I ran the same tests on both sides of my dual-boot and one of them embarrassed the other.

With the first rumblings of Meltdown and Spectre malware appearing, it's time to patch our systems against these CPU vulnerabilities. We know these patches will slow our systems down, but, for Linux ...

The stable Linux 7.1 kernel release brings massive performance enhancements for upcoming Intel and AMD chips, a rewritten ...

I recently posted a somewhat scathing look at the state of gaming on Linux. It took some folks by surprise. As I said in that piece, I’m a Linux advocate but I’m also a critic. However, it would be a ...

Gaming on Linux used to feel daunting, but these days, you can do it completely without the terminal, and it changes ...

The Linux kernel development team has officially released Linux Kernel 7.1, marking the first major update in the 7.x series.

The sar command can provide detailed system metrics on just about every aspect of system performance. You can query it on as as-needed basis or set it up to provide daily reports. Sar is a system ...

Linux is about to get a huge performance boost in AES-XTS or AES encryption performance thanks to new improvements. This could tip people over to make the switch from Windows 11 24H2 over to Linux.

At only a few years old, Clear Linux hasn’t been around long enough to start appearing in top-ten distro lists all over, but it’s an OS that offers enough uniqueness to warrant a fair look. At a basic ...

In context: Linux offers developers and engineers a means to "tune" its operations, providing thousands of individual parameters that can adjust how the open-source kernel manages resources. Tuning ...

Get the latest GPU rendering benchmark results in our more up-to-date Blender 3.6 performance article. It’s time once again to take an in-depth look at CPU and GPU performance in Blender, something we ...

WSL 3 makes staying on Windows easier, especially for developers building or running Linux-based AI, container, or dev ...