A new XanMod Linux Kernel based on  Linux Kernel 5.16.2 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 5.16.2-xanmod1

a17cd44 Linux 5.16.2-xanmod1
8e73cfd Merge tag 'v5.16.2' into 5.16
5fd3e07 Linux 5.16.2
a498f4a ALSA: hda/realtek: Re-order quirk entries for Lenovo
21ad904 ALSA: hda/realtek: Add quirk for Legion Y9000X 2020
5053b09 ALSA: hda/tegra: Fix Tegra194 HDA reset failure
ea3fcb1 ALSA: hda: ALC287: Add Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 9i 14ITL5 speaker quirk
73990b6 ALSA: hda/realtek - Fix silent output on Gigabyte X570 Aorus Master after reboot from Windows
2ac0c35 ALSA: hda/realtek: Use ALC285_FIXUP_HP_GPIO_LED on another HP laptop
08968ce ALSA: hda/realtek: Add speaker fixup for some Yoga 15ITL5 devices
7faa2fb perf annotate: Avoid TUI crash when navigating in the annotation of recursive functions
1f21b19 firmware: qemu_fw_cfg: fix kobject leak in probe error path
fd8a2f1 firmware: qemu_fw_cfg: fix NULL-pointer deref on duplicate entries
261f47d firmware: qemu_fw_cfg: fix sysfs information leak
105ee59 rtlwifi: rtl8192cu: Fix WARNING when calling local_irq_restore() with interrupts enabled
230d1fa media: uvcvideo: fix division by zero at stream start
c923276 video: vga16fb: Only probe for EGA and VGA 16 color graphic cards
0b1a05b 9p: fix enodata when reading growing file
4947e17 9p: only copy valid iattrs in 9P2000.L setattr implementation
cda396e NFSD: Fix zero-length NFSv3 WRITEs
f3f2900 remoteproc: qcom: pas: Add missing power-domain "mxc" for CDSP
07f5f30 KVM: s390: Clarify SIGP orders versus STOP/RESTART
60af206 KVM: x86: don't print when fail to read/write pv eoi memory
ec985a8 KVM: x86: Register Processor Trace interrupt hook iff PT enabled in guest
51d24f0 KVM: x86: Register perf callbacks after calling vendor's hardware_setup()
68fe610 perf: Protect perf_guest_cbs with RCU
8b1530a vfs: fs_context: fix up param length parsing in legacy_parse_param
af8ad47 remoteproc: qcom: pil_info: Don't memcpy_toio more than is provided
931b93a orangefs: Fix the size of a memory allocation in orangefs_bufmap_alloc()
16a1622 drm/amd/display: explicitly set is_dsc_supported to false before use
3bddfea devtmpfs regression fix: reconfigure on each mount


Homepage
Download Linux 5.16.2-xanmod1 source from GitHub