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37 changes: 23 additions & 14 deletions README.md
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AI Graphics with full backup and undo, and a page that shows — with evidence —
what is really in effect.

[![Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-2.3.0-6c5ce7?style=for-the-badge)](https://github.com/biglinux/bigamemode/releases)
[![Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-2.3.1-6c5ce7?style=for-the-badge)](https://github.com/biglinux/bigamemode/releases)
[![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-GPL--3.0--or--later-2ea44f?style=for-the-badge)](LICENSE)
[![Rust](https://img.shields.io/badge/Rust-1.85%2B-dea584?style=for-the-badge&logo=rust&logoColor=white)](https://www.rust-lang.org/)
[![GTK4](https://img.shields.io/badge/GTK4-libadwaita-4a86cf?style=for-the-badge&logo=gnome&logoColor=white)](https://gnome.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/libadwaita/)
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> One rule runs through the project: **nothing is offered that the machine
> cannot do, and nothing is called an improvement without a measurement.**

## Unreleased

- **Fixed falcond compatibility handling on older x86-64 CPUs.** falcond 2.0.14
built for x86-64-v3 dies with an illegal instruction (SIGILL) on processors
without AVX2/BMI2, such as Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge
([#4](https://github.com/biglinux/bigamemode/issues/4)); those processors
need a falcond built for the x86-64 baseline. Big Game Mode now names that
failure (Home, Details, the tray and the support report) instead of
suggesting a restart, keeps Turbo off and disables falcond when it crashes
right after starting, and can turn Turbo off again after such a failure.
See [docs/issue-4-falcond-sigill.md](docs/issue-4-falcond-sigill.md).

## What's new in 2.3.0
## What's new in 2.3.1

- **Processors without AVX2/BMI2** (Sandy Bridge, Ivy Bridge and older):
falcond 2.0.14 built for x86-64-v3 dies there with an illegal instruction
([#4](https://github.com/biglinux/bigamemode/issues/4)). Big Game Mode now
names that failure (Home, Details, the tray and the support report) instead
of suggesting a restart, and **Turbo still comes on** with the general
settings, as on a system without falcond. That falcond build is not started
again until the package changes; a falcond built for the x86-64 baseline is
used as soon as it is installed. See
[docs/issue-4-falcond-sigill.md](docs/issue-4-falcond-sigill.md).
- **A falcond that crashes at start** no longer stays enabled to crash again
at every boot, and Turbo can be turned off after it.
- **Game detection:** the Steam runtime's library cache tool (`ldconfig`) is
no longer taken for the running game.
- **Details:** fix commands with `&&` no longer log a markup error.
- **Packaging:** the BigLinux package builders receive only the branches they
can build (`main`, `testing-*`, `stable-*`); pull requests are checked by a
separate workflow. See
[docs/ci-workflows-audit.md](docs/ci-workflows-audit.md).

### 2.3.0

- **Big Game Mode** is the name you see everywhere; package names, the
application id and file locations are unchanged.
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members = ["bigame-core", "bigame-daemon", "bigame-ui"]

[workspace.package]
version = "2.3.0"
version = "2.3.1"
authors = ["Rafael Ruscher <rruscher@gmail.com>"]
edition = "2024"
license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
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</recommends>

<releases>
<release version="2.3.1" date="2026-10-08">
<description>
<p>Processors without AVX2, such as Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge: when the installed falcond cannot run on them, Turbo still comes on with the general settings, says why, and does not start that falcond again until the package changes.</p>
<ul>
<li>A falcond that crashes at start no longer stays enabled to crash again at every boot, and Turbo can be turned off after it</li>
<li>The Steam runtime's library cache tool is no longer taken for the running game</li>
</ul>
</description>
</release>
<release version="2.3.0" date="2026-10-06">
<description>
<p>The product is now called Big Game Mode. The tray is a quick control with Turbo, the four presets and its own symbolic icon. Steam, Heroic and Lutris opened before a preset can be reopened from a notice. A profile can be started from its editor with Turbo. Home names the CPU and every GPU on any machine.</p>
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