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1. Thursday, 5 November 2026

   The F1 installer cuts install times roughly in half

   The notes say the F1 installer unpacks a prebuilt root image and cuts install times roughly in half on any machine. Anush Elangovan from AMD set the world record with a full install in 7 seconds on his AMD laptop.

2. Thursday, 5 November 2026

   A fresh install invites agent and fingerprint setup once a link is up

   A fresh install saw the agent invitation only after the first update, and the fingerprint invitation waited the same way. The first-run wifi step merged into quattro sends both once a link is up, before the update check.

3. Thursday, 5 November 2026

   Cam Link 4K packages go on the ISO offline mirror list

   An install from the ISO on an N1x with a Cam Link 4K plugged in stops. The mirror lacks v4l2loopback-dkms, v4l2loopback-utils, and v4l2-relayd. A change merged into quattro puts the three on the hardware list, and no rebuilt Cam Link install has been checked.

4. Wednesday, 4 November 2026

   First boot draws a traced icon instead of a 34-cell bar

   First boot on v4-5-0 draws a traced icon instead of the old 34-cell bar, and the grey half under the green tip stays visible. It was not run on a real first boot, nor DjDeveloperr's change on a real console or a real first boot.

5. Friday, 30 October 2026

   Typing a city searches the installer timezone list

   A change merged into quattro always opens a search on the installer timezone prompt. The guess is the first entry, the search starts empty, and Enter takes the guess.

6. Thursday, 29 October 2026

   T3 Code theme step creates its mount file before the loop

   A change merged into quattro creates the T3 Code mount file empty before a theme loop reads it, so a missing file does not end the install.

7. Tuesday, 27 October 2026

   Non-ASCII background names pass through the Quattro upgrade

   A change merged into quattro reads background paths without quoting, so a non-ASCII name such as café.jpg does not stop the Quattro upgrade.

8. Tuesday, 27 October 2026

   A browser chosen on 3.x stays through the Quattro upgrade

   A change merged into quattro sets Chromium as the default browser only when no default resolves, so a browser chosen on 3.x is kept through the Quattro upgrade.

9. Monday, 26 October 2026

   Power-profile migration finishes outside a graphical login unless the package swap or daemon restart fails

   A change merged into quattro lets the power-profiles migration finish when polkit denies a profile switch outside a graphical login. A failed package swap or daemon restart still stops the migration.

10. Monday, 26 October 2026

    One password covers the whole Omarchy update

    A change merged into quattro keeps the sudo authorization from the start of omarchy update through AUR builds and the boot check. The timestamp is revoked when the boot check finishes, and again on every exit.

11. Sunday, 25 October 2026

    First run shows Setup Git unless name and email are already set

    On the first run, a change merged into quattro asks for a git name and email unless both are already set. It also asks for a GitHub sign-in unless one is already working or gh is not installed. Installs carry no git identity.

12. Sunday, 25 October 2026

    Mise-only failure completes a system update with a warning

    A system update merged into quattro records a failed mise tool download, continues the remaining steps, and prints omarchy update mise retry guidance before the reboot prompt. A failed package upgrade or boot verification still stops the update.

13. Sunday, 25 October 2026

    Setup form takes its words from the language catalogs

    The setup form shared by the ISO installer and first-boot owner setup, merged into quattro, reads its strings from Omarchy's language catalogs. It spoke only English. First-boot owner setup stays English, and a timezone fallback is preselected only when the network's guess fails.

14. Saturday, 24 October 2026 · In brief

    A disk stands in for the Omarchy ISO USB

    Mihai said the Omarchy Linux ISO can boot with no USB, with the disk standing in for it, and that a Linux version is releasing soon.

15. Friday, 23 October 2026

    China replicas come first on installs in China

    Pull request 16256, merged into quattro, puts Omarchy's China replicas first on installs in China and keeps the .org servers as the fallback. An install without a region marker is unchanged, and ARM platforms keep their own templates until a profile carries ARM mirrors.

16. Friday, 23 October 2026

    Apple Silicon package file omits the AUR line

    Pull request 16189, merged into quattro, takes the AUR repository out of the Apple Silicon pacman template. A Mac that is already installed keeps the line until omarchy-refresh-pacman or omarchy-channel-set rewrites the file.

17. Thursday, 22 October 2026

    First-run toast holds back only a definite nothing

    Pull request 16211, merged into quattro, sends the first-run update toast when omarchy-update-available finds an update or checkupdates lists a package. emirb wrote that only a definite nothing holds the toast back, so a failed check prompts as before.

18. Thursday, 22 October 2026

    Gaming installers request GPU libraries before the launcher

    Pull request 16046, merged into quattro, runs the GPU library helper before Lutris and Battle.net install umu-launcher. zihaomu wrote that, when the matching 32-bit Vulkan driver is absent, umu-launcher can resolve its lib32-vulkan-driver dependency to an NVIDIA package on an AMD or Intel machine.

19. Tuesday, 20 October 2026

    Try Omarchy version 1.1 uses the space around the notch

    Eduardo Martinez said Try Omarchy version 1.1 ships with notch support. He said compatible MacBooks turn it on or off in the launcher, and that an existing virtual machine upgrades by downloading the new launcher and booting.

20. Tuesday, 20 October 2026

    Node waits for the first command on a fresh install

    Pull request 15876, merged into quattro, stops setup from installing Node. The pull request says the first node, npm, or npx call installs it.

