A new XanMod Linux Kernel based on Linux Kernel 5.15.14 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 5.15.14-xanmod1

b04a392 Linux 5.15.14-xanmod1-tt
dc32fbb Merge branch '5.15' into 5.15-tt
2f4f0b6 Merge tag 'v5.15.14' into 5.15
a397953 XANMOD: block/mq-deadline: Disable front_merges by default
8e1c24d Revert "XANMOD: block/mq-deadline: Set sequential requests for lower latency"
d114b08 Linux 5.15.14
b8a1293 drm/amd/pm: keep the BACO feature enabled for suspend
19070d8 Revert "drm/amdgpu: stop scheduler when calling hw_fini (v2)"
b228924 Input: zinitix - make sure the IRQ is allocated before it gets enabled
1917ace ARM: dts: gpio-ranges property is now required
2f66e09 userfaultfd/selftests: fix hugetlb area allocations
ec33da9 ipv6: raw: check passed optlen before reading
04d9459 drm/amd/display: Added power down for DCN10
9b1df8d drm/amd/display: fix B0 TMDS deepcolor no dislay issue
9964f08 mISDN: change function names to avoid conflicts
f55383e drm/amdgpu: put SMU into proper state on runpm suspending for BOCO capable platform
3c196f0 drm/amdgpu: always reset the asic in suspend (v2)
fbabb82 drm/amd/pm: skip setting gfx cgpg in the s0ix suspend-resume
80f2290 atlantic: Fix buff_ring OOB in aq_ring_rx_clean
cf8f0e7 net: udp: fix alignment problem in udp4_seq_show()
294f3fc ip6_vti: initialize __ip6_tnl_parm struct in vti6_siocdevprivate
847050d scsi: libiscsi: Fix UAF in iscsi_conn_get_param()/iscsi_conn_teardown()
6ebb685 usb: mtu3: fix interval value for intr and isoc
12a4c10 drm/amd/pm: Fix xgmi link control on aldebaran
31d95ff drm/amdgpu: fix dropped backing store handling in amdgpu_dma_buf_move_notify
4ed66cd auxdisplay: charlcd: checking for pointer reference before dereferencing
8a7520c ipv6: Do cleanup if attribute validation fails in multipath route
c1de618 ipv6: Continue processing multipath route even if gateway attribute is invalid
5aec746 power: bq25890: Enable continuous conversion for ADC at charging
b4391e4 drm/amdgpu: disable runpm if we are the primary adapter
fa3d845 fbdev: fbmem: add a helper to determine if an aperture is used by a fw fb
9ca97a6 phonet: refcount leak in pep_sock_accep
d57da51 net ticp:fix a kernel-infoleak in _tipc_sendmsg()
75d840c gpio: gpio-aspeed-sgpio: Fix wrong hwirq base in irq handler
7601a26 rndis_host: support Hytera digital radios
b381e0f reset: renesas: Fix Runtime PM usage
550acd7 power: reset: ltc2952: Fix use of floating point literals
be81667 power: supply: core: Break capacity loop
b0e72ba xfs: map unwritten blocks in XFS_IOC{ALLOC,FREE}SP just like fallocate
800f02f i2c: mpc: Avoid out of bounds memory access
e24c6a4 Revert "i2c: core: support bus regulator controlling in adapter"
43fa0b3 cgroup: Use open-time cgroup namespace for process migration perm checks
5027312 cgroup: Allocate cgroup_file_ctx for kernfs_open_file->priv
c6ebc35 cgroup: Use open-time credentials for process migraton perm checks
247b624 KVM: x86: Check for rmaps allocation
a082755 EDAC/i10nm: Release mdev/mbase when failing to detect HBM
3400aa7 md/raid1: fix missing bitmap update w/o WriteMostly devices
15fb002 net: ena: Fix error handling when calculating max IO queues number
c4c20dc net: ena: Fix wrong rx request id by resetting device
bf8263c net: ena: Fix undefined state when tx request id is out of bounds
6511f80 sch_qfq: prevent shift-out-of-bounds in qfq_init_qdisc
9b8bbe4 batman-adv: mcast: don't send link-local multicast to mcast routers
9f00a2a sctp: hold endpoint before calling cb in sctp_transport_lookup_process
3c5c81d selftests: net: udpgro_fwd.sh: explicitly checking the available ping feature
41844e6 lwtunnel: Validate RTA_ENCAP_TYPE attribute length
ca0097c ipv6: Check attribute length for RTA_GATEWAY when deleting multipath route
00e8b9f ipv6: Check attribute length for RTA_GATEWAY in multipath route
bb47178 ipv4: Check attribute length for RTA_FLOW in multipath route
72971ea ipv4: Check attribute length for RTA_GATEWAY in multipath route
5cb0bd0 ftrace/samples: Add missing prototypes direct functions
61169d6 i40e: Fix incorrect netdev's real number of RX/TX queues
7b177d3 i40e: Fix for displaying message regarding NVM version
3f4c2ad i40e: fix use-after-free in i40e_sync_filters_subtask()
8fbbc33 sfc: The RX page_ring is optional
03fb6db mac80211: mesh: embedd mesh_paths and mpp_paths into ieee80211_if_mesh
18b2249 mac80211: initialize variable have_higher_than_11mbit
0ea8bb0 RDMA/uverbs: Check for null return of kmalloc_array
6716b40 netrom: fix copying in user data in nr_setsockopt
21a1842 Revert "net: usb: r8152: Add MAC passthrough support for more Lenovo Docks"
e1e3547 RDMA/core: Don't infoleak GRH fields
607f126 iavf: Fix limit of total number of queues to active queues of VF
fda9579 i40e: Fix to not show opcode msg on unsuccessful VF MAC change
deb6573 ieee802154: atusb: fix uninit value in atusb_set_extended_addr
c44979a Revert "RDMA/mlx5: Fix releasing unallocated memory in dereg MR flow"
21f8a3b tracing: Tag trace_percpu_buffer as a percpu pointer
be134e7 tracing: Fix check for trace_percpu_buffer validity in get_trace_buf()
3cf50a3 selftests: x86: fix [-Wstringop-overread] warn in test_process_vm_readv()
ef3047f fscache_cookie_enabled: check cookie is valid before accessing it
927dd94 Linux 5.15.13-xanmod1


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