A new XanMod Linux Kernel based on the latest LTS Linux Kernel 5.4.104 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 5.4.104-xanmod1

• d8fdc8f Linux 5.4.104-xanmod1
• 415c576 Merge tag 'v5.4.104' into 5.4
• 84d5d3c Linux 5.4.104
• d859388 r8169: fix resuming from suspend on RTL8105e if machine runs on battery
• 1fba84f rsxx: Return -EFAULT if copy_to_user() fails
• 77a81b1 ftrace: Have recordmcount use w8 to read relp->r_info in arm64_is_fake_mcount
• 9a20e57 ALSA: hda: intel-nhlt: verify config type
• 86b3b62 IB/mlx5: Add missing error code
• 809ef26 RDMA/rxe: Fix missing kconfig dependency on CRYPTO
• 26a1af3 ALSA: ctxfi: cthw20k2: fix mask on conf to allow 4 bits
• 6827415 usbip: tools: fix build error for multiple definition
• 0781709 crypto - shash: reduce minimum alignment of shash_desc structure
• 1f8884d arm64: ptrace: Fix seccomp of traced syscall -1 (NO_SYSCALL)
• 9e15b43 drm/amdgpu: fix parameter error of RREG32_PCIE() in amdgpu_regs_pcie
• b367201 dm verity: fix FEC for RS roots unaligned to block size
• 1a41829 dm bufio: subtract the number of initial sectors in dm_bufio_get_device_size
• 52a6436 PM: runtime: Update device status before letting suppliers suspend
• e49bacc btrfs: fix warning when creating a directory with smack enabled
• a87911c btrfs: unlock extents in btrfs_zero_range in case of quota reservation errors
• 91bc329 btrfs: free correct amount of space in btrfs_delayed_inode_reserve_metadata
• 8674c1a btrfs: validate qgroup inherit for SNAP_CREATE_V2 ioctl
• 0c740d2 btrfs: fix raid6 qstripe kmap
• 909a8d2 btrfs: raid56: simplify tracking of Q stripe presence
• 15726df tpm, tpm_tis: Decorate tpm_get_timeouts() with request_locality()
• 6d71cbc tpm, tpm_tis: Decorate tpm_tis_gen_interrupt() with request_locality()

Homepage
Download Linux 5.4.104-xanmod1 source from GitHub