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 Install Liquorix Kernel on any Mint Debian edition (32-bit)

Liquorix is a kernel replacement built using the best configuration and kernel sources for desktop, multimedia, and gaming workloads. Upon installation it will make the entry to your GRUB boot records and be the first in list. These kernels also work with fglrx.

su
nano /etc/apt/sources.list
add:
deb http://liquorix.net/debian sid main future
Save and exit by 'ctrl+x' 'y' enter

Save the keyring
apt-get update && apt-get install '^liquorix-([^-]+-)?keyring.?'
Now do
apt-get install linux-headers-2.6-liquorix-686 linux-image-2.6-liquorix-686

Reboot, perhaps by doing
shutdown -r now

Verify your PC is running the most fresh kernel by doing
uname -r


Authors homepage: http://liquorix.net/

Comments
5 years ago	Mintification	Hmm, nice. Should try this kernel someday :)
6 years ago	biohazard35	Thanks! This tutorial has been extremely useful for me since Linux Mint Debian has started defaulting to -486, which didn't support my Pentium Dual-Core. :)
6 years ago	fooquit	Thanks for this. I think this tutorial will become quite popular since the LMDE versions of Mint seem to default to the "-486" which doesn't support multi-core processors, this effectively hobbled my Core 2 Duo (it was using only one of it's two cores). Of course I can just install the "-686-pae" kernel but as I have less than 4 GiB RAM there will be a very slight memory plenty (0.1% of RAM). Hopefully the LMDE installer will intelligently make the choice between using the "-486" or the "-686-pae" kernel in the future. PS. All this is a result of the Debian team no longer maintaining a regular "-686" kernel only the "-686-pae" one instead. Details here: http://womble.decadent.org.uk/blog/upcoming-changes-in-debian-linux-packages-for-i386.html
6 years ago	Gotenks	Tutorial updated
6 years ago	cpatrick08	oh ok
6 years ago	Gotenks	Good logic, I am not ikey though.
6 years ago	cpatrick08	i was wondering if you are ikey because you have the same pic as he did but with a different name
7 years ago	craigevil	The main liquorix site is: http://liquorix.net liquorix support forums are: http://techpatterns.com/forums/forum-34.html liquorix irc is at #smxi on irc.debian.org, look for damentz
7 years ago	craigevil	You do not want to use "future" unless you want a beta/rc kernel. Future is the development branch, simply add: future to the sources entry. For previous kernel version, add: past You can also use smxi to install it. To add liquorix in smxi, use: super-advanced-kernel-options, which add liquorix sources / set defaults or :: after you add liquorix sources deb http://liquorix.net/debian/ sid main then the next time smxi runs you will see option to install liquorix kernels in advanced kernel install options, just like with your other kernel options. You can set liquorix to be your default kernel in Misc Tweaks advanced options.
7 years ago	progone	I'm looking forward to trying this out soon.
7 years ago	wanda	Kernel default und fertig.
7 years ago	kwevej	answer: no ;)
7 years ago	kwevej	Sould I also install the modules package?
7 years ago	khan	Great find!
7 years ago	Gotenks	Currently running Liquorix kernel 2.6.35-4 without issues See kernel.org for determining current stable and testing kernels. LMDE's currently remains: 2.6.32-5
7 years ago	Gotenks	Between a 'current readymade performance kernel' vs spending hours building your own custom/optimized kernel from source. Damenz's Liquorix kernel is built using a fine tuned desktop configuration. Please see http://pclinuxos2007.blogspot.com/2010/07/liquorix-squeezes-most-out-of-your.html Authors site added to end of page
7 years ago	davedarkblade	What are the main differences between this and the default kernel? You notice the increased performance?

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