A new XanMod Linux Kernel based on the latest Linux LTS Kernel 5.10.103 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, linux-xanmod-edge, linux-xanmod-lts, linux-xanmod-rt-edge and linux-xanmod-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 5.10.103-xanmod1

35a2adb Linux 5.10.103-xanmod1
654b04b Merge tag 'v5.10.103' into 5.10
915a747 Linux 5.10.103
78706b0 memblock: use kfree() to release kmalloced memblock regions
4185b78 gpio: tegra186: Fix chip_data type confusion
bb2e0a7 tty: n_gsm: fix deadlock in gsmtty_open()
e4c8cb9 tty: n_gsm: fix wrong tty control line for flow control
1f0641d tty: n_gsm: fix NULL pointer access due to DLCI release
1e35cb9 tty: n_gsm: fix proper link termination after failed open
90b47e6 tty: n_gsm: fix encoding of control signal octet bit DV
9e2dbc3 riscv: fix oops caused by irqsoff latency tracer
e098933 thermal: int340x: fix memory leak in int3400_notify()
5b1cef5 RDMA/cma: Do not change route.addr.src_addr outside state checks
8fe4da5 driver core: Free DMA range map when device is released
2148247 xhci: Prevent futile URB re-submissions due to incorrect return value.
0b0a229 xhci: re-initialize the HC during resume if HCE was set
328faee usb: dwc3: gadget: Let the interrupt handler disable bottom halves.
e57bdee usb: dwc3: pci: Fix Bay Trail phy GPIO mappings
99b2425 usb: dwc2: drd: fix soft connect when gadget is unconfigured
c786688 USB: serial: option: add Telit LE910R1 compositions
220ba17 USB: serial: option: add support for DW5829e
3a1dd56 tracefs: Set the group ownership in apply_options() not parse_options()
bfa8ffb USB: gadget: validate endpoint index for xilinx udc
4ce247a usb: gadget: rndis: add spinlock for rndis response list
ddc254f Revert "USB: serial: ch341: add new Product ID for CH341A"
d3fce1b ata: pata_hpt37x: disable primary channel on HPT371
18701d8 sc16is7xx: Fix for incorrect data being transmitted
d5ddd73 iio: Fix error handling for PM
eabcc60 iio: imu: st_lsm6dsx: wait for settling time in st_lsm6dsx_read_oneshot
b8d411a iio: adc: ad7124: fix mask used for setting AIN_BUFP & AIN_BUFM bits
1aa12ec iio: adc: men_z188_adc: Fix a resource leak in an error handling path
afbeee1 tracing: Have traceon and traceoff trigger honor the instance
99eb8d6 RDMA/ib_srp: Fix a deadlock
a7ab53d configfs: fix a race in configfs_{,un}register_subsystem()
0ecd3e3 RDMA/rtrs-clt: Move free_permit from free_clt to rtrs_clt_close
b0ecf9e RDMA/rtrs-clt: Kill wait_for_inflight_permits
8260f18 RDMA/rtrs-clt: Fix possible double free in error case
dc64aa4 regmap-irq: Update interrupt clear register for proper reset
2efece1 spi: spi-zynq-qspi: Fix a NULL pointer dereference in zynq_qspi_exec_mem_op()
67819b9 net/mlx5e: kTLS, Use CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY for device-offloaded packets
be55d3e net/mlx5: Fix wrong limitation of metadata match on ecpf
8d61711 net/mlx5: Fix possible deadlock on rule deletion
1c59128 udp_tunnel: Fix end of loop test in udp_tunnel_nic_unregister()
a184f4d surface: surface3_power: Fix battery readings on batteries without a serial number
91f56a8 net/smc: Use a mutex for locking "struct smc_pnettable"
7e9880e netfilter: nf_tables: fix memory leak during stateful obj update
af4bc92 nfp: flower: Fix a potential leak in nfp_tunnel_add_shared_mac()
58a6d5f net: Force inlining of checksum functions in net/checksum.h
550d98a net: ll_temac: check the return value of devm_kmalloc()
0fc1847 net/sched: act_ct: Fix flow table lookup after ct clear or switching zones
bc8f768 net/mlx5e: Fix wrong return value on ioctl EEPROM query failure
fd020ea drm/edid: Always set RGB444
1df9d55 openvswitch: Fix setting ipv6 fields causing hw csum failure
dac2490 gso: do not skip outer ip header in case of ipip and net_failover
b692d5d tipc: Fix end of loop tests for list_for_each_entry()
c572224 net: __pskb_pull_tail() & pskb_carve_frag_list() drop_monitor friends
4a93c65 io_uring: add a schedule point in io_add_buffers()
7ef94bf bpf: Add schedule points in batch ops
4f5d47e selftests: bpf: Check bpf_msg_push_data return value
d0caa72 bpf: Do not try bpf_msg_push_data with len 0
962b2a3 hwmon: Handle failure to register sensor with thermal zone correctly
d8b7831 bnxt_en: Fix active FEC reporting to ethtool
7e1eae5 bnx2x: fix driver load from initrd
51e9606 perf data: Fix double free in perf_session__delete()
5419b5b ping: remove pr_err from ping_lookup
5da1786 optee: use driver internal tee_context for some rpc
eb35461 tee: export teedev_open() and teedev_close_context()
bae7fc6 x86/fpu: Correct pkru/xstate inconsistency
68f1984 netfilter: nf_tables_offload: incorrect flow offload action array size
69560ef CDC-NCM: avoid overflow in sanity checking
2aeba1e USB: zaurus: support another broken Zaurus
4f5f541 sr9700: sanity check for packet length
55eec5c drm/i915: Correctly populate use_sagv_wm for all pipes
ff91348 drm/amdgpu: disable MMHUB PG for Picasso
72fdfc7 KVM: x86/mmu: make apf token non-zero to fix bug
646b532 parisc/unaligned: Fix ldw() and stw() unalignment handlers
397b543 parisc/unaligned: Fix fldd and fstd unaligned handlers on 32-bit kernel
698dc7d vhost/vsock: don't check owner in vhost_vsock_stop() while releasing
84e303b clk: jz4725b: fix mmc0 clock gating
72a5b01 btrfs: tree-checker: check item_size for dev_item
5c967dd btrfs: tree-checker: check item_size for inode_item
fcec42d cgroup/cpuset: Fix a race between cpuset_attach() and cpu hotplug

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Download Linux 5.10.103-xanmod1 source from GitHub