$ cat cachyos/week/2026-09-07.log
the week in review · Sep 7 – Sep 13, 2026
CachyOS Linux 7.3-rc2 lands with HDMI branch
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The stable 6.18 branch adds the T2 Mac driver stack while 7.2.4 picks up the t2bce managed device link fix.
CachyOS Linux 7.3-rc2-1 CachyOS/linux
Rebased to upstream 7.3-rc2, adding a 7.3/hdmi branch and updating 7.3/fixes. It also reverts the commit that enabled HDMI FRL by default in the AMD display driver, so check your HDMI output behavior if you run this RC.
cachyos-drm-awaiter: New package CachyOS/CachyOS-PKGBUILDS
The new package supplies a systemd generator that writes drm-module-load.target in early boot, guesses the necessary GPU drivers, and injects dependencies into units that use graphics at boot. For users with multiple GPUs or slow-loading modules, it avoids pulling GPU modules into the initramfs.
CachyOS Linux 6.18.50-1 CachyOS/linux
The 6.18 line moves to upstream 6.18.50 and adds the t2bce driver stack plus applesmc probing changes, while the 6.18/t2 branch is updated. It is flagged breaking, so T2 Mac owners should read the delta before pulling the upgrade.
CachyOS Linux 7.2.4-1 CachyOS/linux
Based on upstream 7.2.4, the t2 branch gets a staging fix so t2bce no longer manually deletes the managed device link. Flagged breaking; read the notes if you rely on the Apple T2 stack.
asusctl: drop packages CachyOS/cachyos-aur-derived
The asusctl packages are gone from cachyos-aur-derived. ASUS laptop owners who installed them from this repo need another source, since that path no longer carries them.
fix(tray): Use gio crate to run the desktop file CachyOS/cachy-update
The tray rewrite uses the gio and gio_unix crates to launch desktop files instead of spawning an external command, eliminating the defunct processes the issue documented.
i18n: add Chinese (Simplified and Traditional) translations CachyOS/scx-manager
scx-manager gains Simplified and Traditional Chinese via two Qt translation files covering all 15 translatable strings, with both locale aliases registered in scx_manager_locale.qrc.
drop scx_cake profiles (#29) CachyOS/scx-manager
The scx_cake profiles are removed from scx-manager. If you were selecting them in the UI, those options are no longer available, and the manager moves to its bumped version.
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