Hey all! I recently installed CachyOS which comes with linux-cachyos-bore
as the default kernel, and I have to say that it does feel a lot snappier to just use and click around, even though I have almost the exact same Plasma setup as my previous Arch install. So now I’m wondering how many great patches and forks I’m missing out on :D
What’s your experience with using kernels other than linux
, linux-lts
, and linux-zen
? Now that I’m free of Nvidia bullshit I’m more inclined to test out different things, does anyone have some resources like comparisons of the various alternatives out there?
- Dataprolet ( @dataprolet@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English23•1 year ago
I once did a kernel benchmark using various schedulers in different games and the performance differences were negligible.
- EddyBot ( @EddyBot@feddit.de ) 2•1 year ago
Actually you might see performance loss with custom kernel
typically they “sacrifice” peak performance for more “snappier” applicationsthis is more notable on older/slower CPUs
- MentalEdge ( @MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz ) 16•1 year ago
A snappier DE likely has more to do with better default process priorities, than improved kernel scheduling.
The one place were kernel tweaks might mean anything, is when your running stuff where shit has to line up to the nanosecond.
- theshatterstone54 ( @theshatterstone54@feddit.uk ) 3•1 year ago
So like real time kernels?
- MentalEdge ( @MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz ) 1•1 year ago
Yes, that’s what those are for.
- 0x0 ( @0x0@social.rocketsfall.net ) 5•1 year ago
I use linux-tkg with the PDS scheduler. It all depends on the task whether you will see improvements. In my game of choice I saw a much smoother experience going in and out of load screens and generally experienced less stuttering in more crowded areas when players were being loaded in. I noticed no other improvements.
- Herbstzeitlose ( @Herbstzeitlose@feddit.de ) 4•1 year ago
Snake oil.
- nicman24 ( @nicman24@kbin.social ) 2•1 year ago
linux zen is all you need if you just need to ie compile in the background and it does not break all the time
- dark_stang ( @dark_stang@beehaw.org ) English2•1 year ago
I use xanmod since I use debian based distros. Makes things feel much more responsive to my input, which is what I’m after.