A new XanMod Linux Kernel based on the new Linux Kernel 5.15.59 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 5.15.59-xanmod1

bd45248 Linux 5.15.59-xanmod1
85b4512 net-tcp: re-generalize TSO sizing in TCP CC module API
d8fe5eb Merge tag 'v5.15.59' into 5.15
5ef85db Revert "net-tcp: re-generalize TSO sizing in TCP CC module API"
d676d61 Linux 5.15.59
f0e42e4 x86/bugs: Do not enable IBPB at firmware entry when IBPB is not available
d10e819 locking/rwsem: Allow slowpath writer to ignore handoff bit if not set by first waiter
66d31ce docs/kernel-parameters: Update descriptions for "mitigations=" param with retbleed
7bada8b EDAC/ghes: Set the DIMM label unconditionally
30dc2ef ARM: 9216/1: Fix MAX_DMA_ADDRESS overflow
86e8323 page_alloc: fix invalid watermark check on a negative value
51a772c mm/hmm: fault non-owner device private entries
350fcb5 ARM: crypto: comment out gcc warning that breaks clang builds
e796e1f sctp: leave the err path free in sctp_stream_init to sctp_stream_free
f7c2a9c sfc: disable softirqs for ptp TX
fe0e602 perf symbol: Correct address for bss symbols
871168a virtio-net: fix the race between refill work and close
91c1100 netfilter: nf_queue: do not allow packet truncation below transport header offset
be5cd34 octeontx2-pf: cn10k: Fix egress ratelimit configuration
3688939 sctp: fix sleep in atomic context bug in timer handlers
186fcdb i40e: Fix interface init with MSI interrupts (no MSI-X)
4685f16 ipv4: Fix data-races around sysctl_fib_notify_on_flag_change.
eaccca7 tcp: Fix data-races around sysctl_tcp_reflect_tos.
4cc070e tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_comp_sack_nr.
34c9977 tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_comp_sack_slack_ns.
6842c94 tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_comp_sack_delay_ns.
618116a net: Fix data-races around sysctl_[rw]mem(offset)?.
a610feb tcp: Fix data-races around sk_pacing_rate.
b01b4f5 net: mld: fix reference count leak in mld{query | report}_work()
5831ccf net: macsec: fix potential resource leak in macsec_add_rxsa() and macsec_add_txsa()
2959a86 macsec: always read MACSEC_SA_ATTR_PN as a u64
a706a40 macsec: limit replay window size with XPN
6ad56d5 macsec: fix error message in macsec_add_rxsa and _txsa
8991687 macsec: fix NULL deref in macsec_add_rxsa
830582c Documentation: fix sctp_wmem in ip-sysctl.rst
dac5644 tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_invalid_ratelimit.
6f44667 tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_autocorking.
bd07f2e tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_min_rtt_wlen.
922ca9f tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_min_tso_segs.
777d18e net: sungem_phy: Add of_node_put() for reference returned by of_get_parent()
40f4739 net: pcs: xpcs: propagate xpcs_read error to xpcs_get_state_c37_sgmii
c721324 igmp: Fix data-races around sysctl_igmp_qrv.
ad6d6ae net/tls: Remove the context from the list in tls_device_down
189e370 ipv6/addrconf: fix a null-ptr-deref bug for ip6_ptr
4845d3e net: ping6: Fix memleak in ipv6_renew_options().
6a4a1c7 scsi: mpt3sas: Stop fw fault watchdog work item during system shutdown
3d3e410 scsi: core: Fix warning in scsi_alloc_sgtables()
ff2932a tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_challenge_ack_limit.
a88de75 tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_limit_output_bytes.
664a331 tcp: Fix data-races around sysctl_tcp_moderate_rcvbuf.
59e2332 octeontx2-pf: Fix UDP/TCP src and dst port tc filters
927c5cf Revert "tcp: change pingpong threshold to 3"
bdaf56e scsi: ufs: host: Hold reference returned by of_parse_phandle()
7f0a365 ice: do not setup vlan for loopback VSI
cef4c1d ice: check (DD | EOF) bits on Rx descriptor rather than (EOP | RS)
62e721d tcp: Fix data-races around sysctl_tcp_no_ssthresh_metrics_save.
aa2ca5b tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_nometrics_save.
6e167ed tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_frto.
0d8fa3c tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_adv_win_scale.
74753ec tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_app_win.
807b028 tcp: Fix data-races around sysctl_tcp_dsack.
c9c01dd watch_queue: Fix missing locking in add_watch_to_object()
093610f watch_queue: Fix missing rcu annotation
11c1cc3 drm/simpledrm: Fix return type of simpledrm_simple_display_pipe_mode_valid()
121c899 nouveau/svm: Fix to migrate all requested pages
8bd9747 s390/archrandom: prevent CPACF trng invocations in interrupt context
71f7115 asm-generic: remove a broken and needless ifdef conditional
dc124c8 hugetlb: fix memoryleak in hugetlb_mcopy_atomic_pte
2722fb0 mm: fix page leak with multiple threads mapping the same page
70d0ce3 secretmem: fix unhandled fault in truncate
3ef8040 fs: sendfile handles O_NONBLOCK of out_fd
518df26 ntfs: fix use-after-free in ntfs_ucsncmp()
46f6301 Revert "ocfs2: mount shared volume without ha stack"
f32d561 Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix use-after-free caused by l2cap_chan_put


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Download Linux 5.15.59-xanmod1 source from GitHub