Does broadcom work with linux-zen?
now, works,.with zen and lts too…just restarted my laptop. trying to load modules stopped the broadcom driver,
OK, I’m glad that with lts and zen it works !!!
what exactly do the blacklist?? blocking ?
what specifications do you have on 10 years old laptop? and what DE do you use on 4gb ram??? 
$ inxi -Fcxxx0
System: Host: judd Kernel: 5.4.7-zen1-1-zen x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.2.0 Desktop: MATE 1.22.2 info: mate-panel
wm: marco 1.22.3 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Arch Linux
Machine: Type: Desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: GA-880GM-USB3 v: x.x serial: <root required> BIOS: Award v: F8 date: 10/15/2010
CPU: Topology: Dual Core model: AMD Phenom II X2 560 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: K10 rev: 3 L2 cache: 1024 KiB
flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4a svm bogomips: 13259
Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/3300 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2200 2: 800
Graphics: Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Turks XT [Radeon HD 6670/7670] vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: radeon
v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 1002:6758
Display: server: X.Org 1.20.6 driver: ati,radeon unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa compositor: marco v: 1.22.3
tty: N/A
OpenGL: renderer: AMD TURKS (DRM 2.50.0 / 5.4.7-zen1-1-zen LLVM 9.0.0) v: 3.3 Mesa 19.3.1 compat-v: 3.1
direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus ID: 00:14.2 chip ID: 1002:4383
Device-2: AMD Turks HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6500/6600 / 6700M Series] vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.1 chip ID: 1002:aa90
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.7-zen1-1-zen
Network: Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel
port: ce00 bus ID: 03:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8168
IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: 1c:6f:65:d0:e2:17
Device-2: Linksys WUSB54GC v3 802.11g Adapter [Ralink RT2070L] type: USB driver: rt2800usb bus ID: 3-2:2
chip ID: 1737:0077 serial: 1.0
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 68:7f:74:65:e8:d5
Drives: Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 46.06 GiB (9.9%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD5000AAKX-001CA0 size: 465.76 GiB speed: 3.0 Gb/s
serial: WD-WCAYUM310284 rev: 1H15 scheme: MBR
Partition: ID-1: / size: 457.45 GiB used: 46.06 GiB (10.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 52.0 C mobo: 43.5 C gpu: radeon temp: 45 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 954 fan-1: 3443 fan-3: 0
Voltages: 12v: N/A 5v: 3.04 3.3v: N/A vbat: 2.88
Info: Processes: 155 Uptime: 1h 13m Memory: 3.84 GiB used: 1.38 GiB (35.9%) Init: systemd v: 244 Compilers: gcc: 9.2.0
clang: 9.0.1 Shell: bash v: 5.0.11 running in: lxterminal inxi: 3.0.37
OS: Arch Linux
Kernel: x86_64 Linux 5.4.7-zen1-1-zen
Uptime: 1h 14m
Packages: 946
Shell: bash
Resolution: 1440x900
DE: MATE 1.22.2
WM: Metacity (Marco)
WM Theme: TraditionalGreen
GTK Theme: TraditionalGreen [GTK2/3]
Icon Theme: menta
Font: Ubuntu Condensed, 13
Disk: 47G / 460G (11%)
CPU: AMD Phenom II X2 560 @ 2x 3.3GHz
GPU: AMD TURKS (DRM 2.50.0 / 5.4.7-zen1-1-zen, LLVM 9.0.0)
RAM: 1644MiB / 3932MiB
your laptop is more powerfull than mine 
No, pc-desktop
Laptop Dell Ultrabox inspiron 5423 only use it when I travel.
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So …what got it working? Zen kernel?
Yes
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zen and lts too…after restart,without loading modules
It must that special zen sauce! Edit: I know Zen kernel is optimized but i don’t know exactly how it is changed?
i will keep zen active and see how it feels… thank you all for help and patience 
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I don’t understand, how do you change it?
(Language mess …)
Okay… i mean i don’t know how the Zen kernel is modified to give it more performance?
I have no idea … I just know that for everyday use, take the hardware better, you have more options.
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what options??
It has more difficult hardware lists, like broadcom and others …
sorry for stupid question