From 6571ad45a1a31c74dd4b908f228778fe4f2d569a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Jung Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 18:50:22 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Changelog: Update Signed-off-by: Peter Jung --- CHANGELOG.md | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md index 12b61c3..01372f8 100644 --- a/CHANGELOG.md +++ b/CHANGELOG.md @@ -2,16 +2,42 @@ **Features:** -* **Installer:** The bootloader selection has been moved too Calamares and everything is managed now in one package -* **displaymanager:** Switched to Plasma-Login-Manager for the ISO -* **ISO:** The ISO does now contain a stable and LTS Kernel. The stable kernel is as default selected. -* **ISO:** Switched to Wayland instead of x11 session on the ISO -* **Installer:** Grub now uses LUKS 2 for encryption -* **netinstall:** Plasma now uses Plasma-Login-Manager instead of SDDM -* **netinstall:** Niri does now use the noctalia-shell and new dotfiles -* **Slides:** The Calamares slides typo's got fixed and a new page informing about Wiki added -* **Mirrors:** https://packages.cachyos.org/mirrors shows now the syncing state of the CachyOS Mirrors -* **Installer:** The installer does now block processing with the installation, when the EFI partition is too small for the options alongside and replace +* **Installer:** + * Moved bootloader selection to Calamares; management is now consolidated into a single package. + * Architecture detection is now performed **before** the base system installation to reduce download size. + * GRUB now uses LUKS2 for encryption. + * Pass --needed to pacman to avoid installing packages twice. +* **ISO:** + * Switched to `plasma-login-manager` for the ISO environment. + * The ISO now contains both Stable and LTS kernels. The Stable kernel is selected by default. + * Switched the default ISO session from X11 to Wayland. +* **Netinstall:** + * Plasma installations now use `plasma-login-manager` instead of SDDM. + * Niri now uses `noctalia-shell` and updated dotfiles. + * Cleaned up the GNOME installation process. +* **Slides:** Fixed typos in the Calamares slides and added a new page linking to the Wiki. +* **Mirrors:** The mirror status page ([https://packages.cachyos.org/mirrors](https://packages.cachyos.org/mirrors)) now displays the syncing state of CachyOS mirrors. +* **cachyos-settings:** Enabled `EnableAggressiveVblank` for the NVIDIA module. This reduces time spent in the interrupt top half for low-latency display interrupts. +* **chwd:** + * Installs `nouveau-fw` to enable VA-API support in Nouveau. + * Added AI-SDK support for several new AMD GPUs. +* **Proton-CachyOS:** + * Added FSR4 MLFG (Machine Learning Frame Generation) support; automatically enabled when using `PROTON_FSR4_UPGRADE` + * Added `d7vk` module support. This can be enabled via `PROTON_DXVK_DDRAW=1` + * Imported DualSense haptic feedback patches + * Added `WINE_BLOCK_HOSTS` to prevent Wine from connecting to specific domains + * Automatically enable `ENABLE_HDR_WSI=1` when using `winewayland` on NVIDIA GPUs + * Fixed keyboard layout issues when using `winewayland.drv` + * Removed a long-standing patch that was causing degraded 1% low FPS + * Patched `protonfixes` to better handle DLSS preset selection and `libxess_dx11.dll` redirection + + +**Fixes:** + +* **Limine:** Increased boot partition size to 4192MB to accommodate high requirements from `limine-snapper-sync`. +* **Installer:** The installer now blocks/prevents proceeding if the EFI partition is too small when using "alongside" or "replace partition" options. +* **chwd:** Removed the environment variable forcing `libva-nvidia-driver`, as it caused issues on dual-GPU systems. +* **cachyos-hello**: Fixed an issue that cachy-update shows being disabled, while its enabled. # 25.11