G'day! The Liquorix kernel is a "distro kernel replacement built using the best configuration and kernel sources for desktop, multimedia, and gaming workloads." It also keeps pretty close to the latest releases of the Linux kernel; for example, at the time of this writing, it was at version 4,1,6.
One useful aspect of Liquorix is that it apparently fixes Betsy's tendency to have corrupted graphics on Intel chipsets. It's also nice to have a newer kernel than the default that ships with Betsy. So, without further ado:
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sudo su
echo -e "# /etc/apt/sources.list.d/liquorix.list\ndeb http://liquorix.net/debian sid main\ndeb-src http://liquorix.net/debian sid main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/liquorix.list
exit
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install liquorix-keyring
sudo apt-get update
At this point you will need to decide which kernel you need. Liquorix offers three options: 32-bit without PAE, 32-bit with PAE, and 64-bit. If you are unsure of which version you need, see 32-bit or 64-bit?; and if yours is 32-bit, see Is my processor PAE-capable?
If 32-bit without PAE:
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sudo apt-get install linux-image-liquorix-686 linux-headers-liquorix-686
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sudo apt-get install linux-image-liquorix-686-pae linux-headers-liquorix-686-pae
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sudo apt-get install linux-image-liquorix-amd64 linux-headers-liquorix-amd64
Verify using
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uname -r
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fred@aussie! ~ $ uname -r
4.1-6.dmz.1-liquorix-amd64
Updates come through the Software Manager, but they are Level 5, so you'll need to have Level 5 updates visible or you'll miss the Liquorix updates. Also, please do not uninstall Betsy's default kernel; because if something goes horribly wrong with the Liquorix kernel you need a good kernel to fall back on.
If you spot errors here please let me know!
UPDATE: For those of you who want to try this on the Ubuntu-based Mint, it may be possible. The only way to know is to try it yourself. Just keep this in mind:
In another words, proceed at your own risk!vrkalak wrote:The Liquorix Kernel is specially for Debian.
It will work with Ubuntu (sometimes) but is for a Debian Kernel.
The Liquorix Kernel will work with LMDE not for Mint/Ubuntu Mains Editions.
Ubuntu is based on Debian-unstable but the Ubuntu-Devs have changed everything so much - that Ubuntu and Debian are neither interchangeable or compatible.
UPDATE 2: It may no longer be possible to install the latest Liquorix on Debian Jessie/LMDE Betsy. Apparently one of the dependencies is gcc-5, which so far as I can tell is not available for Betsy. I'm going to try to find a workaround, but if anyone knows of a solution I'd appreciate them posting.
I believe there are Liquorix archives from which you can install a previous release of the Liquorix kernel but I'm not sure of how this would be done.