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CachyOS Tuned Strikes: THP and Laptop Mode Out

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Peter Jung Vasiliy Stelmachenok github-actions Adrien Luneau cantosun99 alexsmolya strongville
7 people shipped this
Peter Jung @ptr1337 2 cited Vasiliy Stelmachenok @ventureoo 2 cited github-actions @github-actions 1 cited Adrien Luneau @aluneau 1 cited cantosun99 @cantosun99 1 cited alexsmolya @alexsmolya strongville @strongville

The tuned project just killed laptop_mode and switched THP to always-on, a performance play that will hit every CachyOS desktop default.

The tuned team shipped a trio of profile changes that reshape default power and performance behavior [1][2][3]. Removing vm.laptop_mode=5 [1] and dropping the cachyos-laptop profile [3] to keep three profiles for PPD mapping is a consolidation play. Meanwhile, dropping THP madvise for cachyos-desktop [2] signals a performance-first stance, with committer Vasiliy Stelmachenok saying THP always gives much performance gain in most cases. On the desktop side, claude-code bumps to 2.1.246 [4] and php hits 8.5.10-1 [5]. For those with AZERTY or non-QWERTY keyboards, Hyprland users get a fix for workspace keybinds [6]: physical evdev keycodes replace digit characters. The Russian wiki translation got a quality pass using Qwen3.8-27B [7], with Spanish, Portuguese, and Chinese next. Finally, the Russia mirror jura12 is down [8], while China mirrors are back up [9]. Overall, 55 commits and 9 PRs across 7 repos this period.

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References

  1. [1] tuned: Remove vm.laptop_mode=5 (#7) โ†— CachyOS/tuned
  2. [2] plugins/profiles: Remove THP madvise for cachyos-desktop โ†— CachyOS/tuned
  3. [3] plugins/profiles: Remove cachyos-laptop profile โ†— CachyOS/tuned
  4. [4] claude-code: update to 2.1.246 โ†— CachyOS/cachyos-aur-derived
  5. [5] php: 8.5.10-1 โ†— CachyOS/CachyOS-PKGBUILDS
  6. [6] Fix workspace keybinds for AZERTY layout using keycodes (#29) โ†— CachyOS/cachyos-hypr-noctalia
  7. [7] Russian translation: quality improvements โ†— CachyOS/wiki
  8. [8] ๐ŸŸฅ Russia Mirror (jura12) is down (0 in 0 ms) [skip ci] [upptime] โ†— CachyOS/statuspage
  9. [9] ๐ŸŸฉ China Mirror (USTC) is up (200 in 1143 ms) [skip ci] [upptime] โ†— CachyOS/statuspage

$ 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
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Quick answers

What shipped in CachyOS on August 27, 2026?
The tuned project just killed laptop_mode and switched THP to always-on, a performance play that will hit every CachyOS desktop default. In total, 55 commits and 9 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to CachyOS on August 27, 2026?
7 developers shipped this update, including github-actions, alexsmolya, Peter Jung, Adrien Luneau, strongville, Vasiliy Stelmachenok, and cantosun99.
What were the notable CachyOS updates?
tuned: Remove vm.laptop_mode=5 (#7), plugins/profiles: Remove THP madvise for cachyos-desktop, and plugins/profiles: Remove cachyos-laptop profile.
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$ log @CachyOS --recent

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