$ cat cachyos/week/2026-08-24.log
the week in review · Aug 24 – Aug 30, 2026
Handheld gaming overhaul, kernel 7.2 line matures, cachy-update rebases to v4.2.0
This week CachyOS shipped a major handheld gaming session-control milestone, moved the mainline kernel through three releases, and rebased its update tool.
The week's banner is the handheld gaming overhaul: steamos-gamemode now uses steamosctl to switch to game mode [1], and steamos-manager allows registering Steam's session management interface [2]. Together, they give SteamOS session control a first-class path on CachyOS handhelds, part of a larger push that also updated steamdeck-dsp to v1.00 [3].
The CachyOS kernel line matured through three releases. 7.2.1 shipped with a scheduler fix and RFU rebase, 7.2.2-1 added a fragment fix and a new branch, and 7.2 gained a Broadcom Wi-Fi DKMS fix. No security advisories accompanied these, but the cadence shows active mainline tracking. The update tool rebased to v4.2.0 [4], with follow-up fixes for tray icon ordering after the update state file is rewritten [5] and a Chinese simplified translation escaping fix [6].
Dependency and packaging housekeeping round out the week. faugus-launcher updated its runtime dependencies for v2.x [7][8], ananicy-rules bumped to 1.1.48 [9], and nvidia-utils got a new pkgrel and combined modprobe configuration files [10][11]. cachyos-mirrorlist changed the zyner mirror path [12] and added an init7 Swiss ISP mirror [13]. China mirrors at USTC and Nanjing reported up with 200 status and response times of 1122 ms and 2047 ms respectively [14][15].
The translation infrastructure got consistent attention: cachy-update translation files were updated [16], the wiki received updated translations [17] and Russian FAQ typo fixes [18], and the packageinstaller removed not found entries [19]. This is routine upkeep, but it keeps the project usable across its user base.
The through-line this week is the handheld push. Session control via steamosctl is a real architectural step, not a cosmetic tweak. Kernel releases and tool rebases are steady maintenance; the handheld work signals where CachyOS is investing for the next user segment.
References
- [1] steamos-gamemode: Use steamosctl to switch to game mode ↗ CachyOS/CachyOS-Handheld
- [2] steamos-manager: allow registering steam's session management interface ↗ CachyOS/CachyOS-PKGBUILDS
- [3] steamdeck-dsp: update to v1.00 ↗ CachyOS/CachyOS-PKGBUILDS
- [4] Upstream rebase v4.2.0 ↗ CachyOS/cachy-update
- [5] fix(check): Set the tray icon after the update stafile has been (re)written ↗ CachyOS/cachy-update
- [6] fix(i18n): Fix escaping in Chinese simplified translation (#762) ↗ CachyOS/cachy-update
- [7] faugus-launcher: update runtime dependencies for v2.x ↗ CachyOS/cachyos-aur-derived
- [8] faugus-launcher: update runtime dependencies for v2.x (#423) ↗ CachyOS/cachyos-aur-derived
- [9] 1.1.48 ↗ CachyOS/ananicy-rules
- [10] nvidia-utils: Bump new pkgrel ↗ CachyOS/CachyOS-PKGBUILDS
- [11] nvidia-utils: Combine modprobe configuration files ↗ CachyOS/CachyOS-PKGBUILDS
- [12] cachyos-mirrorlist: change zyner mirror path ↗ CachyOS/CachyOS-PKGBUILDS
- [13] cachyos-mirrorlist: Add init7 mirror (Swiss ISP) (#1752) ↗ CachyOS/CachyOS-PKGBUILDS
- [14] 🟩 China Mirror (USTC) is up (200 in 1122 ms) [skip ci] [upptime] CachyOS/statuspage
- [15] 🟩 China Mirror (Nanjing) is up (200 in 2047 ms) [skip ci] [upptime] CachyOS/statuspage
- [16] chore(i18n): Update translation files ↗ CachyOS/cachy-update
- [17] Updated Translations ↗ CachyOS/wiki
- [18] Fix typos and improve translations in FAQ (ru) ↗ CachyOS/wiki
- [19] fix: remove not found entries ↗ CachyOS/packageinstaller
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