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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    8 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