Liquorix Kernel: One of the best Kernels for any Linux Distro

El Liquorix Kernel is a Kernel special, designed in such a way, that it serves as a efficient replacement of the Kernel original of any Linux Distribution (Distro).

Because its construction is intended to use the best available kernel base source and the most optimal and compatible configurations about it for optimize workloads, for the most used or demanded types of Linux Distrothat is to say desktop, multimedia and games.

Or put another way, Liquorix Kernel is optimized with various extra settings to achieve that the Linux Distros where it is integrated have a higher performance than the original. In such a way, that the equipment (computers) where they are installed obtain a better performance en high demand tasks computing, such as design or execution of multimedia content, entertainment (games) or a general use (office automation) but with high workloads.

Liquorix Kernel

Characteristics and benefits

Main courses

• Integrates Interactive Zen Tuning: That makes it easier for you to tune the core for better responsiveness at the cost of performance and energy use demanded.
• MuQSS Process Programmer: Which provides a more balanced Process Scheduler for gaming, multimedia and high workload tasks in real time.
• High frequency tick rate: Offering a more efficient 1000Hz tick rate for latency sensitive applications.
• Hierarchical tree-based RCU implementation: That offers a more optimal RCU implementation (Read Copy Update / Read Copy Update) for systems that operate in real time.
• Hard core priority: That gives a better order of priority to the tasks related to the integration of the necessary patches on it in real time. To thus ensure the best system response in high intensity mixed workload scenarios.
• Budget Fair Queue algorithm: That allows the use of a suitable disk programmer optimized for desktop computers, which require high performance and low latency.
• TCP BBR congestion control: That gives a better and faster control of the congestion of the System, since it maximizes the performance, guaranteeing higher speeds than the traditional Cubic Congestion Control (Cubic).

high schools

• Installers for the most popular Linux Distros: On its website, the installers or sources (binaries) for Debian are provided in all its versions, that is, stable (stable), tests (testing) and unstable (unstable). For Ubuntu, the files are available in the Liquorix PPA Repository, as current as the latest files for DEBIAN available.
• Ideal substitute: Its adequate configuration in the style of each Linux distribution, based on DEBIAN and Ubuntu, favors the detection and management of a wider selection of Hardware. In addition to increasing the capabilities of the field of paravirtualization.
• Minimal debugging: It has a minimum number of debugging options enabled to increase its performance.

Installation

Count with one official, simple, fast and efficient procedure at their official website, and it consists of the execution of the command orders following:

To detect and solve requirements

In DEBIAN:

codename="$(find /etc/apt -type f -name '*.list' | xargs grep -E '^deb' | awk '{print $3}' | grep -Eo '^[a-z]+' | sort | uniq -c | sort -n | tail -n1 | grep -Eo '[a-z]+$')" && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https && echo -e "deb http://liquorix.net/debian $codename main\ndeb-src http://liquorix.net/debian $codename main\n\n# Mirrors:\n#\n# Unit193 - France\n# deb http://mirror.unit193.net/liquorix $codename main\n# deb-src http://mirror.unit193.net/liquorix $codename main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/liquorix.list && curl https://liquorix.net/linux-liquorix.pub | sudo apt-key add - && sudo apt-get update

In Ubuntu:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:damentz/liquorix && sudo apt-get update

Installation (Only for 64Bits architectures)

sudo apt-get install linux-image-liquorix-amd64 linux-headers-liquorix-amd64

My personal test with Liquorix

After installing the «Liquorix Kernel» about my current «Distro MX-Linux 19 (patito feo)», which is based on «DEBIAN 10», I could perceive a lower RAM memory consumption approximate to 100 MB. In addition to actually noticing a faster charge of the system and a better fluency when running applications, especially the Firefox web browser.

Something to note is that it did not replace the Kernel by default at the start of the GRUB, but is added in the advanced options of the GRUB for a manual start. But it can be activated as the default launchable, using «GRUB Customizer» o «Boot Repair» or by manually editing its options.

Conclusion

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