A new XanMod Linux Kernel based on the latest LTS Linux Kernel 5.10.31 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 5.10.31-xanmod1

• 1b654a4 Linux 5.10.31-xanmod1
• e9707d3 Merge tag 'v5.10.31' into 5.10
• 65f1995 Linux 5.10.31
• ceee49c xen/events: fix setting irq affinity
• 9d9facd net: sfp: cope with SFPs that set both LOS normal and LOS inverted
• 2a60ab2 net: sfp: relax bitrate-derived mode check
• cd8ce27 perf map: Tighten snprintf() string precision to pass gcc check on some 32-bit arches
• 1f3b900 netfilter: x_tables: fix compat match/target pad out-of-bound write
• 5402a67 block: don't ignore REQ_NOWAIT for direct IO
• efa7b6e riscv,entry: fix misaligned base for excp_vect_table
• 6fbdce3 io_uring: don't mark S_ISBLK async work as unbounded
• 5d46000 null_blk: fix command timeout completion handling
• b1f6c6f idr test suite: Create anchor before launching throbber
• 9a7552d idr test suite: Take RCU read lock in idr_find_test_1
• edd822b radix tree test suite: Register the main thread with the RCU library
• 1d2310d block: only update parent bi_status when bio fail
• d99e22c XArray: Fix splitting to non-zero orders
• 9576dd8 gpu: host1x: Use different lock classes for each client
• 39af2f4 drm/tegra: dc: Don't set PLL clock to 0Hz
• e4a0956 tools/kvm_stat: Add restart delay
• 1dcb3eb ftrace: Check if pages were allocated before calling free_pages()
• 6c6d583 gfs2: report "already frozen/thawed" errors
• 870c8df drm/imx: imx-ldb: fix out of bounds array access warning
• 5b50468 KVM: arm64: Disable guest access to trace filter controls
• fa0c0dc KVM: arm64: Hide system instruction access to Trace registers
• 57fb08f gfs2: Flag a withdraw if init_threads() fails
• 9b57ecb interconnect: core: fix error return code of icc_link_destroy()

Homepage
Download Linux 5.10.31-xanmod1 source from GitHub