A new XanMod Linux Kernel based on the latest Linux LTS Kernel 5.10.90 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 5.10.90-xanmod1

4b4fe28 Linux 5.10.90-xanmod1
8b636bc Merge tag 'v5.10.90' into 5.10
5514dfa XANMOD: block/mq-deadline: Set sequential requests for lower latency
8eca6c9 Revert "elevator: set default scheduler to bfq for blk-mq"
70143d9 Revert "block, bfq: change BLK_DEV_ZONED depends to IOSCHED_BFQ"
d3e491a Linux 5.10.90
8c15bfb bpf: Add kconfig knob for disabling unpriv bpf by default
d8a5b13 perf script: Fix CPU filtering of a script's switch events
2386e81 net: fix use-after-free in tw_timer_handler
34087cf Input: spaceball - fix parsing of movement data packets
9f329d0 Input: appletouch - initialize work before device registration
2a4f551 scsi: vmw_pvscsi: Set residual data length conditionally
1cb8444 binder: fix async_free_space accounting for empty parcels
a6e2625 usb: mtu3: set interval of FS intr and isoc endpoint
3b6efe0 usb: mtu3: fix list_head check warning
f10b01c usb: mtu3: add memory barrier before set GPD's HWO
1c4ace3 usb: gadget: f_fs: Clear ffs_eventfd in ffs_data_clear.
1933fe8 xhci: Fresco FL1100 controller should not have BROKEN_MSI quirk set.
b855333 drm/amdgpu: add support for IP discovery gc_info table v2
28863ff drm/amdgpu: When the VCN(1.0) block is suspended, powergating is explicitly enabled
a0f3ac3 uapi: fix linux/nfc.h userspace compilation errors
818c9e0 nfc: uapi: use kernel size_t to fix user-space builds
8d31cba i2c: validate user data in compat ioctl
51c94d8 fsl/fman: Fix missing put_device() call in fman_port_probe
920932b net/ncsi: check for error return from call to nla_put_u32
610af55 selftests/net: udpgso_bench_tx: fix dst ip argument
7850358 net/mlx5e: Fix wrong features assignment in case of error
6114600 ionic: Initialize the 'lif->dbid_inuse' bitmap
b7c9a14 igc: Fix TX timestamp support for non-MSI-X platforms
e8a5988 net/smc: fix kernel panic caused by race of smc_sock
97c87c1 net/smc: don't send CDC/LLC message if link not ready
99f1956 net/smc: improved fix wait on already cleared link
e553265 NFC: st21nfca: Fix memory leak in device probe and remove
8d70dc0 net: lantiq_xrx200: fix statistics of received bytes
7ef89bd net: ag71xx: Fix a potential double free in error handling paths
40d3618 net: usb: pegasus: Do not drop long Ethernet frames
a67becd net/smc: fix using of uninitialized completions
769d14a sctp: use call_rcu to free endpoint
13c1bf4 selftests: Calculate udpgso segment count without header adjustment
abe74fb udp: using datalen to cap ipv6 udp max gso segments
5e6ad64 net/mlx5e: Fix ICOSQ recovery flow for XSK
7366516 net/mlx5e: Wrap the tx reporter dump callback to extract the sq
4cd1da0 net/mlx5: DR, Fix NULL vs IS_ERR checking in dr_domain_init_resources
fcb32eb scsi: lpfc: Terminate string in lpfc_debugfs_nvmeio_trc_write()
4833ad4 selinux: initialize proto variable in selinux_ip_postroute_compat()
ec941a2 recordmcount.pl: fix typo in s390 mcount regex
a0e82d5 memblock: fix memblock_phys_alloc() section mismatch error
7da855e platform/x86: apple-gmux: use resource_size() with res
d01e9ce parisc: Clear stale IIR value on instruction access rights trap
0643d91 tomoyo: use hwight16() in tomoyo_domain_quota_is_ok()
e2048a1 tomoyo: Check exceeded quota early in tomoyo_domain_quota_is_ok().
210c7c6 Input: i8042 - enable deferred probe quirk for ASUS UM325UA
bb672ef Input: i8042 - add deferred probe support

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Download Linux 5.10.90-xanmod1 source from GitHub