A new XanMod Linux Kernel based on the new Linux Kernel 6.0.9 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 6.0.9-xanmod1

d9f29c5 Linux 6.0.9-xanmod1
70b87d5 Merge tag 'v6.0.9' into 6.0
be8b93b Linux 6.0.9
fca8b39 x86/cpu: Restore AMD's DE_CFG MSR after resume
d583257 ALSA: memalloc: Try dma_alloc_noncontiguous() at first
128e284 drm/amdkfd: Migrate in CPU page fault use current mm
1ae9393 dmaengine: at_hdmac: Check return code of dma_async_device_register
d2012bf dmaengine: at_hdmac: Fix impossible condition
de74932 dmaengine: at_hdmac: Don't allow CPU to reorder channel enable
833da33 dmaengine: at_hdmac: Fix completion of unissued descriptor in case of errors
7d533e5 dmaengine: at_hdmac: Fix descriptor handling when issuing it to hardware
ece8482 dmaengine: at_hdmac: Fix concurrency over the active list
f4daa0b dmaengine: at_hdmac: Free the memset buf without holding the chan lock
c8bd54b dmaengine: at_hdmac: Fix concurrency over descriptor
4ff5ade dmaengine: at_hdmac: Fix concurrency problems by removing atc_complete_all()
2f454e5 dmaengine: at_hdmac: Protect atchan->status with the channel lock
880b1c3 dmaengine: at_hdmac: Do not call the complete callback on device_terminate_all
30a1cb4 dmaengine: at_hdmac: Fix premature completion of desc in issue_pending
f0cee31 dmaengine: at_hdmac: Start transfer for cyclic channels in issue_pending
326edc9 dmaengine: at_hdmac: Don't start transactions at tx_submit level
be287ef dmaengine: at_hdmac: Fix at_lli struct definition
386c49f can: dev: fix skb drop check
13da0e8 KVM: SVM: move guest vmsave/vmload back to assembly
9b173da KVM: SVM: retrieve VMCB from assembly
4397412 KVM: SVM: Only dump VMSA to klog at KERN_DEBUG level
e43b8a2 KVM: SVM: adjust register allocation for __svm_vcpu_run()
7e7b93c KVM: SVM: replace regs argument of __svm_vcpu_run() with vcpu_svm
17ed142 KVM: x86: use a separate asm-offsets.c file
6b4a61b KVM: x86/pmu: Do not speculatively query Intel GP PMCs that don't exist yet
ee2fa56 KVM: x86/mmu: Block all page faults during kvm_zap_gfn_range()
b064431 can: rcar_canfd: Add missing ECC error checks for channels 2-7
3cb476c can: isotp: fix tx state handling for echo tx processing
2719f82 can: j1939: j1939_send_one(): fix missing CAN header initialization
c50396a mm/shmem: use page_mapping() to detect page cache for uffd continue
83f89c9 mm/memremap.c: map FS_DAX device memory as decrypted
599e798 mm/damon/dbgfs: check if rm_contexts input is for a real context
7eb5008 dmaengine: idxd: Do not enable user type Work Queue without Shared Virtual Addressing
d51c525 mm: hugetlb_vmemmap: include missing linux/moduleparam.h
bccc10b arch/x86/mm/hugetlbpage.c: pud_huge() returns 0 when using 2-level paging
eaa4023 spi: intel: Use correct mask for flash and protected regions
ac79001 udf: Fix a slab-out-of-bounds write bug in udf_find_entry()
cef34a8 mms: sdhci-esdhc-imx: Fix SDHCI_RESET_ALL for CQHCI
442fd1b net: ethernet: ti: am65-cpsw: Fix segmentation fault at module unload
c559a8b phy: qcom-qmp-combo: fix NULL-deref on runtime resume
93beea3 io_uring: check for rollover of buffer ID when providing buffers
544f38a btrfs: zoned: initialize device's zone info for seeding
ad88cab btrfs: zoned: clone zoned device info when cloning a device
