Subj : now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.
To   : Nick Boel
From : Maurice Kinal
Date : Fri Oct 23 2026 12:02 am

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

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