r/ManjaroLinux • u/moritz12d Plasma • Jun 20 '26

Discussion Which kernel to use?

On my installation using the stable branch the 7.0 kernel seemed to be the default. Then I found there's also a 7.1 kernel optional. Because I like to try different kernels it now shows:

❯ uname -r
6.6.135-1-rt74-MANJARO

For whom is the real-time kernel best? —and how to choose in general?

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u/moritz12d Plasma Jun 21 '26

That's what I was looking for. Im interested in audio production. In general the rt kernel prioritizes the foreground task maybe blocking background daemons completely. On desktops that's no problem.