diff --git a/.github/workflows/pentoo-binpkgs.yaml b/.github/workflows/pentoo-binpkgs.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..32d1ef9ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/pentoo-binpkgs.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+name: Pentoo Binpkg Check
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "6 * * * *"
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+jobs:
+  pentoo-binpkg-check:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    -
+      name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 0
+    -
+      name: Set up Docker Buildx
+      uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+    -
+      name: List added files
+      run: git diff-tree --no-commit-id --name-only -r ${{ github.sha }}
+    -
+      name: Binpkg Check
+      run: |
+        sudo docker build --progress=plain . -f scripts/qa/Dockerfile.binpkg
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pentoo-visibility.yaml b/.github/workflows/pentoo-visibility.yaml
index 4cfc10e28..fc79d0c50 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pentoo-visibility.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pentoo-visibility.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: Pentoo Visibility Check
 
 on:
   schedule:
-    - cron: "3 * * * *"
+    - cron: "6 * * * *"
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - master
diff --git a/pentoo/pentoo-desktop/pentoo-desktop-2025.3-r3.ebuild b/pentoo/pentoo-desktop/pentoo-desktop-2026.0.ebuild
similarity index 97%
rename from pentoo/pentoo-desktop/pentoo-desktop-2025.3-r3.ebuild
rename to pentoo/pentoo-desktop/pentoo-desktop-2026.0.ebuild
index bd9365fbd..455b72ed7 100644
--- a/pentoo/pentoo-desktop/pentoo-desktop-2025.3-r3.ebuild
+++ b/pentoo/pentoo-desktop/pentoo-desktop-2026.0.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -41,9 +41,7 @@ PDEPEND="X? (
 		pulseaudio? (
 			|| ( kde? ( media-sound/pavucontrol-qt ) media-sound/pavucontrol )
 		)
-		vnc? (
-			|| ( kde? ( kde-apps/krdc ) net-misc/tigervnc )
-		)
+		vnc? ( kde? ( kde-apps/krdc ) )
 		firefox? (
 			pentoo-in-a-container? (
 				|| ( www-client/firefox-bin www-client/firefox )
diff --git a/profiles/pentoo/base/package.mask b/profiles/pentoo/base/package.mask
index 2c707314c..00c74ad7c 100644
--- a/profiles/pentoo/base/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/pentoo/base/package.mask
@@ -70,8 +70,5 @@ sci-libs/mkl
 <llvm-core/llvm-18
 <llvm-core/clang-18
 
-# Gentoo bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/968358
->=dev-python/ipykernel-7.1.0
-
-# Gentoo bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/969510
-=dev-util/unicorn-2.1.4
+# force ffmpeg update
+<media-video/ffmpeg-7.1.3
diff --git a/profiles/pentoo/base/package.use/net-misc b/profiles/pentoo/base/package.use/net-misc
index 5ea6048a7..d05ff4026 100644
--- a/profiles/pentoo/base/package.use/net-misc
+++ b/profiles/pentoo/base/package.use/net-misc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ net-misc/modemmanager mbim
 net-misc/networkmanager connection-sharing nftables
 net-misc/ntpsec rclock_gpsd rclock_generic rclock_shm rclock_pps rclock_nmea rclock_modem
 net-misc/openssh ldns security-key xmss -ldap
-net-misc/remmina rdp spice ssh vnc zeroconf
+net-misc/remmina gvnc rdp spice ssh vnc zeroconf
 net-misc/spice-gtk gtk3 python usbredir
 net-vpn/openvpn -static
 net-vpn/tor nat-pmp tor-hardening transparent-proxy upnp threads
diff --git a/scripts/qa/Dockerfile.binpkg b/scripts/qa/Dockerfile.binpkg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6ee4614e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/qa/Dockerfile.binpkg
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+FROM pentoolinux/pentoo-core
+
+# Setup repos
+WORKDIR /var/db/repos/
+# setup gentoo repo
+RUN git clone https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo.git --depth 1
+# setup pentoo repo
+#RUN git clone https://github.com/pentoo/pentoo-overlay.git pentoo --depth 1
+# Use the github checkout for pentoo, that's what we are testing
+COPY . pentoo
+
+#Regen doubles the time it takes for the action to run
+#Revisit if this is worth running when we have >2 emerge calls
+#RUN time FEATURES="-ipc-sandbox -network-sandbox -pid-sandbox" emerge --regen --jobs=$(nproc) --quiet
+
+WORKDIR /home
+
+# disable minimal (pentoo-core is default minimal)
+RUN sed -i 's# pentoo-minimal##' /etc/portage/make.conf
+
+#test install pentoo/pentoo
+RUN time FEATURES="getbinpkg -ipc-sandbox -network-sandbox -pid-sandbox" emerge --getbinpkg=y --buildpkg=n --jobs=$(nproc) --load-average=$(nproc) --deep --update --newuse pentoo/pentoo --verbose --pretend
diff --git a/scripts/qa/Dockerfile.visibility b/scripts/qa/Dockerfile.visibility
index 03b069093..29766e08f 100644
--- a/scripts/qa/Dockerfile.visibility
+++ b/scripts/qa/Dockerfile.visibility
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ WORKDIR /home
 RUN sed -i 's# pentoo-minimal##' /etc/portage/make.conf
 
