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 ...

There are several Linux distros that people say are good alternatives to Windows 11. This particular one, called CachyOS, ...

Linux is amazing in 2026, but the hardware problems, software incompatibilities, and certain troubleshooting problems keep me ...

If you’re interested in Windows performance, you may want to take a look at our experiences with the 3990X here. It’s been a lot of fun watching AMD and Intel duke it out over CPUs the past few years, ...

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 ...

The Linux kernel, the core of any Linux distribution, constantly is evolving to incorporate new technologies and to improve performance, scalability and usability. Every new kernel release adds ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Linux gaming might be better than ever, but I'm not ready to switch yet ...