{"id":18266,"date":"2026-08-01T15:13:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T22:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/?p=18266"},"modified":"2026-08-01T15:13:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T22:13:38","slug":"linux-zen-on-manjaro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2026\/08\/01\/linux-zen-on-manjaro\/","title":{"rendered":"Linux-Zen on Manjaro"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My one complaint with Manjaro Linux is there is no repo support for the Linux-Zen kernel. I&#8217;m running Manjaro on my old Chromebook laptop which has limited hardware, and the Linux-Zen kernel is smoother and more responsive. And this simple method allows you to install it, though you just have to do it manually with each update. You&#8217;re just basically grabbing it from mainline Arch and installing it manually, which works. And it allows you to run the latest kernel on Manjaro as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/moonchildgv\/LinuxZen-Manjaro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/github.com\/moonchildgv\/LinuxZen-Manjaro<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-divider ub_divider ub-divider-orientation-horizontal\" id=\"ub_divider_ad1a9355-0de7-4238-acc4-07f964170ff6\"><div class=\"ub_divider_wrapper\" style=\"position: relative; margin-bottom: 2px; width: 100%; height: 2px; \" data-divider-alignment=\"center\"><div class=\"ub_divider_line\" style=\"border-top: 2px solid #ccc; margin-top: 2px; \"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maybe you don&#8217;t know that to install the Linux-zen on manjaro it is not possible through the mirrorlists of the distro (neither through Pacman nor through Yay). But it is possible to circumvent the problem with simple steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Why install zen kernel?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It a kernel tuned for performance, aimed at improving performance of desktops at the cost of throughput and power usage. It is also sometimes considered the best kernel for gaming. It has a low latency and high-frequency scheduling. The kernel facilitates faster speeds and features a more optimized scheduler.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>to install it you need to go to: <a href=\"https:\/\/pkgs.org\/search\/?q=linux-zen\">https:\/\/pkgs.org\/search\/?q=linux-zen<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/user-images.githubusercontent.com\/34889283\/233870450-6cd083f0-48ff-448c-bd42-30b994a49d59.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/user-images.githubusercontent.com\/34889283\/233870450-6cd083f0-48ff-448c-bd42-30b994a49d59.jpg\" alt=\"linux-zen\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>click on it and go down to the item Download:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/user-images.githubusercontent.com\/34889283\/233870493-54d09202-de28-4cdf-950d-fbee517812ea.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/user-images.githubusercontent.com\/34889283\/233870493-54d09202-de28-4cdf-950d-fbee517812ea.jpg\" alt=\"linux-zen1\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"3\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>now write on terminal: wget + link just copied (in this case): wget https:\/\/ftp5.gwdg.de\/pub\/linux\/archlinux\/extra\/os\/x86_64\/linux-zen-6.2.12.zen1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>once concluded you will have a file that you will have to install using the command: sudo pacman -U linux-zen-6.2.12.zen1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>finished the installation reboot, and check with the following command if the installation was successful: uname -r you should get this output: 6.2.12-zen1-1-zen<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Note: unfortunately to update the kernel, you have to carry out this procedure every time.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ENJOY!! \ud83d\ude1c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My one complaint with Manjaro Linux is there is no repo support for the Linux-Zen kernel. I&#8217;m running Manjaro on my old Chromebook laptop which has limited hardware, and the Linux-Zen kernel is smoother and more responsive. And this simple method allows you to install it, though you just have to do it manually with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jason","author_link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/author\/jturning\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18266"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18267,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18266\/revisions\/18267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}