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 "notice": "Data from Open Source Everything (https://opensourceeverything.org), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0: use it freely, credit the site, link to the page, and share changes under the same license. Listings were drafted with AI assistance and are managed by the r/TrueOpenSource moderators; check a project's own page before relying on a fact.",
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   "id": "cachyos",
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   "page": "https://opensourceeverything.org/p/cachyos/",
   "summary": "CachyOS is a free Linux operating system for computers, built on Arch Linux and tuned to run faster. It is aimed at people who want a speedy desktop with an easy installer and a choice of desktop environments.",
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