CachyOS Performance Tweaks & Local AI Setup Guide (Hermes Agent & Ollama)

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Last Verified: June 26, 2026 | CachyOS Kernel: 7.0.12-1-cachyos-bore-lto | Ollama: 0.30.10 | Hermes Agent: v0.17.0

This guide and accompanying configurations are licensed under the [MIT License](file:///home/nishoo/Projects/Cachy%20OS%20Guide/LICENSE).

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Welcome to the ultimate setup guide and collection of performance tweaks for CachyOS. CachyOS is a highly optimized Arch Linux-based distribution compiled with -O3 and CPU-specific instructions (AVX2/AVX512). This makes it the premier local environment for running high-throughput autonomous agents, local LLMs, and low-latency gaming.

This repository serves a dual purpose:

1. Local AI Agent Environment: A complete guide to setting up Hermes Agent (by Nous Research) on CachyOS with local GPU-accelerated Ollama and custom system-level skills.
2. CachyOS System Optimizations: Broader performance tweaks (kernel schedulers, BTRFS compression, memory optimization, hybrid GPU configurations, and gaming tools like Proton-CachyOS) to get the most out of your hardware.

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Repository Structure

CachyOS & Hermes Agent Guide (Repository Root)
├── assets/
│   └── fps_benchmark_graph.svg # Gaming benchmark chart
├── skills/
│   ├── cachyos_system_info/
│   │   └── SKILL.md            # Hermes skill for system info
│   └── system_monitoring/
│       └── SKILL.md            # Hermes skill for usage monitoring
├── .gitignore                  # Git untracked pattern file
├── CONTRIBUTING.md             # Guidelines for community contributions
├── LICENSE                     # MIT License
├── README.md                   # Main guide documentation
└── setup.sh                    # Automated setup script

• Custom Skills: [cachyos_system_info](file:///home/nishoo/Projects/Cachy%20OS%20Guide/skills/cachyos_system_info/SKILL.md), [system_monitoring](file:///home/nishoo/Projects/Cachy%20OS%20Guide/skills/system_monitoring/SKILL.md)