We're seeing excitement build up from the Vulkan API release 1.4.340, with a new extension that should eventually improve ...

Linux gaming benchmarks on Bazzite, real numbers using Mango HUD, showing AMD leading in several titles, so you can pick ...

Steam Deck momentum and 12,000 verified or playable games show the rise of gaming on Linux, guiding you toward stable ...

A recent benchmark from PC Games Hardware suggests that, at least for some games, Proton has nearly eliminated the ...

It’s been nearly a year since we last took an in-depth look at viewport performance with the help of SPEC’s SPECviewperf, and with the recent release of its 2020 v3.1 update, we felt now was a good ...

KDAB, a German consulting firm that develops graphics and visualization tools, has released Hotspot 1.0, a GUI too for visualizing performance data generated by the Linux perf tool. Perf analyzes ...

Tuning Linux systems for performance is an essential task for any system administrator, but it also is one of the least documented. Without a hard-won understanding, performance tuning often can seem ...

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 ...

Performance is a cornerstone of effective system administration, particularly in the Linux ecosystem. Whether you're managing a high-traffic web server, a data-intensive application, or a development ...

I've been doing some work lately evaluating various Linux desktop environments on low-end hardware. I've put a lot of time into this and I've gotten some interesting results, so I thought I'd share ...