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  "schema": 1,
  "id": "2026.10.08.2",
  "product": "rime",
  "name": "Rime 2026.10.08.2",
  "title": "Games run faster, and Gaming Mode switches to and from the desktop in about a second",
  "date": "2026-10-08T04:01:58.000Z",
  "channels": [
    "apex",
    "daily",
    "edge",
    "gaming-mesa",
    "gaming-nvidia",
    "platform-apex",
    "platform-daily",
    "platform-gaming-mesa",
    "platform-gaming-nvidia",
    "platform-rime",
    "rime"
  ],
  "predecessor": "2026.10.08",
  "notes": "https://rimeos.com/updates/2026.10.08.2",
  "summary": "3 changes, to gaming, the system and Rime Shell.",
  "provenance": {
    "osRevision": "5528b37c2d21ed7a5343d12ef330edaa29f28f4d",
    "shellRevision": "4aa938a0fe00979e3e7e01243ade00f1e223738f",
    "imageDigest": "sha256:621e645f0165e9cc79b080e68c72050b0d17a57a3c7027cf843f74c485fb168d",
    "build": "https://github.com/AndreNijman/rime-os/actions/runs/37718479672",
    "iso": null,
    "reissues": []
  },
  "highlights": [
    "games-run-faster-and-gaming-mode-switches-to-and",
    "cooler-boost-and-fan-control-on-msi-laptops",
    "gaming-mode-switches-to-and-from-the-desktop-wit"
  ],
  "changes": [
    {
      "id": "games-run-faster-and-gaming-mode-switches-to-and",
      "area": "gaming",
      "kind": "new",
      "title": "Games run faster, and Gaming Mode switches to and from the desktop in about a second",
      "summary": "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.",
      "source": [
        "https://github.com/AndreNijman/rime-os/pull/92"
      ],
      "breaking": false
    },
    {
      "id": "cooler-boost-and-fan-control-on-msi-laptops",
      "area": "system",
      "kind": "new",
      "title": "Cooler Boost and fan control on MSI laptops",
      "summary": "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 %.",
      "source": [
        "https://github.com/AndreNijman/rime-os/pull/93"
      ],
      "breaking": false
    },
    {
      "id": "gaming-mode-switches-to-and-from-the-desktop-wit",
      "area": "shell",
      "kind": "new",
      "title": "Gaming Mode switches to and from the desktop without the login screen",
      "summary": "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.",
      "source": [
        "https://github.com/AndreNijman/rime-shell/pull/39"
      ],
      "breaking": false
    }
  ],
  "knownIssues": [],
  "rollback": null,
  "maintenance": false
}