21. Tuesday, 20 October 2026

    Factory reset prompt keeps its question under sudo

    Pull request 16032, merged into quattro, exports OMARCHY_PATH so the factory reset's question shows under sudo. The pull request says the confirmation screen came up blank, so the user had to type the word reset without seeing the prompt.

22. Monday, 19 October 2026

    Limine's replaced command line lets a console migration finish

    Pull request 15852, merged into quattro, lets a console migration finish when Limine's config sets the kernel command line with = and leaves systemd.tty.term.console=dumb out. The pull request says every omarchy update on that machine aborts at that migration.

23. Monday, 19 October 2026

    Default command-line tools run directly after the first use

    Pull request 9596, merged into quattro, makes the default command-line tools install through mise on first use, instead of a wrapper that runs on every launch. The pull request says gh loops forever when it is mise's GitHub credential helper.

24. Monday, 19 October 2026

    Package refresh keeps the channel a machine is already on

    Pull request 15210, merged into quattro, keeps the current package channel when omarchy refresh pacman runs without a channel. The pull request says an x86 edge or rc install was otherwise silently given stable repositories.

25. Sunday, 18 October 2026

    Try Omarchy version 1.0 uses the Mac image

    Eduardo Martinez said Try Omarchy version 1.0 is available, and that it uses the new Omarchy Mac image and the official ARM package mirror. He said Omarchy can be updated inside the virtual machine.

26. Sunday, 18 October 2026

    Spotify's ARM menu entry installs the web player in quattro

    Pull request 15768, merged into quattro, installs Spotify's web player on ARM, where the Linux client is built for x86_64 only. Super + Shift + M opens that player. Nothing changes on x86_64.

27. Sunday, 18 October 2026

    Dropbox is offered on the ARM menu for 4K pages in quattro

    Pull request 15757, merged into quattro, offers Dropbox on ARM when the page size is 4096. birkskyum wrote that the client starts on a Yoga Slim 7x and reaches its link prompt in about 10 seconds, and that he did not link an account.

28. Sunday, 18 October 2026

    GeForce NOW, Battle.net, and Lutris hide on the ARM menu in quattro

    Pull request 15753, merged into quattro, hides GeForce NOW, Battle.net, and Lutris on ARM. The pull request says those three installers cannot work there, and that they stay available on x86_64.

29. Sunday, 18 October 2026 · In brief

    Go's name returns in 15 translated menus in quattro

    Pull request 15777, merged into quattro, puts the Go language name back in 15 translations that had translated it as the verb go. Estonian also gets Docker DB back in place of Dokker DB.

30. Friday, 16 October 2026

    Try Omarchy version 0.6.0 comes with Japanese input

    Eduardo Martinez said Try Omarchy version 0.6.0 is released, with JIS and Japanese input through Mozc, the line “Koren input support,” and a disk manager for its virtual machines.

31. Tuesday, 13 October 2026

    Superwhisper joins the fresh aarch64 install list on quattro

    pull request 15247, merged into quattro, drops the ARM exceptions so a fresh aarch64 install includes Superwhisper and lists it under Setup, then Defaults, then Dictation. ryanrhughes wrote that no live ARM desktop was available. The merge is not in version 4.0.4.

32. Monday, 12 October 2026

    Signed is the PDF signer on the merged package list, in place of Xournal++

    Pull request 14999 merges Signed, an app for signing a PDF and adding text and a date, in place of Xournal++ on the base package list. Existing installs keep Xournal++. The merge is not in version 4.0.4.

33. Sunday, 11 October 2026

    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.

34. Sunday, 11 October 2026

    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.

35. Sunday, 11 October 2026 · 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.

36. Saturday, 10 October 2026

    The edge installer's merged check reads its caller from the process list it can see

    Pull request 14799 merges a startup check that reads its parent from the process list it can see. An edge install had stopped while configuring Thunderbolt authorization. The merge is not in version 4.0.4.

37. Saturday, 10 October 2026

    First-run enables each user service on its own in the merged step

    Pull request 14796 merges a first-run step that enables user services one at a time. One missing service had stopped the whole list, including an edge migration. The merge is not in version 4.0.4.

38. Friday, 9 October 2026

    The Omarchy repository is listed before Arch in merged package defaults

    Pull request 14551 merges stable, release-candidate, and edge defaults that list the Omarchy package repository before Arch. The pull request says edge should wait for published override cleanup before that priority is enabled.

39. Friday, 9 October 2026

    Aarch64 offline installs look up that machine's Node tarball in the merged installer

    Pull request 14637 merges an installer change that unpacks the arm64 Node archive on aarch64, after an offline install stopped while looking for the x64 file.

40. Thursday, 8 October 2026

    Omarchy merges automatic approval for orphan removal during an update

    Pull request 14428 merges automatic approval of orphan cleanup during every update, so the update does not stop for that prompt.

41. Thursday, 8 October 2026

    The n1x branch merges a skip of 32-bit graphics drivers

    Pull request 14453 merges into the n1x branch a skip of the 32-bit graphics-driver step. The pull request says that step was stopping Steam and other game installers on 64-bit ARM.

42. Thursday, 8 October 2026

    Omarchy merges an edge-only Slack item under Install > Service

    Pull request 14434 merges an edge-only Slack item under Install > Service. The pull request says the entry only works on edge until omarchy-pkgs pull request 840 ships.

43. Monday, 5 October 2026

    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.

44. Monday, 5 October 2026

    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.