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this post was submitted on 10 Dec 2025
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Optimized Repositories for Cachy only have any real effect on newer processors (x86-64-v3 and up). Of course I can still use it on an older machine, but I was asking if my processor (AMD A10 "kaveri") would be new enough to take advantage of those optimized repositories. (my research so far says no....AMD didn't add v3 until the next years processors in 2015)
You're link actually answered my question, though. So thanks! Don't know why when I searched it wasn't finding that page for myself. Maybe my Google-fu needs some retraining.
Well, no need to websearch. Just go to the website and look for any official links, such as the wiki. As for the optimized packages, I found this on their website:
So the listed CPUs in the requirements list should take advantage of this I guess. And my assumption is, that these CPUs are required to run the packages at all. Maybe that's where the "newer machines" is meant with.