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tlmiller

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Registered: 2009-06-10

Posts: 93

Liquorix kernels

Not a problem, but I recently noticed that liquorix kernels are now available for Arch (yes, sometimes I'm a bit slow in reading things).  I've used Liquorix kernels for quite some time in Debian because Debian kernels do have a tendency to get long in the tooth (such as testing at this point will no longer be advancing past 3.2 kernels until after Wheezy is released.  At this point that's still modern...but for how long, so I'll probably switch back to Liquorix).  But Arch isn't one to have very outdated kernels, so I'm just wondering exactly what's different with the Liquorix kernels for Arch that makes them desirable over the stock Arch kernel?  Or is it just one of those "different strokes for different folks" type of things.

Thanks for your thoughts!

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: Liquorix kernels

You can compare the PKGBUILDs, configs and patches for the kernels to get an idea what's different.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Kernels doesn't offer much info.

Last edited by karol (2012-02-29 17:19:04)

fsckd

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Registered: 2009-06-15

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Re: Liquorix kernels

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sitquietly

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From: On the Wolf River

Registered: 2010-07-12

Posts: 220

Re: Liquorix kernels

..... exactly what's different with the Liquorix kernels for Arch that makes them desirable over the stock Arch kernel?  .....

some benchmarks with liquorix kernel

some more benchmarks with liquorix kernel

In short, it gives lower latency.