 #test install pentoo/pentoo
-RUN time FEATURES="-ipc-sandbox -network-sandbox -pid-sandbox" emerge --getbinpkg=y --buildpkg=n --jobs=$(nproc) --load-average=$(nproc) --deep --update --newuse pentoo/pentoo --verbose --pretend
+RUN time FEATURES="-getbinpkg -ipc-sandbox -network-sandbox -pid-sandbox" emerge --getbinpkg=n --buildpkg=n --jobs=$(nproc) --load-average=$(nproc) --deep --update --newuse pentoo/pentoo --verbose --pretend
diff --git a/scripts/qa/test-build b/scripts/qa/test-build
index 8cc668601..fc28703d4 100755
--- a/scripts/qa/test-build
+++ b/scripts/qa/test-build
@@ -14,10 +14,14 @@ dep_build() {
   emerge --getbinpkg=y --buildpkg=n --jobs="$(nproc)" --load-average="$(nproc)" --verbose --onlydeps "${1}"
 }
 
-build() {
+binpkg_build() {
   emerge --getbinpkg=y --buildpkg=n --jobs="$(nproc)" --load-average="$(nproc)" --verbose "${1}"
 }
 
+build() {
+  FEATURES="${FEATURES} -getbinpkg" emerge --getbinpkg=n --buildpkg=n --jobs="$(nproc)" --load-average="$(nproc)" --verbose "${1}"
+}
+
 for i in $(git --no-pager diff --name-only "$(git rev-parse --verify origin/master 2> /dev/null)" HEAD); do
   if [ "${i%.ebuild}" != "${i}" ]; then
     test_ebuild="$(printf '%s' "${i%.ebuild}" | awk -F'/' '{print "="$1"/"$3}')"
@@ -27,11 +31,16 @@ for i in $(git --no-pager diff --name-only "$(git rev-parse --verify origin/mast
       printf '%s appears to be unmasked, building deps\n' "${i}"
       if dep_build "${test_ebuild}"; then
         printf '%s deps have built, build testing\n' "${i}"
-        if build "${test_ebuild}"; then
-          printf '%s build SUCCESS\n' "${i}"
+        if binpkg_build "${test_ebuild}"; then
+          printf '%s binpkg build SUCCESS\n' "${i}"
         else
-          printf '%s build FAILED\n' "${i}"
-          FAILED="1"
+          printf '%s binpkg build FAILED\n' "${i}"
+          if build "${test_ebuild}"; then
+            printf '%s build without binpkgs SUCCESS\n' "${i}"
+          else
+            printf '%s build without binpkgs also FAILED\n' "${i}"
+            FAILED="1"
+          fi
         fi
       else
         printf 'WARNING WARNING WARNING\n'