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CACHYOS 7.2-RC3-3 LANDS WITH AMD DISPLAY FIXES AND TSC TUNING

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CachyOS Linux 7.2-rc3-3 ships critical AMD graphics vblank handling consolidation and direct TSC synchronization for systems without IA32_TSC_ADJUST support.

The kernel team merged three AMD display fixes [1] that consolidate DCN vblank and flip event handling, addressing race conditions in graphics rendering on AMD hardware. Alongside the graphics work, the team implemented tsc=directsync support [1] for x86 systems lacking IA32_TSC_ADJUST, improving timing precision on older silicon. This release follows rc3-2 [2], which pruned the gaming-sched and t2 branches while adding the s5-power branch for better suspend-resume handling. On the package front, Proton-CachyOS bumped to 11.0-20260702 [3], both SCX scheduler tools and SCX scheduling daemon got version bumps [4] [5], and the core linux-cachyos tree advanced [6]. Desktop application ecosystem moving steadily with Brave and Brave Origin landing 1.92.140 [7] [8], Zen Browser at 1.21.7b [9], Claude Desktop and Code getting point updates [10] [11], and status monitoring systems running continuous health checks [12].

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References

  1. [1] CachyOS Linux 7.2-rc3-3 ↗ CachyOS/linux
  2. [2] CachyOS Linux 7.2-rc3-2 ↗ CachyOS/linux
  3. [3] proton-cachyos: version 11.0-20260702 (#1590) ↗ CachyOS/CachyOS-PKGBUILDS
  4. [4] scx-scheds-git: bump version and tag ↗ CachyOS/copr-linux-cachyos
  5. [5] scx-tools-git: bump version and tag ↗ CachyOS/copr-linux-cachyos
  6. [6] 7.2: bump version ↗ CachyOS/linux-cachyos
  7. [7] brave-bin: update to 1.92.140 ↗ CachyOS/cachyos-aur-derived
  8. [8] brave-origin-bin: update to 1.92.140 ↗ CachyOS/cachyos-aur-derived
  9. [9] zen-browser-bin: update to 1.21.7b ↗ CachyOS/cachyos-aur-derived
  10. [10] claude-desktop: update to 1.21459.1 ↗ CachyOS/cachyos-aur-derived
  11. [11] claude-code: update to 2.1.211 ↗ CachyOS/cachyos-aur-derived
  12. [12] 🟩 Canada Mirror is up (200 in 599 ms) [skip ci] [upptime] CachyOS/statuspage ↗

Quick answers

What shipped in CachyOS on July 16, 2026?
CachyOS Linux 7.2-rc3-3 ships critical AMD graphics vblank handling consolidation and direct TSC synchronization for systems without IA32_TSC_ADJUST support. In total, 46 commits, 7 pull requests, and 2 releases landed.
Who contributed to CachyOS on July 16, 2026?
4 developers shipped this update, including loathingKernel, Piotr Gorski, 1Naim, and github-actions.
What were the notable CachyOS updates?
CachyOS Linux 7.2-rc3-3, CachyOS Linux 7.2-rc3-2, and proton-cachyos: version 11.0-20260702 (#1590).