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Showing Off The Linux-Friendly Unigine Renderer

Besides Valve Software, another Linux-friendly game company to be presenting next week at SIGGRAPH LA 2012 is another Phoronix favorite, Unigine Corp... Read more at...

Dreaming a Little Dream of the Ideal Linux Distro

Here in the world of Linux, with hundreds of distributions to choose from, it seems safe to say that there's something for just...

Valve Says Left 4 Dead 2 Runs Faster on Linux

Valve has tested its Linux port of Left 4 Dead 2 and was surprised to see that it actually runs faster than the Windows...

Vulnerability in Proprietary NVIDIA Driver for Linux

A vulnerability in NVIDIA's proprietary graphics driver for Linux has been publicised. The hole allows an attacker to gain root access by manipulating the...

VFIO Driver Merged Into Linux 3.6 Kernel

After being in development for years, the VFIO user-space driver interface has been merged into the mainline Linux kernel... Read more at Phoronix

Linux is Not a “Second String” Operating System

While Linux might not enjoy a huge desktop market at present, there are some of you who think that's about to change. Especially the...

Intel Ivy Bridge Is Okay On Linux Power Usage

With talk of a massive power regression in the recently released Linux 3.5 kernel, yesterday I began benchmarking some different systems with varying versions...

KLANG: A New Linux Audio System For The Kernel

A developer has begun working on a new audio sub-system for the Linux kernel, which he is referring to as KLANG, the Kernel Level...

Mid-2012: Arch Linux vs. Slackware vs. Ubuntu vs. Fedora

At the request of many Phoronix readers following the release of updated Arch Linux media, here are some new Arch Linux benchmarks. However, this...

30 Linux Kernel Developers in 30 Weeks: Alan Cox

In this week's 30 Linux Kernel Developers in 30 Weeks profile, we talk to Alan Cox. We learn how he originally got involved in...