A new XanMod Linux Kernel based on the new Linux Kernel 6.0.8 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 6.0.8-xanmod1

27412d2 Linux 6.0.8-xanmod1
f692c35 Merge tag 'v6.0.8' into 6.0
e60276b Linux 6.0.8
631f73d wifi: brcmfmac: Fix potential buffer overflow in brcmf_fweh_event_worker()
1716f70 drm/i915/sdvo: Setup DDC fully before output init
b13ae92 drm/i915/sdvo: Filter out invalid outputs more sensibly
320b3dd drm/amd/display: Update DSC capabilitie for DCN314
d3723a5 drm/amd/display: Update latencies on DCN321
61c151a drm/amdgpu: disable GFXOFF during compute for GFX11
20150ef drm/rockchip: dsi: Force synchronous probe
3815f86 drm/rockchip: dsi: Clean up 'usage_mode' when failing to attach
096df60 cifs: fix regression in very old smb1 mounts
96f8666 ext4,f2fs: fix readahead of verity data
5711b73 KVM: x86: emulator: update the emulation mode after CR0 write
191768c KVM: x86: emulator: update the emulation mode after rsm
9eb0ab8 KVM: x86: emulator: introduce emulator_recalc_and_set_mode
067e674 KVM: x86: emulator: em_sysexit should update ctxt->mode
a7ebfbe KVM: x86: smm: number of GPRs in the SMRAM image depends on the image format
192b072 KVM: arm64: Fix SMPRI_EL1/TPIDR2_EL0 trapping on VHE
fec7748 KVM: arm64: Fix bad dereference on MTE-enabled systems
bfa9672 KVM: Reject attempts to consume or refresh inactive gfn_to_pfn_cache
6124200 KVM: Initialize gfn_to_pfn_cache locks in dedicated helper
da09033 KVM: VMX: fully disable SGX if SECONDARY_EXEC_ENCLS_EXITING unavailable
5f7cff2 KVM: VMX: Ignore guest CPUID for host userspace writes to DEBUGCTL
b3070d3 KVM: VMX: Fold vmx_supported_debugctl() into vcpu_supported_debugctl()
9c031e1 KVM: VMX: Advertise PMU LBRs if and only if perf supports LBRs
fc2c6ca KVM: x86: Mask off reserved bits in CPUID.8000001FH
16f47e8 KVM: x86: Mask off reserved bits in CPUID.80000001H
dda194b KVM: x86: Mask off reserved bits in CPUID.80000008H
d699256 KVM: x86: Mask off reserved bits in CPUID.8000001AH
546e0f5 KVM: x86: Mask off reserved bits in CPUID.80000006H
4c507ca x86/syscall: Include asm/ptrace.h in syscall_wrapper header
895c168 x86/tdx: Panic on bad configs that #VE on "private" memory access
bc2f9bf x86/tdx: Prepare for using "INFO" call for a second purpose
2f8d9b9 ext4: update the backup superblock's at the end of the online resize
ce1ee2c ext4: fix BUG_ON() when directory entry has invalid rec_len
89bee03 ext4: fix warning in 'ext4_da_release_space'
ae42be8 parisc: Avoid printing the hardware path twice
f99241f parisc: Export iosapic_serial_irq() symbol for serial port driver
a002d68 parisc: Make 8250_gsc driver dependend on CONFIG_PARISC
cb52552 net: also flag accepted sockets supporting msghdr originated zerocopy
5aa83e4 net: remove SOCK_SUPPORT_ZC from sockmap
df5acdb perf/x86/intel: Fix pebs event constraints for SPR
59d0d40 perf/x86/intel: Add Cooper Lake stepping to isolation_ucodes[]
c8389d4 perf/x86/intel: Fix pebs event constraints for ICL
19d5c59 ARM: dts: imx6dl-yapp4: Do not allow PM to switch PU regulator off on Q/QP
db66629 arm64: entry: avoid kprobe recursion
fa8701a net/ulp: remove SOCK_SUPPORT_ZC from tls sockets
3c8f47d efi: efivars: Fix variable writes with unsupported query_variable_store()
305913e efi: random: Use 'ACPI reclaim' memory for random seed
