Hey all! I recently installed CachyOS which comes with linux-cachyos-bore as the default kernel, and I have to say that it does feel a lot snappier to just use and click around, even though I have almost the exact same Plasma setup as my previous Arch install. So now I'm wondering how many great patches and forks I'm missing out on :D
What's your experience with using kernels other than linux, linux-lts, and linux-zen? Now that I'm free of Nvidia bullshit I'm more inclined to test out different things, does anyone have some resources like comparisons of the various alternatives out there?
I use linux-tkg with the PDS scheduler. It all depends on the task whether you will see improvements. In my game of choice I saw a much smoother experience going in and out of load screens and generally experienced less stuttering in more crowded areas when players were being loaded in. I noticed no other improvements.
These are all variations of the Linux kernel, as in they are compiled with different options or components. In this case we're talking about different schedulers, which is the part of the kernel which decides what tasks are executed, when and for how long, etc.
I use linux-tkg with the BORE scheduler on my system. Same kernel, but with CFS before. It is faster in scenarios where it's designed to be faster, but overall it won't blow your socks off, as if it's some kind of magic