotes: 1 comments: 1 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Leveling Up My Linux Laptop with CachyOS & Niri **[SavvyNik](https://daily.dev/sources/savvynik)** · 9 min read · 1 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary 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. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@11kilobytes\_of\_moka\_** · 0 upvotes > I though i was the only Arch user or Linux user in general that use niri. i use arch btw ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [I Finally Tried Niri, The New Way Of Tiling Linux Users Are Going Crazy About](https://daily.dev/posts/i-finally-tried-niri-the-new-way-of-tiling-linux-users-are-going-crazy-about-foaxkbwok) · It's Foss · 100 upvotes · 19 comments - [How Is niri This Good? Live Demo \+ Config — Nick Janetakis](https://daily.dev/posts/how-is-niri-this-good-live-demo-config-nick-janetakis-0zkbipqvy) · Nick Janetakis · 73 upvotes · 7 comments - [Niri 25.08 Wayland Compositor Introduces xwayland-satellite Support](https://daily.dev/posts/niri-25-08-wayland-compositor-introduces-xwayland-satellite-support-ralytdtqu) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Release v25.08 · YaLTeR/niri](https://daily.dev/posts/release-v25-08-yalter-niri-22xfylwin) · Lobsters · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/leveling-up-my-linux-laptop-with-cachyos-niri-deoanow9u)