Rime 2026.10.08.2
Games run faster, and Gaming Mode switches to and from the desktop in about a second
3 changes, to gaming, the system and Rime Shell.
Highlights
Games run faster, and Gaming Mode switches to and from the desktop in about a second
Games run faster on Rime. Windows games use the kernel's NT synchronisation driver. Gaming Mode switches off laptop power saving for the session. Laptops with a tuned Rime profile run the processor at its rated power instead of a lower firmware limit.
Cooler Boost and fan control on MSI laptops
Rime can now control the fans and Cooler Boost on many more MSI laptops (rime fan mode max / auto). On a laptop whose Rime profile sets a battery charge limit, the limit now takes effect, so the battery stops charging at 80 %.
Gaming Mode switches to and from the desktop without the login screen
Switching to Gaming Mode from the power menu no longer goes through the login screen, and quitting Steam brings you back to the desktop you came from.
Known issues
No known release-blocking issues.
Provenance
- Release
- 2026.10.08.2
- OS revision
- 5528b37c2d21ed7a5343d12ef330edaa29f28f4d
- Shell revision
- 4aa938a0fe00979e3e7e01243ade00f1e223738f
- Image digest
- sha256:621e645f0165e9cc79b080e68c72050b0d17a57a3c7027cf843f74c485fb168d
- Channel
- edge
- Released
- 2026-10-08T04:01:58.000Z
Published to every image tag (apex, daily, edge, gaming-mesa, gaming-nvidia, rime). All of them are the edge channel today. This page explains the release; it is never consulted by an update. What a machine installs is decided by the registry and the image signature (see Security). Machine-readable: 2026.10.08.2.json.
If something is wrong
Go back to the image you were running before this one. It becomes the default at the next boot; your files and settings stay as they are.
sudo rime rollback && sudo systemctl rebootOn an APEX-named system the command is apex. You can also pick the previous entry in the boot menu. More in Rolling back and Recovery.