ac35d14 efi: random: reduce seed size to 32 bytes
7792874 selftests/landlock: Build without static libraries
b160dbd fuse: fix readdir cache race
eeba448 fuse: add file_modified() to fallocate
7480aef capabilities: fix potential memleak on error path from vfs_getxattr_alloc()
a75c9fc tracing/histogram: Update document for KEYS_MAX size
91e72fe tools/nolibc/string: Fix memcmp() implementation
49ca992 ring-buffer: Check for NULL cpu_buffer in ring_buffer_wake_waiters()
a1ddace kprobe: reverse kp->flags when arm_kprobe failed
71aeb8d tracing: kprobe: Fix memory leak in test_gen_kprobe/kretprobe_cmd()
5c0e2da fprobe: Check rethook_alloc() return in rethook initialization
5836e49 tracing/fprobe: Fix to check whether fprobe is registered correctly
cc1b996 ftrace: Fix use-after-free for dynamic ftrace_ops
64916be cxl/region: Fix 'distance' calculation with passthrough ports
45d9fb4 cxl/region: Fix cxl_region leak, cleanup targets at region delete
12316b9 cxl/region: Fix region HPA ordering validation
c6813b5 cxl/region: Fix decoder allocation crash
f43b6bf cxl/pmem: Fix cxl_pmem_region and cxl_memdev leak
f1ad8f2 ACPI: NUMA: Add CXL CFMWS 'nodes' to the possible nodes set
120f1b4 btrfs: fix a memory allocation failure test in btrfs_submit_direct
d8d3545 btrfs: don't use btrfs_chunk::sub_stripes from disk
148d8ed btrfs: fix type of parameter generation in btrfs_get_dentry
52b2b65 btrfs: fix tree mod log mishandling of reallocated nodes
22cb131 btrfs: fix lost file sync on direct IO write with nowait and dsync iocb
3dc2f64 clk: renesas: r8a779g0: Add SASYNCPER clocks
0b17476 fscrypt: fix keyring memory leak on mount failure
68d15d6 fscrypt: stop using keyrings subsystem for fscrypt_master_key
e1aada9 Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix attempting to access uninitialized memory
d7efeb9 Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix accepting connection request for invalid SPSM
fe51636 i2c: piix4: Fix adapter not be removed in piix4_remove()
3d6e1df arm64: dts: juno: Add thermal critical trip points
61c36dc firmware: arm_scmi: Fix deferred_tx_wq release on error paths
6f2238d firmware: arm_scmi: Fix devres allocation device in virtio transport
db08dbc firmware: arm_scmi: Make Rx chan_setup fail on memory errors
5018440 firmware: arm_scmi: Suppress the driver's bind attributes
55ccedc ARM: dts: ux500: Add trips to battery thermal zones
2dc97e1 blk-mq: Fix kmemleak in blk_mq_init_allocated_queue
528677d block: Fix possible memory leak for rq_wb on add_disk failure
e7cf4cc ublk_drv: return flag of UBLK_F_URING_CMD_COMP_IN_TASK in case of module
52d7b11 drm/i915: stop abusing swiotlb_max_segment
0d44ab9 drm/rockchip: fix fbdev on non-IOMMU devices
8499382 drm/rockchip: dw_hdmi: filter regulator -EPROBE_DEFER error messages
0a373d9 arm64: dts: ls208xa: specify clock frequencies for the MDIO controllers
15e5c3c arm64: dts: ls1088a: specify clock frequencies for the MDIO controllers
7472010 arm64: dts: lx2160a: specify clock frequencies for the MDIO controllers
dc7b07d arm64: dts: imx93: correct gpio-ranges
d22a2cb arm64: dts: imx93: add gpio clk
52ab730 arm64: dts: imx8: correct clock order
dde5b17 ARM: dts: imx6qdl-gw59{10,13}: fix user pushbutton GPIO offset
