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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.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 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