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The kernel. I literally can't use my computer without it!
Jokes aside, I'm a big fan of Kolourpaint too.
tbf the zen-kernel is a really cool thing to have if you get it package correctly into your system.
It is, and I've used it for a while. I don't recall why I stopped it, it was a long time ago; perhaps I didn't notice any meaningful difference in performance? Stock kernels are good enough for most purposes.