A new XanMod Linux Kernel based on the new Linux Kernel 5.18.2 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 5.18.2-xanmod1

61d379f Linux 5.18.2-xanmod1
b9c7c55 Merge tag 'v5.18.2' into 5.18
5bbfe7c Merge pull request  #271 from rmnscnce/fix-incorrect-localversion
25405d5 Linux 5.18.2
8f4baf2 ALSA: usb-audio: Optimize TEAC clock quirk
4caf12e bpf: Do write access check for kfunc and global func
717c397 bpf: Check PTR_TO_MEM | MEM_RDONLY in check_helper_mem_access
a08d942 bpf: Reject writes for PTR_TO_MAP_KEY in check_helper_mem_access
a31729c bpf: Fix excessive memory allocation in stack_map_alloc()
d2d2a1b bpf: Fix usage of trace RCU in local storage.
652cefc bpf: Enlarge offset check value to INT_MAX in bpf_skb_{load,store}_bytes
d106a3e bpf: Fix combination of jit blinding and pointers to bpf subprogs.
4f8897b bpf: Fix potential array overflow in bpf_trampoline_get_progs()
8da0d2d bpf: Fill new bpf_prog_pack with illegal instructions
e8020d9 NFSD: Fix possible sleep during nfsd4_release_lockowner()
d98d13a NFS: Memory allocation failures are not server fatal errors
ca90b4a docs: submitting-patches: Fix crossref to 'The canonical patch format'
01e0745 tpm: ibmvtpm: Correct the return value in tpm_ibmvtpm_probe()
f8730e1 tpm: Fix buffer access in tpm2_get_tpm_pt()
d4c32bd media: i2c: imx412: Fix power_off ordering
5aada65 media: i2c: imx412: Fix reset GPIO polarity
22e8337 x86/sgx: Ensure no data in PCMD page after truncate
0e1f976 x86/sgx: Fix race between reclaimer and page fault handler
69432ff x86/sgx: Obtain backing storage page with enclave mutex held
876053d x86/sgx: Mark PCMD page as dirty when modifying contents
5ded81f x86/sgx: Disconnect backing page references from dirty status
6ad9dbb HID: multitouch: add quirks to enable Lenovo X12 trackpoint
557b6a9 HID: multitouch: Add support for Google Whiskers Touchpad
a2b6986 fs/ntfs3: validate BOOT sectors_per_clusters
8a395a2 raid5: introduce MD_BROKEN
417c73d dm verity: set DM_TARGET_IMMUTABLE feature flag
ddd5cd4 dm stats: add cond_resched when looping over entries
eb27bd4 dm crypt: make printing of the key constant-time
7b05734 dm integrity: fix error code in dm_integrity_ctr()
3ad6c17 ARM: dts: s5pv210: Correct interrupt name for bluetooth in Aries
2717654 Bluetooth: hci_qca: Use del_timer_sync() before freeing
03141e3 ALSA: usb-audio: Configure sync endpoints before data
8a8972b ALSA: usb-audio: Add missing ep_idx in fixed EP quirks
ff2ce1b ALSA: usb-audio: Workaround for clock setup on TEAC devices
ae6ce35 tools/memory-model/README: Update klitmus7 compat table
c5402fb zsmalloc: fix races between asynchronous zspage free and page migration
7f96206 crypto: qat - rework the VF2PF interrupt handling logic
c98c48e crypto: ecrdsa - Fix incorrect use of vli_cmp
78ad61f crypto: caam - fix i.MX6SX entropy delay value
57a0172 KVM: SVM: Use kzalloc for sev ioctl interfaces to prevent kernel data leak
bd6fce7 KVM: x86/mmu: Don't rebuild page when the page is synced and no tlb flushing is required
7de373c KVM: x86: Drop WARNs that assert a triple fault never "escapes" from L2
f095b99 KVM: x86: Fix the intel_pt PMI handling wrongly considered from guest
c97c273 KVM: x86: avoid loading a vCPU after .vm_destroy was called
02ea15c KVM: x86: avoid calling x86 emulator without a decoded instruction
7cef704 KVM: x86: fix typo in __try_cmpxchg_user causing non-atomicness
e964665 KVM: x86: Use __try_cmpxchg_user() to emulate atomic accesses
8089e5e KVM: x86: Use __try_cmpxchg_user() to update guest PTE A/D bits
256ded2 x86/uaccess: Implement macros for CMPXCHG on user addresses
2bfcab2 x86, kvm: use correct GFP flags for preemption disabled
9fd15d9 x86/kvm: Alloc dummy async #PF token outside of raw spinlock
c181acb x86/fpu: KVM: Set the base guest FPU uABI size to sizeof(struct kvm_xsave)
558ecc7 KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: fix incorrect NULL check on list iterator
04e4a11 netfilter: conntrack: re-fetch conntrack after insertion
86c0154 netfilter: nf_tables: double hook unregistration in netns path
cc7c6e0 netfilter: nf_tables: hold mutex on netns pre_exit path
c9a46a3 netfilter: nf_tables: sanitize nft_set_desc_concat_parse()
a51c6c5 netfilter: nft_limit: Clone packet limits' cost value
2193286 exfat: check if cluster num is valid
01d3876 drm/i915: Fix -Wstringop-overflow warning in call to intel_read_wm_latency()
d3cb026 net: ipa: compute proper aggregation limit
71c6038 pipe: Fix missing lock in pipe_resize_ring()
05e0caa pipe: make poll_usage boolean and annotate its access
fffb23a assoc_array: Fix BUG_ON during garbage collect
2a81133 i2c: ismt: prevent memory corruption in ismt_access()
8f44c83 netfilter: nf_tables: disallow non-stateful expression in sets earlier
ce0c30e CONFIGS: fix instances of incorrect LOCALVERSION


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