455af64 btrfs: selftests: fix wrong error check in btrfs_free_dummy_root()
bc6c127 btrfs: fix match incorrectly in dev_args_match_device
c97b120 wifi: ath11k: avoid deadlock during regulatory update in ath11k_regd_update()
b583540 platform/x86: hp_wmi: Fix rfkill causing soft blocked wifi
0a35e62 drm/amdkfd: Fix error handling in kfd_criu_restore_events
182476d drm/amdkfd: Fix error handling in criu_checkpoint
3b35199 drm/amdgpu: disable BACO on special BEIGE_GOBY card
712c02e drm/amdgpu: workaround for TLB seq race
fac8ba9 drm/amd/display: Update SR watermarks for DCN314
121c6e5 drm/amd/pm: update SMU IP v13.0.4 msg interface header
51ff7cf drm/amd/display: Fix reg timeout in enc314_enable_fifo
ee6cff9 drm/i915/dmabuf: fix sg_table handling in map_dma_buf
b152300 nilfs2: fix use-after-free bug of ns_writer on remount
cb029b5 nilfs2: fix deadlock in nilfs_count_free_blocks()
42ebf59 ata: libata-scsi: fix SYNCHRONIZE CACHE (16) command failure
37ac9ac vmlinux.lds.h: Fix placement of '.data..decrypted' section
53127c3 ALSA: usb-audio: Add DSD support for Accuphase DAC-60
d1b00e7 ALSA: usb-audio: Add quirk entry for M-Audio Micro
4a9d883 ALSA: usb-audio: Yet more regression for for the delayed card registration
0504072 ALSA: hda/realtek: Add Positivo C6300 model quirk
163f2c9 ALSA: hda/realtek: Add quirk for ASUS Zenbook using CS35L41
455d99b ALSA: hda: fix potential memleak in 'add_widget_node'
724b469 ALSA: hda/ca0132: add quirk for EVGA Z390 DARK
9962245 ALSA: hda/hdmi - enable runtime pm for more AMD display audio
6050c0f mmc: sdhci-esdhc-imx: use the correct host caps for MMC_CAP_8_BIT_DATA
f85d9b9 mmc: sdhci-tegra: Fix SDHCI_RESET_ALL for CQHCI
d684d51 mmc: sdhci_am654: Fix SDHCI_RESET_ALL for CQHCI
799f689 mmc: sdhci-brcmstb: Fix SDHCI_RESET_ALL for CQHCI
aff02c4 mmc: sdhci-of-arasan: Fix SDHCI_RESET_ALL for CQHCI
b7967a6 mmc: cqhci: Provide helper for resetting both SDHCI and CQHCI
aa8ee2f drm/amdgpu: Fix the lpfn checking condition in drm buddy
bacbac3 MIPS: jump_label: Fix compat branch range check
7d681ba arm64: efi: Fix handling of misaligned runtime regions and drop warning
3d9490d eth: sp7021: drop free_netdev() from spl2sw_init_netdev()
93598de riscv: fix reserved memory setup
3822d92 riscv: vdso: fix build with llvm
358a68f riscv: process: fix kernel info leakage
9ea003c net: macvlan: fix memory leaks of macvlan_common_newlink
2a2a0f2 ethernet: tundra: free irq when alloc ring failed in tsi108_open()
1aaabd2 ALSA: memalloc: Don't fall back for SG-buffer with IOMMU
be91d3d net: mv643xx_eth: disable napi when init rxq or txq failed in mv643xx_eth_open()
d63f6e8 ethernet: s2io: disable napi when start nic failed in s2io_card_up()
3943a3d net: atlantic: macsec: clear encryption keys from the stack
6bfb549 net: phy: mscc: macsec: clear encryption keys when freeing a flow
74918e0 stmmac: dwmac-loongson: fix missing of_node_put() while module exiting
9e08db9 stmmac: dwmac-loongson: fix missing pci_disable_device() in loongson_dwmac_probe()
f4421a3 stmmac: dwmac-loongson: fix missing pci_disable_msi() while module exiting
26ad865 cxgb4vf: shut down the adapter when t4vf_update_port_info() failed in cxgb4vf_open()
216c832 mctp: Fix an error handling path in mctp_init()
878a79c stmmac: intel: Update PCH PTP clock rate from 200MHz to 204.8MHz
