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darcmage

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Increased snappiness after 7.0.3-arch1-2?

Updated today and saw a noticeable improvement in performance on both laptop and desktop. Just curious about where it's coming from.

Upgrade log:

[2026-05-03T11:19:26-0400] [ALPM] upgraded libgcc (15.2.1+r604+g0b99615a8aef-1 -> 16.1.1+r12+g301eb08fa2c5-1)
[2026-05-03T11:19:26-0400] [ALPM] upgraded libstdc++ (15.2.1+r604+g0b99615a8aef-1 -> 16.1.1+r12+g301eb08fa2c5-1)
[2026-05-03T11:19:26-0400] [ALPM] upgraded gnutls (3.8.12-2 -> 3.8.13-1)
[2026-05-03T11:19:26-0400] [ALPM] upgraded curl (8.19.0-1 -> 8.20.0-3)
[2026-05-03T11:19:26-0400] [ALPM] upgraded binutils (2.46-1 -> 2.46+r70+g155188ea10a7-1)
[2026-05-03T11:19:26-0400] [ALPM] upgraded btop (1.4.6-2 -> 1.4.7-1)
[2026-05-03T11:19:26-0400] [ALPM] upgraded containerd (2.2.3-1 -> 2.3.0-1)
[2026-05-03T11:19:26-0400] [ALPM] upgraded libasan (15.2.1+r604+g0b99615a8aef-1 -> 16.1.1+r12+g301eb08fa2c5-1)
[2026-05-03T11:19:26-0400] [ALPM] upgraded liblsan (15.2.1+r604+g0b99615a8aef-1 -> 16.1.1+r12+g301eb08fa2c5-1)
[2026-05-03T11:19:26-0400] [ALPM] upgraded libtsan (15.2.1+r604+g0b99615a8aef-1 -> 16.1.1+r12+g301eb08fa2c5-1)
[2026-05-03T11:19:26-0400] [ALPM] upgraded libubsan (15.2.1+r604+g0b99615a8aef-1 -> 16.1.1+r12+g301eb08fa2c5-1)
[2026-05-03T11:19:26-0400] [ALPM] upgraded gcc (15.2.1+r604+g0b99615a8aef-1 -> 16.1.1+r12+g301eb08fa2c5-1)
[2026-05-03T11:19:26-0400] [ALPM] upgraded libatomic (15.2.1+r604+g0b99615a8aef-1 -> 16.1.1+r12+g301eb08fa2c5-1)
[2026-05-03T11:19:26-0400] [ALPM] upgraded libgfortran (15.2.1+r604+g0b99615a8aef-1 -> 16.1.1+r12+g301eb08fa2c5-1)
[2026-05-03T11:19:26-0400] [ALPM] upgraded libgomp (15.2.1+r604+g0b99615a8aef-1 -> 16.1.1+r12+g301eb08fa2c5-1)
[2026-05-03T11:19:26-0400] [ALPM] upgraded libobjc (15.2.1+r604+g0b99615a8aef-1 -> 16.1.1+r12+g301eb08fa2c5-1)
[2026-05-03T11:19:26-0400] [ALPM] upgraded libquadmath (15.2.1+r604+g0b99615a8aef-1 -> 16.1.1+r12+g301eb08fa2c5-1)
[2026-05-03T11:19:26-0400] [ALPM] upgraded gcc-libs (15.2.1+r604+g0b99615a8aef-1 -> 16.1.1+r12+g301eb08fa2c5-1)
[2026-05-03T11:19:26-0400] [ALPM] upgraded libsysprof-capture (50.0-1 -> 50.0-2)
[2026-05-03T11:19:26-0400] [ALPM] upgraded glib2 (2.88.0-1 -> 2.88.1-1)
[2026-05-03T11:19:27-0400] [ALPM] upgraded lib32-glibc (2.43+r22+g8362e8ce10b2-1 -> 2.43+r22+g8362e8ce10b2-2)
[2026-05-03T11:19:27-0400] [ALPM] upgraded lib32-gcc-libs (15.2.1+r604+g0b99615a8aef-1 -> 16.1.1+r12+g301eb08fa2c5-1)
[2026-05-03T11:19:27-0400] [ALPM] upgraded lib32-gnutls (3.8.12-1 -> 3.8.13-1)
[2026-05-03T11:19:27-0400] [ALPM] upgraded lib32-curl (8.19.0-1 -> 8.20.0-3)
[2026-05-03T11:19:27-0400] [ALPM] upgraded lib32-glib2 (2.88.0-1 -> 2.88.1-1)
[2026-05-03T11:19:27-0400] [ALPM] upgraded libcurl-compat (8.19.0-1 -> 8.20.0-3)
[2026-05-03T11:19:27-0400] [ALPM] upgraded libtool (2.6.0-4 -> 2.6.0+r23+gb08cb0a0-1)
[2026-05-03T11:19:27-0400] [ALPM] upgraded libvirt (1:12.2.0-1 -> 1:12.3.0-1)
[2026-05-03T11:19:27-0400] [ALPM] upgraded libvirt-python (1:12.2.0-1 -> 1:12.3.0-1)
[2026-05-03T11:19:27-0400] [ALPM] upgraded linux (7.0.3.arch1-1 -> 7.0.3.arch1-2)
[2026-05-03T11:19:29-0400] [ALPM] upgraded linux-headers (7.0.3.arch1-1 -> 7.0.3.arch1-2)
[2026-05-03T11:19:30-0400] [ALPM] upgraded linux-lts (6.18.25-1 -> 6.18.26-2)
[2026-05-03T11:19:33-0400] [ALPM] upgraded linux-lts-headers (6.18.25-1 -> 6.18.26-2)
[2026-05-03T11:19:33-0400] [ALPM] upgraded mangohud (0.8.2-3 -> 0.8.3-2)
[2026-05-03T11:19:33-0400] [ALPM] upgraded onetbb (2022.3.0-4 -> 2023.0.0-1)
[2026-05-03T11:19:33-0400] [ALPM] upgraded python-cachetools (7.0.6-1 -> 7.1.0-1)
[2026-05-03T11:19:33-0400] [ALPM] upgraded python-textual (8.2.4-1 -> 8.2.5-1)
[2026-05-03T11:19:33-0400] [ALPM] upgraded python-wcwidth (0.6.0-1 -> 0.7.0-1)
[2026-05-03T11:19:33-0400] [ALPM] upgraded sdl3 (3.4.4-1 -> 3.4.8-1)
[2026-05-03T11:19:33-0400] [ALPM] upgraded sdl2-compat (2.32.66-1 -> 2.32.68-1)
[2026-05-03T11:19:33-0400] [ALPM] upgraded sdl2_image (2.8.10-1 -> 2.8.12-1)
[2026-05-03T11:19:33-0400] [ALPM] upgraded srt (1.5.4-1 -> 1.5.5-1)
[2026-05-03T11:19:33-0400] [ALPM] upgraded stress-ng (0.21.00-1 -> 0.21.01-1)
[2026-05-03T11:19:33-0400] [ALPM] upgraded turbostat (7.0.2-1 -> 7.0.3-1)
[2026-05-03T11:19:34-0400] [ALPM] upgraded wine (11.7-1 -> 11.8-1)

