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  • now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.

    From Maurice Kinal@2:280/464.113 to Julius Robert Oppenheimer on Mon Oct 19 21:01:02 2026
    Hej Julius!

    <Esc>:read /proc/version
    Linux version 7.3.0 (root@europoint) (gcc (GCC) 16.2.1 20261018, GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.47.20260726) #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon Oct 19 20:47:29 UTC 2026

    Het leven is goed,
    Maurice

    -o -o -o -o -o o- o- o- -o o- o- -o -o -o -o -o
    (\ (\ (\ (\ (\ /) /) /) (\ /) /) (\ (\ (\ (\ (\
    ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^
    ... Swa cystigran hiwan, swa cynnigran gystas.
    The more generous the household, the more noble the guests.
    --- GNU bash, version 5.3.20(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
    * Origin: Little Mikey's EuroPoint @ (2:280/464.113)
  • From Nick Boel@1:154/10 to Maurice Kinal on Mon Oct 19 18:32:16 2026
    Hey Maurice!

    On Mon, Oct 19 2026 21:01:02, you wrote:

    Linux version 7.3.0

    Well? Any major milestones or significant changes with this one? Or was what I read (and mentioned awhile back) just a build-up to not very much? ;)

    Regards,
    Nick

    ... Sarcasm, because beating people up is illegal.
    --- AmberEdit/linux 0.9.3
    * Origin: thePharcyde_ telnet://bbs.pharcyde.org (Wisconsin) (1:154/10)
  • From Maurice Kinal@1:153/7001 to Nick Boel on Fri Oct 23 00:02:12 2026
    Hey Nick!

    Well? Any major milestones or significant changes with this one?

    So far it appears to be a tad faster bootup and sharper runtime response but I don't have any hardcore numbers to back that up ... yet. As we speak this machine is the only one running a v7.3 kernel.

    Or was what I read (and mentioned awhile back) just a build-up to
    not very much? ;)

    Offhand I think there was some truth to that hype. Definetly better than at least one of the 7.2 kernels I tried which is the reason I am holding off with v6.18 kernels on the other three machines for now.

    According to https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-kernel-7-3-release/ ;

    Filesystem speedups, scheduler work for gaming, and lower latency
    for real-time workloads lead the way, with hardware support and a
    few other smaller changes topping it off.

    I'll know better once I upgrade my 'new' workstation (Epyc) as it has 6 3.5" spinney drives - hot swappable - plus an onboard nvme which is the default boot device on there.

    How about Archlinux? Are we there yet?

    Life is good,
    Maurice

    o- o- -o o- o- -o -o -o -o -o -o o-
    /) /) (\ /) /) (\ (\ (\ (\ (\ (\ /)
    ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^
    ... Sceal þegna gehwilc geþylde nimon.
    Every man must acquire patience.
    --- GNU bash, version 5.3.20(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
    * Origin: Little Mikey's Brain - Ladysmith BC, Canada (1:153/7001)
  • From Maurice Kinal@2:280/464.113 to Maurice Kinal on Fri Oct 23 01:08:07 2026
    Hej Maurice!

    it has 6 3.5" spinney drives - hot swappable - plus an onboard nvme

    What? Two bootable nvme's not good enough for you? Mind you they are very fast so it is difficult to measure any latency on them compared with earlier kernels. They have always been fast although a tad slower than ddr5 ramdisks no matter which kernel versions. The slower spinney drives should tell the tale.

    Het leven is goed,
    Maurice

    ^-^-^-@@-^-^-^
    (..)-----;
    ||---||
    ^^ ^^
    ... A møøse once bit my sister ...
    --- GNU bash, version 5.3.20(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
    * Origin: Little Mikey's EuroPoint @ (2:280/464.113)
  • From esc@1:218/530 to Maurice Kinal on Thu Oct 22 22:24:12 2026
    Maurice Kinal wrote:
    How about Archlinux? Are we there yet?

    Not yet. I have a custom kernel build of 7.3 and so far so good, though any difference between it and 7.2 are probably imperceptible.

    -esc
    --- ViSiON/3 v0.9.4/Linux
    * Origin: gEMENON (1:218/530)