27661eb arm64: dts: imx8mn: Correct the usb power domain
fc109ee arm64: dts: imx8mn: remove otg1 power domain dependency on hsio
be09330 arm64: dts: imx8mm: correct usb power domains
28d4967 arm64: dts: imx8mm: remove otg1/2 power domain dependency on hsio
02b208e arm64: dts: verdin-imx8mp: fix ctrl_sleep_moci
5547fcf clk: qcom: Update the force mem core bit for GPU clocks
e951fea clk: renesas: r8a779g0: Fix HSCIF parent clocks
8ea59ae efi/tpm: Pass correct address to memblock_reserve
7b6aabe arm64: dts: imx8mm: Enable CPLD_Dn pull down resistor on MX8Menlo
94c9e0e clk: rs9: Fix I2C accessors
48629bf bio: safeguard REQ_ALLOC_CACHE bio put
bbc48d3 i2c: xiic: Add platform module alias
34042d0 nvme-pci: disable write zeroes on various Kingston SSD
4813a0c drm/amdgpu: dequeue mes scheduler during fini
cf2c84d drm/amdgpu: Program GC registers through RLCG interface in gfx_v11/gmc_v11
0184860 drm/amdkfd: Fix type of reset_type parameter in hqd_destroy() callback
b8e145c drm/amd/pm: skip loading pptable from driver on secure board for smu_v13_0_10
d7414b6 drm/amdgpu: set vm_update_mode=0 as default for Sienna Cichlid in SRIOV case
8b8fecb HID: saitek: add madcatz variant of MMO7 mouse device ID
022577b scsi: core: Restrict legal sdev_state transitions via sysfs
0b52fa1 io_uring: don't iopoll from io_ring_ctx_wait_and_kill()
37030f4 hwrng: bcm2835 - use hwrng_msleep() instead of cpu_relax()
4c10c85 ACPI: APEI: Fix integer overflow in ghes_estatus_pool_init()
bd1efd9 drm/vc4: hdmi: Check the HSM rate at runtime_resume
54252cd media: v4l: subdev: Fail graciously when getting try data for NULL state
9d4da07 media: hantro: HEVC: Fix chroma offset computation
a4a7d28 media: hantro: HEVC: Fix auxilary buffer size calculation
ac23374 media: hantro: Store HEVC bit depth in context
0457e7b media: meson: vdec: fix possible refcount leak in vdec_probe()
d8667db media: platform: cros-ec: Add Kuldax to the match table
edad69d media: dvb-frontends/drxk: initialize err to 0
16ca03a media: cros-ec-cec: limit msg.len to CEC_MAX_MSG_SIZE
2654e78 media: s5p_cec: limit msg.len to CEC_MAX_MSG_SIZE
ab89373 media: rkisp1: Zero v4l2_subdev_format fields in when validating links
ac9a8ca media: rkisp1: Use correct macro for gradient registers
e8596d8 media: rkisp1: Initialize color space on resizer sink and source pads
2146d03 media: rkisp1: Don't pass the quantization to rkisp1_csm_config()
0668f80 media: rkisp1: Fix source pad format configuration
93c218a iio: adc: stm32-adc: fix channel sampling time init
e0792a7 vsock: fix possible infinite sleep in vsock_connectible_wait_data()
0805892 ipv6: fix WARNING in ip6_route_net_exit_late()
02ceee6 bridge: Fix flushing of dynamic FDB entries
a99a8ec net, neigh: Fix null-ptr-deref in neigh_table_clear()
c97daf8 net/smc: Fix possible leaked pernet namespace in smc_init()
25baddf stmmac: dwmac-loongson: fix invalid mdio_node
c3543a2 ibmvnic: Free rwi on reset success
6ce6f8f net: mdio: fix undefined behavior in bit shift for __mdiobus_register
a6840e2 Bluetooth: hci_conn: Fix not restoring ISO buffer count on disconnect
5b4f039 Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix memory leak in vhci_write
8f7e4cf Bluetooth: L2CAP: fix use-after-free in l2cap_conn_del()
