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What Kernel are you guys using? (lemmy.today)

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What Kernel are you guys using?

I have seen some people claiming that custom kernels like zen cachyos offer better battery life and performance.

Is it true ?

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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Do you have any data to show it actually is better?

Desktop and server workloads aren't that different in practice.

[–] HelloRoot@lemy.lol 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It is very hard to measure responsiveness (which is basically the only thing zen claims to be better at) without a lot of time investment and a high speed camera for frame analysis.

I guess a possible setup would be to run a multicore synthetic workload that takes most of the system resources and measuring the start time desktop applications.

But nobody has done it in a "scientific" way as far as I can see. Besides some hobbyist anecdotal observations:

https://reddit.rtrace.io/r/linux/comments/fh0hc2/its_time_for_desktop_distributions_to_adopt_a/

https://forum.garudalinux.org/t/kernel-benchmarking-results-zen-cacule-tkg-bore/18831/8