· Archive
Sunday, 4 October 2026 00:00 UTC – Monday, 5 October 2026 06:00 UTC
Closing the lid during shutdown no longer suspends the laptop
Choosing Shut Down and then closing the lid could suspend an Omarchy laptop instead of powering it off. Pull request 13076 merged into quattro.
Read the story →Fingerprint setup was skipping the lockout on privilege prompts
Setting up a fingerprint or a FIDO2 key wrote a polkit stack that ignored repeated password failures. Pull request 9873 restores the lockout.
Fingerprint unlock stops treating an empty reader as enrolled
Fingerprint unlock could stay off, or retry without stopping, when no finger was enrolled or a reader failed. Pull request 7158 merged into quattro.
The bar no longer stalls on startup across six monitors
On a six-monitor machine, pull request 11015 says the stock bar took about 30 seconds after launch to fill in, and a shell restart could leave no bar. The fix merged into quattro.
Flatpak apps can store a secret in the keyring again
Flatpak apps that keep a login in the system keyring could not reach it, so Zotero 10.0.1 sat waiting to sign in. Pull request 9594 merged into quattro.
The speaker tuning stays up when audio starts
Omarchy's speaker tuning could be killed as soon as sound started, then restarted every 2 seconds. Pull request 12958 makes the host ask RTKit itself.
Word, Excel, and PowerPoint install as their own web apps
Omarchy can install Word, Excel, and PowerPoint as separate web apps, next to Outlook, Teams, and OneDrive. Pull request 14271 and 10367 merged into quattro.
An edge package installs MLX and the Neural Engine on M1 and M2 Macs
Joshua Warren, of the M team, said one edge-channel package now installs MLX and the Neural Engine driver on an M1 or M2 Mac, in this note.
Volume keys change the speakers again under EasyEffects 8
With EasyEffects 8, the volume keys and the audio panel moved an on-screen slider while the speakers stayed put. Pull request 13396 merged into quattro.
The lock screen stops repeating the key that woke it
Waking a blanked lock screen could type the wake key over and over, so the password field was already full of dots. Pull request 7806 drops that repeat.
An idle timeout of zero no longer locks the session at once
Setting the screensaver or the lock timeout to zero, to turn that action off, could lock the session as soon as an app stopped blocking idle. Pull request 12538 merged into quattro.
The display panel can turn a monitor off again
The per-display switch in the display panel did nothing, and the panel still reported success. Pull request 13725 merged into quattro.
Installing Steam no longer pulls NVIDIA drivers onto Intel graphics
Pull request 12569 says installing Steam on a machine with no NVIDIA GPU downloaded and installed the NVIDIA driver, about 1.8 GB installed, because the 32-bit Vulkan driver was not in place yet. It merged into quattro.
Application windows start opaque unless a user opts in
Omarchy applications now start opaque. Terminals and a short list of tools keep their transparency, and a helper opts any other app in. Pull request 14253 merged into quattro.
Scripts follow the agent account selected in Omarchy
Scripts and editor subprocesses could ignore the agent account selected in Omarchy and keep the original subscription. Pull request 14233 merged into quattro.
A click can freeze an app that is holding memory
Andrés Villagrán, of the design team, published a task manager that freezes memory-heavy apps on Omarchy with one click, in this post.
In brief
New coffee themes for Omarchy
Bjarne Øverli, of the core team, published new coffee themes for Omarchy in this post. He linked the collection at Coffee Themes.
Flux connects a phone to Omarchy
Bjarne Øverli said Flux connects a phone to Omarchy, in this post. He linked the project and its page.
An Omarchy booth is planned for Istanbul on Oct. 17
Mehmet İnce said Latent Shift in Istanbul on Oct. 17 will have an Omarchy booth, and that Barış Girişmen will be there, in this post. Girişmen said he will attend. İnce also said GoktugVatandas will give a 20-minute Omarchy 101 demo.