671f687 net: cxgb3_main: disable napi when bind qsets failed in cxgb_up()
291537e net: cpsw: disable napi in cpsw_ndo_open()
654b8e6 iavf: Fix VF driver counting VLAN 0 filters
222544e ice: Fix spurious interrupt during removal of trusted VF
8a76f34 net/mlx5e: E-Switch, Fix comparing termination table instance
699d2d4 net/mlx5e: TC, Fix wrong rejection of packet-per-second policing
f7bd23b net/mlx5e: Fix tc acts array not to be dependent on enum order
27bfc70 net/mlx5e: Add missing sanity checks for max TX WQE size
be0a856 net/mlx5: fw_reset: Don't try to load device in case PCI isn't working
8a6db85 net/mlx5: E-switch, Set to legacy mode if failed to change switchdev mode
c5e804f net/mlx5: Allow async trigger completion execution on single CPU systems
60510fc net/mlx5: Bridge, verify LAG state when adding bond to bridge
f358cc1 net: wwan: iosm: fix invalid mux header type
7560cee net: wwan: iosm: fix memory leak in ipc_pcie_read_bios_cfg
be76195 net: nixge: disable napi when enable interrupts failed in nixge_open()
999550c net: tun: call napi_schedule_prep() to ensure we own a napi
31e5084 net: marvell: prestera: fix memory leak in prestera_rxtx_switch_init()
01490d6 netfilter: Cleanup nft_net->module_list from nf_tables_exit_net()
58c4ae1 netfilter: nfnetlink: fix potential dead lock in nfnetlink_rcv_msg()
6fd91ee perf tools: Add the include/perf/ directory to .gitignore
94bb0a6 perf test: Fix skipping branch stack sampling test
82f8824 perf stat: Fix printing os->prefix in CSV metrics output
7b5f74c perf stat: Fix crash with --per-node --metric-only in CSV mode
aab600c drivers: net: xgene: disable napi when register irq failed in xgene_enet_open()
015e3c0 octeontx2-pf: Fix SQE threshold checking
6d11201 net: ethernet: mtk-star-emac: disable napi when connect and start PHY failed in mtk_star_enable()
ed49400 net: lapbether: fix issue of invalid opcode in lapbeth_open()
3a6a1a0 dmaengine: stm32-dma: fix potential race between pause and resume
025eab5 dmaengine: ti: k3-udma-glue: fix memory leak when register device fail
a1cb72e dmaengine: mv_xor_v2: Fix a resource leak in mv_xor_v2_remove()
e893b7d dmaengine: apple-admac: Fix grabbing of channels in of_xlate
ab811cc dmaengine: idxd: fix RO device state error after been disabled/reset
8504b3c dmaengine: idxd: Fix max batch size for Intel IAA
9526f05 dmanegine: idxd: reformat opcap output to match bitmap_parse() input
252b130 dmaengine: pxa_dma: use platform_get_irq_optional
6cee2c6 tipc: fix the msg->req tlv len check in tipc_nl_compat_name_table_dump_header
a543098 net: broadcom: Fix BCMGENET Kconfig
02320b9 dt-bindings: net: tsnep: Fix typo on generic nvmem property
a32c92a net: stmmac: dwmac-meson8b: fix meson8b_devm_clk_prepare_enable()
42487c0 drm/i915: Do not set cache_dirty for DGFX
785872a drm/i915/psr: Send update also on invalidate
a805567 can: af_can: fix NULL pointer dereference in can_rx_register()
49e92ba ipv6: addrlabel: fix infoleak when sending struct ifaddrlblmsg to network
28b90eb platform/x86: p2sb: Don't fail if unknown CPU is found
67a12d3 tcp: prohibit TCP_REPAIR_OPTIONS if data was already sent
7109dd5 drm/vc4: Fix missing platform_unregister_drivers() call in vc4_drm_register()
3cd3ffe net: wwan: mhi: fix memory leak in mhi_mbim_dellink
128514b net: wwan: iosm: fix memory leak in ipc_wwan_dellink
