A new XanMod Linux Kernel based on Linux Kernel 5.10 has been released. XanMod is a general-purpose Linux kernel distribution with custom settings and new features. The real-time version is recommended for critical runtime applications such as Linux gaming eSports, streaming, live productions and ultra-low latency enthusiasts.

XanMod is a general-purpose Linux kernel distribution with custom settings and new features. Built to provide a stable, responsive and smooth desktop experience.

The real-time version is recommended for critical runtime applications such as Linux gaming eSports, streaming, live productions and ultra-low latency enthusiasts.

Supports all recent 64-bit versions of Debian and Ubuntu-based systems.

Main Features

• Preemptive Full Tickless Kernel at 500Hz w/ Tuned CPU Core Scheduler.
• RCU Boost for better responsiveness and lower overall system latency.
• Block Layer w/ multi-threaded runqueue for high I/O throughput.
• Caching, Virtual Memory Manager and CPUFreq Governor improvements.
• BBR TCP Congestion Control + FQ-PIE Packet Scheduling and AQM Algorithm [5.8].
• ORC Unwinder for Kernel Stack Traces (debuginfo) implementation.
• Third-party patchset available: ZSTD kernel, initrd and modules support [5.8][5.6-rt], Full x86_64 FSGSBASE instructions [5.8], Clear Linux [partial], CK's Hrtimer Patchset [5.8][5.4], Wine / Proton Fsync, PCIe ACS Override, BMQ Process Scheduler [5.4 stock disabled], Aufs [5.4] and GCC graysky's.
• Real-time Linux kernel (PREEMPT_RT) build available [5.6-rt][5.4-rt].
• Generic kernel package for compatibility with most Debian & Ubuntu based distributions. Built on the latest GCC 10.2 and Binutils 2.35.
• GPLv2 license. Can be built for any distribution or purpose.

Install via Terminal

echo 'deb  http://deb.xanmod.org releases main' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/xanmod-kernel.list && wget -qO -  https://dl.xanmod.org/gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -

Then update and install:

sudo apt update && sudo apt install linux-xanmod

Reboot.

Meta packages available: linux-xanmod [5.8], linux-xanmod-edge [5.8], linux-xanmod-lts [5.4], linux-xanmod-rt-edge [5.6-rt] and linux-xanmod-rt [5.4-rt].

To try without adding the repository

Download from Sourceforge and install:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/xanmod/files/

1. In terminal:

   sudo dpkg -i linux-image-*xanmod*.deb linux-headers-*xanmod*.deb

2. Reboot.

• Check it:

  cat /proc/version

* linux-firmware-image package is optional

Linux 5.10.10-xanmod1

• 81b2b3a Linux 5.10.10-xanmod1
• 2225ffd Merge tag 'v5.10.10' into 5.10
• 8dc0fcb Linux 5.10.10
• 3fe6036 spi: cadence: cache reference clock rate during probe
• da02e4c spi: fsl: Fix driver breakage when SPI_CS_HIGH is not set in spi->mode
• 04ed7f1 cxgb4/chtls: Fix tid stuck due to wrong update of qid
• d0b97c8 net: dsa: unbind all switches from tree when DSA master unbinds
• 6423b21 mac80211: check if atf has been disabled in __ieee80211_schedule_txq
• a00432f mac80211: do not drop tx nulldata packets on encrypted links
• a6d508c drm/panel: otm8009a: allow using non-continuous dsi clock
• fd21e00 can: mcp251xfd: mcp251xfd_handle_rxif_one(): fix wrong NULL pointer check
• 65accf0 net: stmmac: use __napi_schedule() for PREEMPT_RT
• 6f3fe96 rxrpc: Fix handling of an unsupported token type in rxrpc_read()
• 2bfb953 net: dsa: clear devlink port type before unregistering slave netdevs
• c469b23 net: phy: smsc: fix clk error handling
• ad2175c dt-bindings: net: renesas,etheravb: RZ/G2H needs tx-internal-delay-ps
• 024158d net: avoid 32 x truesize under-estimation for tiny skbs
• 72cfe5b net: stmmac: fix taprio configuration when base_time is in the past
• 34f782b net: stmmac: fix taprio schedule configuration
• 00442a9 net: sit: unregister_netdevice on newlink's error path
• 5ae7725 net: stmmac: Fixed mtu channged by cache aligned
• 741690d i40e: fix potential NULL pointer dereferencing
• 7c85d8e rxrpc: Call state should be read with READ_ONCE() under some circumstances
• 1e5a4c7 net: dcb: Accept RTM_GETDCB messages carrying set-like DCB commands
• dbdca9d net: dcb: Validate netlink message in DCB handler
• 2641363 esp: avoid unneeded kmap_atomic call
• 3c64191 rndis_host: set proper input size for OID_GEN_PHYSICAL_MEDIUM request
• f999ca8 net: mvpp2: Remove Pause and Asym_Pause support
• 82f72e4 mlxsw: core: Increase critical threshold for ASIC thermal zone
• d2bfbfc mlxsw: core: Add validation of transceiver temperature thresholds
• 60b8b4e tipc: fix NULL deref in tipc_link_xmit()
• bbcb474 net: ipv6: Validate GSO SKB before finish IPv6 processing
• 5a61d9f netxen_nic: fix MSI/MSI-x interrupts
• 4b97ce0 udp: Prevent reuseport_select_sock from reading uninitialized socks
• 24cd331 net: fix use-after-free when UDP GRO with shared fraglist
• 7d5c389 net: ipa: modem: add missing SET_NETDEV_DEV() for proper sysfs links
• 31ad072 bpf: Fix helper bpf_map_peek_elem_proto pointing to wrong callback
• de661ca bpf: Support PTR_TO_MEM{,_OR_NULL} register spilling
• 3ed2999 bpf: Don't leak memory in bpf getsockopt when optlen == 0
• fdcaa4a nfsd4: readdirplus shouldn't return parent of export
• 90bd4a0 X.509: Fix crash caused by NULL pointer
• 5f52a8a bpf: Fix signed_{sub,add32}_overflows type handling
• 99ea120 drm/amdgpu/display: drop DCN support for aarch64
• 4473923 x86/hyperv: Initialize clockevents after LAPIC is initialized
• 1200a5b bpf: Fix selftest compilation on clang 11
• 57dc19a Revert "kconfig: remove 'kvmconfig' and 'xenconfig' shorthands"

Homepage
Download Linux 5.10.10-xanmod1 source from GitHub