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HANDHELD GAMING OVERHAUL: STEAMOS SESSION CONTROL LANDS

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github-actions Vasiliy Stelmachenok Sid127 Pete Viri amerrym1 Piotr Gorski
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github-actions @github-actions 3 cited Vasiliy Stelmachenok @ventureoo 3 cited Sid127 @Sid127 2 cited Pete Viri @Jinra 1 cited amerrym1 @amerrym1 1 cited Piotr Gorski @sirlucjan 1 cited

CachyOS is rewiring its handheld gaming stack so Steam's session management is treated as a first-class citizen, with a new steamosctl-powered switch to game mode.

The flagship story this morning is a coordinated change across two repos: steamos-gamemode now uses steamosctl to switch to game mode [1], and steamos-manager is being updated to allow registering Steam's session management interface [2]. The two PRs are explicitly linked, with the steamos-manager change depending on the Handheld repo's PR #128 [2], and together they lay the groundwork for a more robust Steam integration on CachyOS handhelds. Over in CachyOS-PKGBUILDS, nvidia-utils is getting cleaned up: there's a new pkgrel bump [3], modprobe configuration files are being combined [4], and a separate PR bundles miscellaneous config fixes [5]. These are housekeeping changes, but they tighten up NVIDIA driver config on a rolling distro where edge cases bite. On the AI desktop front, three major AI clients all bumped their packaged versions: Claude Desktop jumped from 1.34493.1 to 1.37937.0 [6], GitHub Copilot app moved to 1.1.14 [7], and ChatGPT Desktop crept up to 26.820.60940 [8]. Each is a low-risk update, but if you depend on any of them, grab the new builds to stay current. Over in the handheld config repo, there's a documentation fix that matters more than it sounds: a PR adds instructions to use non_shader_cm=0 when you hit the DS black screen bug [9]. It's a quality-of-life win for anyone running Hyprland on a device with DS shaders. Mirror updates are rolling out too: a new US East mirror (mirror.lug.umbc.edu) is being added to cachyos-mirrorlist [10], and both China mirrors, USTC and Nanjing, are healthy and responding in the 2.1 to 2.3 second range [11][12]. Finally, the scheduler package scx-scheds-git gets a version and tag bump [13] in the Copr repo, keeping it in sync with the cutting edge. All told, 47 commits and 10 PRs across six repos, and the handheld session work is the one to watch.

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References

  1. [1] steamos-gamemode: Use steamosctl to switch to game mode โ†— CachyOS/CachyOS-Handheld
  2. [2] steamos-manager: allow registering steam's session management interface โ†— CachyOS/CachyOS-PKGBUILDS
  3. [3] nvidia-utils: Bump new pkgrel โ†— CachyOS/CachyOS-PKGBUILDS
  4. [4] nvidia-utils: Combine modprobe configuration files โ†— CachyOS/CachyOS-PKGBUILDS
  5. [5] nvidia-utils: Misc configuration fixes โ†— CachyOS/CachyOS-PKGBUILDS
  6. [6] claude-desktop: update to 1.37937.0 โ†— CachyOS/cachyos-aur-derived
  7. [7] github-copilot-app-bin: update to 1.1.14 โ†— CachyOS/cachyos-aur-derived
  8. [8] chatgpt-desktop-bin: update to 26.820.60940 โ†— CachyOS/cachyos-aur-derived
  9. [9] adding instruction to use non_shader_cm=0 in case of DS black screen bug โ†— CachyOS/cachyos-hypr-noctalia
  10. [10] cachyos-mirrorlist: add US East (mirror.lug.umbc.edu) mirror (#1766) โ†— CachyOS/CachyOS-PKGBUILDS
  11. [11] ๐ŸŸฉ China Mirror (USTC) is up (200 in 2338 ms) [skip ci] [upptime] โ†— CachyOS/statuspage
  12. [12] ๐ŸŸฉ China Mirror (Nanjing) is up (200 in 2110 ms) [skip ci] [upptime] โ†— CachyOS/statuspage
  13. [13] scx-scheds-git: bump version and tag โ†— CachyOS/copr-linux-cachyos

$ ls cachyos/reviews/ # the step-back reads

the week in review CachyOS 7.3.3-1 ships with EAC signing key the month in review CachyOS kernel lands on 7.3.1, T2 fixes reverted
Full archive โ†’ Weekly reviews โ†’

Quick answers

What shipped in CachyOS on August 26, 2026?
CachyOS is rewiring its handheld gaming stack so Steam's session management is treated as a first-class citizen, with a new steamosctl-powered switch to game mode. In total, 47 commits and 10 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to CachyOS on August 26, 2026?
6 developers shipped this update, including github-actions, Pete Viri, Sid127, Vasiliy Stelmachenok, amerrym1, and Piotr Gorski.
What were the notable CachyOS updates?
steamos-gamemode: Use steamosctl to switch to game mode, steamos-manager: allow registering steam's session management interface, and nvidia-utils: Bump new pkgrel.
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$ log @CachyOS --recent

CachyOS builds an Easy Anti-Cheat stack, kernel variant included 85 shipped CachyOS 7.3.3-1 ships, EAC signing key lands 61 shipped cachyos-drm-awaiter gets a longer timeout, a new marker, and a pkgver bump 73 shipped CachyOS tops 7.4-rc1 with a generic WSL image 59 shipped

$ log --all # elsewhere on the wire

Agent Security Quiet day in agent security as guard coverage reaches four clients Alignment & Post-training verl defaults Ascend RL mode, open-instruct unblocks SFT packing

$ ls showcases/

Safety Evals AI Red Teaming Agent Security Interpretability Alignment & Post-training

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