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Saturday, 10 October 2026 00:00 UTC – Sunday, 11 October 2026 06:00 UTC
Japanese, Korean, and Chinese typing is in the merged installer and setup menu
Selecting Japanese, Korean, or Chinese in the installer configures that language's input engine in pull request 14433, merged into quattro. Typing starts in Latin letters. The merge is not in version 4.0.4.
Read the story →Caps Lock returns to a normal lock in the merged keyboard defaults
Caps Lock is a normal lock again, and compose moves to Shift plus Caps Lock, in pull request 14939, which David Heinemeier Hansson merged into quattro. The merge is not in version 4.0.4.
A Hyprland reload keeps the saved startup pointer in this merge
Pull request 14935 merges a recovery for a startup pointer that Hyprland can drop on reload. Spencer Bull wrote that one virtual machine lost the pointer. The merge is not in version 4.0.4.
The calendar month in the clock counts days in universal time in this merge
Pull request 10476 merges a calendar month grid that counts days in universal time. omarchybot wrote that Chile's September 2026 grid drew the 5th twice. The merge is not in version 4.0.4.
OBS Studio and Kdenlive are out of the merged list for new installs
Pull request 14962 merges a base package list that leaves out OBS Studio and Kdenlive for new installs. Existing installs keep both. The merge is not in version 4.0.4.
Clang and LLVM come off the merged base package list
Pull request 14967 merges a base package list without clang and llvm. The Rust development setup installs clang. Existing installs keep both. The merge is not in version 4.0.4.
Thunderbolt checks, in this merge, wait longer on a machine with no controller
Pull request 14931 merges a slower Thunderbolt check while a machine has no Thunderbolt controller. maralcbr wrote that idle process launches fell from 1,587 a minute to 334. The merge is not in version 4.0.4.
NVIDIA hardware setup on the n1x branch requests 32-bit packages only on x86_64
Pull request 10752 merges an NVIDIA hardware setup that requests 32-bit packages only on x86_64, on the n1x branch. Jim Martin wrote that lib32-nvidia-utils had stopped installation on 64-bit ARM. The merge is not in version 4.0.4.
Sleep and hibernation are blocked on GB10 desktops in an n1x merge
Pull request 13260 merges a block on sleep and hibernation for NVIDIA GB10 desktops, on the n1x branch. Pull request 14895 names that platform. Neither merge is in version 4.0.4.
Snapdragon X support returns to the n1x branch after a rebuild dropped it
Pull request 14834 merges Snapdragon X and Yoga Slim 7x support back onto the n1x branch. birkskyum wrote that a rebuild of that branch had dropped the earlier merge. The merge is not in version 4.0.4.
Intel Surface keyboard steps stay off Snapdragon tablets in an n1x merge
Pull request 14389 merges a skip of Intel Surface keyboard steps on 64-bit ARM, on the n1x branch. turbineBMW wrote that those steps name modules ARM does not have. The merge is not in version 4.0.4.
In brief
The Azerbaijani installer row, which selected French, leaves the merged setup
Pull request 14877 merges a setup list that drops the Azerbaijani row, which had selected a French AZERTY keyboard. Installed machines are unchanged. The merge is not in version 4.0.4.
Default theme previews share one four-window layout in the merged themes
Pull request 14944 merges new previews for 23 default themes, each a four-window desktop at 2560 by 1440. David Heinemeier Hansson wrote that the files shrank from 9.02 MiB to 5.55 MiB. The merge is not in version 4.0.4.