A new XanMod Linux Kernel based on the new Linux Kernel 5.18.16 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 5.18.16-xanmod1

c03f96b Linux 5.18.16-xanmod1
d71ea6a net-tcp: re-generalize TSO sizing in TCP CC module API
6eddb65 Merge tag 'v5.18.16' into 5.18
ec01d59 Revert "net-tcp: re-generalize TSO sizing in TCP CC module API"
8843bf1 Linux 5.18.16
71e05da x86/bugs: Do not enable IBPB at firmware entry when IBPB is not available
27edf07 locking/rwsem: Allow slowpath writer to ignore handoff bit if not set by first waiter
4586446 docs/kernel-parameters: Update descriptions for "mitigations=" param with retbleed
ee9da1d EDAC/synopsys: Re-enable the error interrupts on v3 hw
0700283 EDAC/synopsys: Use the correct register to disable the error interrupt on v3 hw
e936e55 EDAC/ghes: Set the DIMM label unconditionally
6b7d485 ARM: 9216/1: Fix MAX_DMA_ADDRESS overflow
5bb0140 tcp: Fix data-races around sysctl_tcp_workaround_signed_windows.
5cd3256 page_alloc: fix invalid watermark check on a negative value
eee3f21 mm/hmm: fault non-owner device private entries
75fbe6a stmmac: dwmac-mediatek: fix resource leak in probe
48bea0d net/funeth: Fix fun_xdp_tx() and XDP packet reclaim
d99f144 sctp: leave the err path free in sctp_stream_init to sctp_stream_free
39e03b5 sfc: disable softirqs for ptp TX
559f5ce perf symbol: Correct address for bss symbols
c65117d virtio-net: fix the race between refill work and close
8841c1b scsi: ufs: core: Fix a race condition related to device management
4c7b7f0 scsi: ufs: Support clearing multiple commands at once
883c209 netfilter: nf_queue: do not allow packet truncation below transport header offset
ccbad4e octeontx2-pf: cn10k: Fix egress ratelimit configuration
68b0a38 sctp: fix sleep in atomic context bug in timer handlers
eaf23e9 net: dsa: fix reference counting for LAG FDBs
fedd4c8 i40e: Fix interface init with MSI interrupts (no MSI-X)
743f900 ipv4: Fix data-races around sysctl_fib_notify_on_flag_change.
72e2655 tcp: Fix data-races around sysctl_tcp_reflect_tos.
68ee3de tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_comp_sack_nr.
2dc6e8f tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_comp_sack_slack_ns.
268af19 tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_comp_sack_delay_ns.
f530eca net: Fix data-races around sysctl_[rw]mem(offset)?.
944caf7 tcp: Fix data-races around sk_pacing_rate.
1e52ffa net: mld: fix reference count leak in mld{query | report}_work()
03a344d net: macsec: fix potential resource leak in macsec_add_rxsa() and macsec_add_txsa()
96fd73f macsec: always read MACSEC_SA_ATTR_PN as a u64
92b3b1f macsec: limit replay window size with XPN
e0b887e macsec: fix error message in macsec_add_rxsa and _txsa
8e18b31 macsec: fix NULL deref in macsec_add_rxsa
ef6ed9a Documentation: fix sctp_wmem in ip-sysctl.rst
2b9aa0d tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_invalid_ratelimit.
881ad2b tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_autocorking.
16b747c tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_min_rtt_wlen.
9668dec tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_tso_rtt_log.
7fff72d tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_min_tso_segs.
d674481 mlxsw: spectrum_router: simplify list unwinding
f12f421 net: sungem_phy: Add of_node_put() for reference returned by of_get_parent()
932d783 net: pcs: xpcs: propagate xpcs_read error to xpcs_get_state_c37_sgmii
5cc8ef1 net/tls: Remove the context from the list in tls_device_down
1ae0ae4 ipv6/addrconf: fix a null-ptr-deref bug for ip6_ptr
e39243d net: ping6: Fix memleak in ipv6_renew_options().
f3dde04 scsi: mpt3sas: Stop fw fault watchdog work item during system shutdown
b9acb3a scsi: core: Fix warning in scsi_alloc_sgtables()
cbd1b64 tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_challenge_ack_limit.
2d4794f tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_limit_output_bytes.
0a6832c tcp: Fix data-races around sysctl_tcp_moderate_rcvbuf.
63ec0df tcp: md5: fix IPv4-mapped support
c64f97e octeontx2-pf: Fix UDP/TCP src and dst port tc filters
30ae78a Revert "tcp: change pingpong threshold to 3"
dd9dfa3 scsi: ufs: host: Hold reference returned by of_parse_phandle()
cfb2266 ice: Fix VSIs unable to share unicast MAC
b45af45 ice: do not setup vlan for loopback VSI
c326361 ice: check (DD | EOF) bits on Rx descriptor rather than (EOP | RS)
5b76e0a ice: Fix max VLANs available for VF
3636f62 bridge: Do not send empty IFLA_AF_SPEC attribute
95226ea tcp: Fix data-races around sysctl_tcp_no_ssthresh_metrics_save.
8522ccf tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_nometrics_save.
7d34ff7 tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_frto.
f77498e tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_adv_win_scale.
c06d240 tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_app_win.
c4e5336 tcp: Fix data-races around sysctl_tcp_dsack.
8a2482f watch_queue: Fix missing locking in add_watch_to_object()
dbf4265 watch_queue: Fix missing rcu annotation
1cc98fa drm/simpledrm: Fix return type of simpledrm_simple_display_pipe_mode_valid()
e6badb9 nouveau/svm: Fix to migrate all requested pages
cc9aace intel_idle: Fix false positive RCU splats due to incorrect hardirqs state
7560d82 s390/archrandom: prevent CPACF trng invocations in interrupt context
686b3f8 asm-generic: remove a broken and needless ifdef conditional
9fd5096 hugetlb: fix memoryleak in hugetlb_mcopy_atomic_pte
e786be4 mm: fix missing wake-up event for FSDAX pages
f1a0a81 mm: fix page leak with multiple threads mapping the same page
afc2104 secretmem: fix unhandled fault in truncate
58b7064 fs: sendfile handles O_NONBLOCK of out_fd
24fdba1 ntfs: fix use-after-free in ntfs_ucsncmp()
759572c userfaultfd: provide properly masked address for huge-pages
125db35 Revert "ocfs2: mount shared volume without ha stack"
a854fc0 ARM: pxa2xx: Fix GPIO descriptor tables
b357179 ARM: dts: lan966x: fix sys_clk frequency
59a55ec Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix use-after-free caused by l2cap_chan_put
d50f255 Bluetooth: Always set event mask on suspend


Homepage
Download Linux 5.18.16-xanmod1 source from GitHub