diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 10135a5..fa46345 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ end
 
 ## Minimal Mode
 
-Everything opinionated in this config — command shadows, startup side-effects, key and environment overrides, terminal integrations, and logging — is active by default but can be switched off with universal variables. Five category toggles and one master switch are available:
+Everything opinionated in this config — command shadows, startup side-effects, key and environment overrides, terminal integrations, logging, and the first-run greeting — is active by default but can be switched off with universal variables. Six category toggles and one master switch are available:
 
 | Variable | Disables |
 |---|---|
@@ -175,7 +175,8 @@ Everything opinionated in this config — command shadows, startup side-effects,
 | `__fish_config_op_overrides` | Vi mode, `exit`→`smart_exit`, `$PAGER`/`$MANPAGER`/`$CDPATH`, bang-bang history expansion, autopair, puffer, Starship prompt, theme colors |
 | `__fish_config_op_integrations` | Kitty/WezTerm window abbreviations, `done` notifications, `spwin`/`tab`/`split`, `hist`, `logs`, `upgrade`, WakaTime |
 | `__fish_config_op_logging` | Scrollback capture on exit, `paru`/`yay` AUR log wrappers, Kitty watcher capture (sentinel-file coordinated) |
-| `__fish_config_opinionated` | Master switch — all five categories at once |
+| `__fish_config_op_greeting` | Per-session `fish_greeting` (suppresses distro greetings such as CachyOS fastfetch by overriding with an empty function); first-run welcome banner |
+| `__fish_config_opinionated` | Master switch — all six categories at once |
 
 Set any of them to a falsy value (`0`, `false`, `no`, `off`, `n`) to disable; erase the variable to re-enable:
 
diff --git a/conf.d/first_run.fish b/conf.d/first_run.fish
index 958f03a..1939c86 100644
--- a/conf.d/first_run.fish
+++ b/conf.d/first_run.fish
@@ -23,11 +23,16 @@ end
 set -U __fish_config_first_run_complete 1
 
 #   ──────────────────────────── Welcome message ───────────────────────────
-echo ""
-echo "  Welcome to your fish shell configuration!"
-echo "  Run 'help config' for offline documentation."
-echo "  Run 'fish-deps'   to check and install dependencies."
-echo ""
+# Printing a first-run welcome banner is opinionated (C6 greeting). The
+# first-run state variable is already set unconditionally above, so
+# disabling the greeting never re-triggers this file.
+if __fish_config_op_enabled __fish_config_op_greeting
+    echo ""
+    echo "  Welcome to your fish shell configuration!"
+    echo "  Run 'help config' for offline documentation."
+    echo "  Run 'fish-deps'   to check and install dependencies."
+    echo ""
+end
 
 #   ─────────────────────── Opinionated auto-exec guard ────────────────────
 # Startup side-effects below (Fisher curl, fisher update, theme apply) are
diff --git a/config.fish b/config.fish
index 89a8051..dd1a860 100644
--- a/config.fish
+++ b/config.fish
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 #   __fish_config_op_autoexec      C2 — startup side-effects
 #   __fish_config_op_overrides     C3 — key bindings, env, prompt overrides
 #   __fish_config_op_integrations  C4 — terminal/tool coupling
+#   __fish_config_op_logging       C5 — scrollback capture / AUR log wrappers
+#   __fish_config_op_greeting      C6 — per-session greeting / first-run welcome
 # Example: set -U __fish_config_op_aliases off   (erase to re-enable)
 
 #   ──────────────────────── Source CachyOS configs ────────────────────────
@@ -230,6 +232,16 @@ if status is-interactive
     #   your main config or secrets files. For example, you might want different PATH additions,
     #   aliases, or environment variables on your work laptop vs. your home desktop.
     test -f "$dot_fish/local.fish"; and source "$dot_fish/local.fish"
+
+    #   ─────────────────── C6: Greeting & First-Run UI override ───────────────
+    # When the greeting category is disabled, stamp out any fish_greeting
+    # function that distro configs set (e.g., CachyOS defines it as fastfetch).
+    # This runs last inside the interactive block so our empty definition wins
+    # over whatever cachyos-config.fish or vendor conf.d installed.
+    if not __fish_config_op_enabled __fish_config_op_greeting
+        function fish_greeting
+        end
+    end
     #
     #    ╭──────────────────────────── END OVERRIDES ──────────────────────────╮
     #    │                        End of override section.                     │
diff --git a/docs/fish-config.md b/docs/fish-config.md
index d8b3938..4244d2b 100644
--- a/docs/fish-config.md
+++ b/docs/fish-config.md
@@ -1382,7 +1382,7 @@ fish_variables.
 ## Opinionated Components (Minimal Mode)
 
 Every opinionated piece of this config is active by default but can be
-switched off through five category opt-out variables, each evaluated via
+switched off through six category opt-out variables, each evaluated via
 __fish_variable_check. Set a variable to any falsy value (0, false, no,
 off, n) to disable its category; erase it or set a truthy value (1, true,
 yes, on, y) to re-enable. Unset means enabled.
@@ -1415,13 +1415,19 @@ yes, on, y) to re-enable. Unset means enabled.
                                     wrappers, Kitty watcher capture;
                                     sentinel file coordinates
                                     cross-process state
+    __fish_config_op_greeting       Greeting & first-run UI: per-session
+                                    fish_greeting override (defines empty
+                                    function late in config.fish to
+                                    suppress distro greetings such as
+                                    CachyOS fastfetch); first-run welcome
+                                    banner in conf.d/first_run.fish
 
 Examples:
 
     # Disable command shadows only (rm becomes plain rm again):
     set -U __fish_config_op_aliases off
 
-    # Full minimal mode — disable all five categories at once:
+    # Full minimal mode — disable all six categories at once:
     set -U __fish_config_opinionated 0
 
     # Re-enable everything:
@@ -1478,8 +1484,9 @@ on first run via `conf.d/first_run.fish`. Colors are stored in fish_variables
 
 Fisher is bootstrapped automatically on the **first interactive session** via
 `conf.d/first_run.fish`. This also applies the Catppuccin Mocha theme and
-prints a one-time welcome message. Subsequent sessions skip all first-run
-logic with zero overhead.
+prints a one-time welcome message (gated by __fish_config_op_greeting; set
+it to 0 to suppress). Subsequent sessions skip all first-run logic with zero
+overhead.
 
 To re-trigger first-run initialization (e.g., after a fresh install or for
 testing), run:
diff --git a/functions/__fish_config_op_enabled.fish b/functions/__fish_config_op_enabled.fish
index 406888e..bc42b0b 100644
--- a/functions/__fish_config_op_enabled.fish
+++ b/functions/__fish_config_op_enabled.fish
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@
 # ARGUMENTS
 #   category_variable  Name (without $) of the category opt-out variable:
 #                      __fish_config_op_aliases, __fish_config_op_autoexec,
-#                      __fish_config_op_overrides, or
-#                      __fish_config_op_integrations
+#                      __fish_config_op_overrides,
+#                      __fish_config_op_integrations,
+#                      __fish_config_op_logging, or
+#                      __fish_config_op_greeting
 #
 # RETURNS
 #   0  Component enabled (variables truthy, unset, or unrecognized)