jl2

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Re: Increased snappiness after 7.0.3-arch1-2?

The pkgrel (number behind the dash) is used to update the build script, without changing the package source for compiling.

https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/ … b7432c2be1
GCC was bumped to 16.1.

You can find the changelogs in the top-right corner of the package's page

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faetter

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Re: Increased snappiness after 7.0.3-arch1-2?

I also thought I noticed some changes when I upgraded from 6.19.14.arch1-1 to 7.0.3.arch1-2

Had read about some 7.0 performance improvements on phoronix a while ago, but when I had a look I couldn't pinpoint anything that would immediately apply to my setup. Maybe it's this though: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0-MM

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Re: Increased snappiness after 7.0.3-arch1-2?

I also thought I noticed some changes when I upgraded from 6.19.14.arch1-1 to 7.0.3.arch1-2

[2026-05-03T11:19:27-0400] [ALPM] upgraded linux (7.0.3.arch1-1 -> 7.0.3.arch1-2)

You have some odd humor.

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faetter

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Re: Increased snappiness after 7.0.3-arch1-2?

I also thought I noticed some changes when I upgraded from 6.19.14.arch1-1 to 7.0.3.arch1-2

[2026-05-03T11:19:27-0400] [ALPM] upgraded linux (7.0.3.arch1-1 -> 7.0.3.arch1-2)

You have some odd humor.

So I'm told... but my implicit point was that I'm not sure the increased snappiness is exclusively attributable to pkgrel 2, which may have gone unnoticed by the OP

Last edited by faetter (2026-05-08 19:08:24)

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Re: Increased snappiness after 7.0.3-arch1-2?

which may have gone unnoticed by the OP

Oh sorry, I thought you were the OP, didn't mean to be offensive ,:-)

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Re: Increased snappiness after 7.0.3-arch1-2?

hehe, don't worry, I'll live

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