e19549f hamradio: fix issue of dev reference count leakage in bpq_device_event()
5e40e03 net: lapbether: fix issue of dev reference count leakage in lapbeth_device_event()
eeeec23 KVM: s390: pci: Fix allocation size of aift kzdev elements
9e001b1 KVM: s390: pv: don't allow userspace to set the clock under PV
d539cfd phy: ralink: mt7621-pci: add sentinel to quirks table
27bdb13 capabilities: fix undefined behavior in bit shift for CAP_TO_MASK
bcc43be net: fman: Unregister ethernet device on removal
96e8ff8 bnxt_en: fix potentially incorrect return value for ndo_rx_flow_steer
7781e32 bnxt_en: Fix possible crash in bnxt_hwrm_set_coal()
8b12a02 net: tun: Fix memory leaks of napi_get_frags
d4b2289 octeontx2-pf: NIX TX overwrites SQ_CTX_HW_S[SQ_INT]
c1d3a65 macsec: clear encryption keys from the stack after setting up offload
f0d1731 macsec: fix detection of RXSCs when toggling offloading
e6ed9fe macsec: fix secy->n_rx_sc accounting
6d59f51 macsec: delete new rxsc when offload fails
598d9e3 net: gso: fix panic on frag_list with mixed head alloc types
ae5ccad bpf: Fix wrong reg type conversion in release_reference()
ef0580c bpf: Add helper macro bpf_for_each_reg_in_vstate
5e9b8b3 PCI: hv: Fix the definition of vector in hv_compose_msi_msg()
543e282 bpf, sock_map: Move cancel_work_sync() out of sock lock
defc98a drm/vc4: hdmi: Fix HSM clock too low on Pi4
5f3aba6 HID: hyperv: fix possible memory leak in mousevsc_probe()
da5161b bpftool: Fix NULL pointer dereference when pin {PROG, MAP, LINK} without FILE
d2400b4 wifi: mac80211: Set TWT Information Frame Disabled bit as 1
03eb68c wifi: mac80211: fix general-protection-fault in ieee80211_subif_start_xmit()
14e8bc3 bpf, sockmap: Fix the sk->sk_forward_alloc warning of sk_stream_kill_queues
3e21089 bpf, verifier: Fix memory leak in array reallocation for stack state
3cc59b3 spi: mediatek: Fix package division error
9acd65b ALSA: arm: pxa: pxa2xx-ac97-lib: fix return value check of platform_get_irq()
6e06803 soundwire: qcom: check for outanding writes before doing a read
221af52 soundwire: qcom: reinit broadcast completion
e9b5a45 wifi: cfg80211: fix memory leak in query_regdb_file()
11e6c69 wifi: cfg80211: silence a sparse RCU warning
243d0c4 phy: stm32: fix an error code in probe
8df123b hwspinlock: qcom: correct MMIO max register for newer SoCs
8f8c1e0 HID: wacom: Fix logic used for 3rd barrel switch emulation
14891b8 cxl/region: Recycle region ids
613d5a9 drm/amdkfd: Fix NULL pointer dereference in svm_migrate_to_ram()
883584d drm/amdkfd: handle CPU fault on COW mapping
76a9af3 drm/amd/display: Set memclk levels to be at least 1 for dcn32
3c5e499 drm/amd/display: Limit dcn32 to 1950Mhz display clock
5f974e3 drm/amd/display: Acquire FCLK DPM levels on DCN32
9482bd7 drm/i915/sdvo: Grab mode_config.mutex during LVDS init to avoid WARNs
72be4e4 drm/i915: Simplify intel_panel_add_edid_alt_fixed_modes()
4f3e6fe drm/i915: Allow more varied alternate fixed modes for panels
f5d7152 KVM: debugfs: Return retval of simple_attr_open() if it fails
34fd5c2 m68k: Rework BI_VIRT_RNG_SEED as BI_RNG_SEED
2ee9f05 drm/i915/gvt: Add missing vfio_unregister_group_dev() call
fc0f1ae thunderbolt: Add DP OUT resource when DP tunnel is discovered

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