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CachyOS kernel moves to 7.3.1, new sched branch

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The kernel packages and the kernel repo both land on 7.3.1-1 today, with a new 7.3/sched branch alongside the trimmed-back 7.3/t2 patch set.

CachyOS Linux 7.3.1-1 CachyOS/linux

by ptr1337

The release notes describe the change as a rebase from 7.3.0 to 7.3.1 and the opening of a 7.3/sched branch; the 7.3/t2 branch drops its ACPI battery/adapter disable for x86 Apple machines, early CPU offlining for Apple T2 systems, 5K amdgpu support, and the Broadcom vendor-bit strip in the Bluetooth legacy adv report handler. Anyone tracking T2 or 5K on the testing branch should expect those b...

7.3.1-1 CachyOS/linux-cachyos

by Peter Jung

The linux-cachyos PKGBUILD side follows the release tag at the same 7.3.1-1 version, so the package line and the kernel repo stay in lockstep.

cachyos-rate-mirrors: keep zyner as first only for archlinux CachyOS/CachyOS-PKGBUILDS

by Vladislav Nepogodin

cachyos-rate-mirrors now keeps zyner first in the ranking only for archlinux, rather than for every mirror list the tool ranks.

Add KR (mirror.pileus.kr) mirror to cachyos-mirrorlist (#1821) CachyOS/CachyOS-PKGBUILDS

by Lim Woojin

A South Korean mirror, mirror.pileus.kr, joins cachyos-mirrorlist; the status page already reports the South Korea KRFOSS 5 mirror answering 200 in 247 ms alongside it.

helium-browser-bin: update to 0.20.3.1 CachyOS/cachyos-aur-derived

by github-actions

The long tail: helium-browser-bin 0.20.2.1 to 0.20.3.1 and obs-pipewire-audio-capture 1.2.1 to 1.2.2 arrived through the automated PKGBUILD updater, and lenovolegionlinux was bumped to v0.1.5.

Quick answers

What shipped in CachyOS on October 31, 2026?
The kernel packages and the kernel repo both land on 7.3.1-1 today, with a new 7.3/sched branch alongside the trimmed-back 7.3/t2 patch set. In total, 47 commits, 5 pull requests, and 1 releases landed.
Who contributed to CachyOS on October 31, 2026?
6 developers shipped this update, including Lim Woojin, ReallyNotPikachu, Peter Jung, Vladislav Nepogodin, tungnon, and github-actions.
What were the notable CachyOS updates?
CachyOS Linux 7.3.1-1, 7.3.1-1, and cachyos-rate-mirrors: keep zyner as first only for archlinux.