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Greetings

Hi all, in this video i will show how to install TKG Gamer Kernel on Arch Linux.

You only need have one system with Arch Linux fully installed.

I hope you enjoy!

Links

  1. Arch Linux
  2. Arch Linux Wiki
  3. Arch Linux Wiki - Kernel
  4. Chaotic-AUR

Steps

1. Chaotic-AUR

Chaotic-AUR is a unofficial user reposity for Arch Linux that has prebuilt binaries from the AUR.

Chaotic-AUR also has several custom kernels available, and this includes kernels specially tuned for gamer and desktop use.

You can visit the site in description and get the link for chaotic-aur site.

2. Enable Chaotic-AUR

$ pacman-key --recv-key 3056513887B78AEB --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com
$ pacman-key --lsign-key 3056513887B78AEB
$ pacman -U 'https://cdn-mirror.chaotic.cx/chaotic-aur/chaotic-keyring.pkg.tar.zst' 'https://cdn-mirror.chaotic.cx/chaotic-aur/chaotic-mirrorlist.pkg.tar.zst'

Append (add to the end of the file) /etc/pacman.conf:

[chaotic-aur]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/chaotic-mirrorlist

And finnaly:

$ sudo pacman -Syyu

3. Install TKG Kernel

Image here

The best kernel for our case, gaming desktop is bmq. So, let´s go install.

$ sudo pacman -S grub-customizer \
linux-tkg-bmq linux-tkg-bmq-headers

4. Customize Grub

We need customize grub for display and run your new kernel.

So, let´s go:

$ grub-customizer
$ reboot

And follow video instructions…

Finish

As you see, the new kernel is grub list.