Curious to know the coolest things you achieved by configuring your kernel. I know kernel config can be boring, but I’m hoping someone will have an impressive answer.

For me I have a very lightweight kernel that runs wayland on nvidia without any issues to date.

  • chevy9294English
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    9 months ago

    I’m running a custom kernel on my Arch laptop. It’s a little faster, a little smaller and a little quite more secure. I’m also running custom kernel which enables adiantum encryption on old phone with postmarketOS.

    • yeehaw@lemmy.ca
      2·
      9 months ago

      How did you conduct this speed test? Where are the results? 😂

      Sorry, I think this any time someone says their computer is faster or mod X on Android is “snappier”

      • chevy9294English
        3·
        9 months ago

        I used geekbench 5. My CPU is AMD Ryzen 5 5500U. I tested a few prebuild kernels and custom compiled the fastest one.

        prebuild linux kernel:

        • singlethread: 1170
        • multithread score: 4604

        prebuild linux-zen kernel:

        • singlethread: 1156
        • multithread score: 4593

        prebuild linux-xanmod kernel:

        • singlethread: 1164
        • multithread score: 4594

        prebuild linux-hardened kernel:

        • singlethread: 1156
        • multithread score: 4841

        custom linux-hardened kernel:

        • singlethread: 1160
        • multithread score: 4977