A new XanMod Linux Kernel based on the latest Linux Kernel 5.11.5 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 5.11.5-xanmod1

• 859b353 Linux 5.11.5-xanmod1
• d5ddcf8 Merge tag 'v5.11.5' into 5.11
• f8df82d Linux 5.11.5
• 8a9be5f r8169: fix resuming from suspend on RTL8105e if machine runs on battery
• a34b849 tomoyo: recognize kernel threads correctly
• 8f7d495 btrfs: zoned: use sector_t for zone sectors
• d07bbe4 iommu/vt-d: Fix status code for Allocate/Free PASID command
• 7f05a75 iommu: Don't use lazy flush for untrusted device
• 8e50ade iommu/tegra-smmu: Fix mc errors on tegra124-nyan
• 34d615e rsxx: Return -EFAULT if copy_to_user() fails
• 5baf15a ia64: don't call handle_signal() unless there's actually a signal queued
• c4b4c2c ftrace: Have recordmcount use w8 to read relp->r_info in arm64_is_fake_mcount
• ceed016 ALSA: hda: intel-nhlt: verify config type
• 46a313d IB/mlx5: Add missing error code
• ca569dc RDMA/rxe: Fix missing kconfig dependency on CRYPTO
• 732e395 RDMA/cm: Fix IRQ restore in ib_send_cm_sidr_rep
• b746679 ALSA: usb-audio: Fix Pioneer DJM devices URB_CONTROL request direction to set samplerate
• 0673eeb ALSA: ctxfi: cthw20k2: fix mask on conf to allow 4 bits
• 989ac8a crypto - shash: reduce minimum alignment of shash_desc structure
• 53f3b77 drm/amdgpu: fix parameter error of RREG32_PCIE() in amdgpu_regs_pcie
• 843f1df drm/amdgpu: Only check for S0ix if AMD_PMC is configured
• b7b8847 drm/amdgpu:disable VCN for Navi12 SKU
• 3688beb drm/amd/pm: correct Arcturus mmTHM_BACO_CNTL register address
• 3e4cf62 dm verity: fix FEC for RS roots unaligned to block size
• f1281d1 dm bufio: subtract the number of initial sectors in dm_bufio_get_device_size
• 7cd8aad io_uring: ignore double poll add on the same waitqueue head
• 9e85da4 ring-buffer: Force before_stamp and write_stamp to be different on discard
• 2bc3dca PM: runtime: Update device status before letting suppliers suspend
• f6099b1 btrfs: fix warning when creating a directory with smack enabled
• 1080fac btrfs: unlock extents in btrfs_zero_range in case of quota reservation errors
• ecb6ff5 btrfs: fix spurious free_space_tree remount warning
• a9958cf btrfs: free correct amount of space in btrfs_delayed_inode_reserve_metadata
• 610324a btrfs: validate qgroup inherit for SNAP_CREATE_V2 ioctl
• d385e22 btrfs: fix race between extent freeing/allocation when using bitmaps
• facadf5 btrfs: tree-checker: do not error out if extent ref hash doesn't match
• 1aad6f0 btrfs: fix stale data exposure after cloning a hole with NO_HOLES enabled
• fef7b5c btrfs: fix race between swap file activation and snapshot creation
• 4421fba btrfs: fix race between writes to swap files and scrub
• 52d36f5 btrfs: fix raid6 qstripe kmap
• 3ff6be8 btrfs: avoid double put of block group when emptying cluster
• 3cf9da8 tpm, tpm_tis: Decorate tpm_get_timeouts() with request_locality()
• 83355b9 tpm, tpm_tis: Decorate tpm_tis_gen_interrupt() with request_locality()
• e75345d ALSA: usb-audio: Allow modifying parameters with succeeding hw_params calls
• eeef400 ALSA: usb-audio: Drop bogus dB range in too low level
• d41590e ALSA: usb-audio: Don't abort even if the clock rate differs
• 713ae19 ALSA: usb-audio: use Corsair Virtuoso mapping for Corsair Virtuoso SE
• 3c6f533 ALSA: hda/realtek: Enable headset mic of Acer SWIFT with ALC256

Homepage
Download Linux 5.11.5-xanmod1 source from GitHub