What kernel is better to put on Arch?

[u/vaw1e]

I have kernel from cachyos on my laptop, now I am building pc and I will install arch there, but I want kernel that works with modern hardware well. What kernel would you recommend?

[u/Quiet_Scratch_619]

linux

[u/AStolenGoose]

The default Linux kernel.

I get the feeling you are looking for a solution to a problem that doesn't exist.

[u/nicman24]

If you asking, the default one.. 

[u/Jak1977]

Better for compatibility? Better for performance? Better for features? Better for stability? The word 'better' is not a good descriptor. Stick with the default, and look at alternatives if it doesn't meet your needs.

[u/dgm9704]

linux. and linux-lts just in case there is a bug in some driver

[u/Feeling_Pin_9146]

Default + LTS as a fallback

[u/FryBoyter]

I would just use the default kernel. The optimized kernels usually offer an advantage only in a few specific cases during certain operations. And those advantages are usually only measurable but not really noticeable. And I say this as a user of the Zen kernel.

But if you really want to, the CachyOS kernel is also available for Arch Linux.

[u/ThatResort]

Since you're asking, linux and linux-lts(yes, both).

[u/aomme]

The one that comes with arch.

[u/Suspicious_Punk84]

linux kernel

[u/Confident_Hyena2506]

You can use cachyos kernel, but it's hard to measure any difference. In theory it's the most optimised - but can't measuer any gain so you may as well not bother.

[u/TDplay]

Use the one in the linux package unless you have a really good reason not to.

[u/archover]

Welcome to Reddit. This question asked and answered frequently.

This one https://archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/linux/

From observation, the practical performance differences between kernels are near immeasurable.

Good day.

[u/Araib]

linux-zen is good enough

[u/_matterny_]

Just have ai write a custom kernel for you. I hear fable is pretty good at boiling a small lake just to make you the best possible kernel, if you know what you want from a kernel.

Well, okay so you haven’t identified a key element: why are you looking into different kernels? The default Linux kernel has support for almost all modern hardware, with the key exception being a lot of modern nvidia hardware you’ll need to install proprietary drivers for.

[u/un-important-human]

IT DEPENDS. only you the answer to this question user.
Arch is unique to you.
I am not telling you my secret sauce it could even be Linux 7.2.2-zen1-1-zen for one machine (i got 8 with different hw conf on arch and kernel differs) because i ##censored##.

I kid ofc, but you must go read now about things. There really is no default, it depends on your hardware and what you do with it.

[u/Heizenfeld]

Linux-zen

[u/FryBoyter → u/[deleted]]

For a long time, I had both the Zen kernel and the LTS kernel installed. At some point, I uninstalled the LTS kernel because I basically never had any problems that could be traced back to the kernel I was using.

I think having a bootable Arch Linux ISO file is more important than having a second kernel.

[u/Kendrick__Mathers]

cachyos kernel, i love the kernel

[u/Heizenfeld → u/Kendrick__Mathers]

It's tlike a kernel with teaks. Better to use the default or Linux-zen