9b67438 Bluetooth: virtio_bt: Use skb_put to set length
825c3ea Bluetooth: hci_conn: Fix CIS connection dst_type handling
9a04161 Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix use-after-free caused by l2cap_reassemble_sdu
a37ef32 netfilter: ipset: enforce documented limit to prevent allocating huge memory
da70034 btrfs: fix ulist leaks in error paths of qgroup self tests
83ea8c5 btrfs: fix inode list leak during backref walking at find_parent_nodes()
396515d btrfs: fix inode list leak during backref walking at resolve_indirect_refs()
55eeed3 isdn: mISDN: netjet: fix wrong check of device registration
0d4e91e mISDN: fix possible memory leak in mISDN_register_device()
a601e5e rose: Fix NULL pointer dereference in rose_send_frame()
97f872b ipvs: fix WARNING in ip_vs_app_net_cleanup()
e724220 ipvs: fix WARNING in __ip_vs_cleanup_batch()
8784df8 ipvs: use explicitly signed chars
88bb900 net: lan966x: Fix unmapping of received frames using FDMA
646b285 net: lan966x: Fix FDMA when MTU is changed
e8fc710 net: lan966x: Adjust maximum frame size when vlan is enabled/disabled
ecb0657 net: lan966x: Fix the MTU calculation
4143f79 nfsd: fix net-namespace logic in __nfsd_file_cache_purge
43d5041 nfsd: fix nfsd_file_unhash_and_dispose
185096e sfc: Fix an error handling path in efx_pci_probe()
4ab6f96 netfilter: nf_tables: release flow rule object from commit path
e40b7c4 netfilter: nf_tables: netlink notifier might race to release objects
d24ba55 net: tun: fix bugs for oversize packet when napi frags enabled
170e531 net: sched: Fix use after free in red_enqueue()
23a0e91 ata: palmld: fix return value check in palmld_pata_probe()
7cbd2d9 ata: pata_legacy: fix pdc20230_set_piomode()
d8c1a20 net: fec: fix improper use of NETDEV_TX_BUSY
92a1df9 nfc: nfcmrvl: Fix potential memory leak in nfcmrvl_i2c_nci_send()
a53e9ef nfc: s3fwrn5: Fix potential memory leak in s3fwrn5_nci_send()
3ecf0f4 nfc: nxp-nci: Fix potential memory leak in nxp_nci_send()
1a7a898 nfc: fdp: Fix potential memory leak in fdp_nci_send()
6fac158 net: dsa: fall back to default tagger if we can't load the one from DT
e8f1633 tools/nolibc: Fix missing strlen() definition and infinite loop with gcc-12
b32fd83 RDMA/qedr: clean up work queue on failure in qedr_alloc_resources()
ab817f7 RDMA/core: Fix null-ptr-deref in ib_core_cleanup()
4d2024b net: dsa: Fix possible memory leaks in dsa_loop_init()
db333ae nfs4: Fix kmemleak when allocate slot failed
fad0b9f NFSv4.2: Fixup CLONE dest file size for zero-length count
7b189b0 SUNRPC: Fix null-ptr-deref when xps sysfs alloc failed
cc52965 NFSv4.1: We must always send RECLAIM_COMPLETE after a reboot
96b5502 NFSv4.1: Handle RECLAIM_COMPLETE trunking errors
4dfc2c2 NFSv4: Fix a potential state reclaim deadlock
50b35ad RDMA/rxe: Fix mr leak in RESPST_ERR_RNR
8b24781 docs/process/howto: Replace C89 with C11
0e23e85 RDMA/hns: Fix NULL pointer problem in free_mr_init()
c5df320 RDMA/hns: Disable local invalidate operation
b8bcff9 IB/hfi1: Correctly move list in sc_disable()
65e6006 RDMA/cma: Use output interface for net_dev check
d834b73 usb: dwc3: gadget: Don't delay End Transfer on delayed_status
06e6814 usb: dwc3: gadget: Force sending delayed status during soft disconnect

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