Upcoming Linux Benchmarks For August 2012
With Mesa 8.1 due out this month there will be many more benchmarks of this important open-source Linux desktop component for graphics drivers. Right now there's comparison benchmarks being done of several versions of Mesa with the leading Gallium3D drivers, testing of the different state trackers, and other to-be-announced articles.
As alluded to in recent articles, there's OS X OpenGL benchmarks, Linux and OS X vs. Ubuntu tests of the new Apple MacBook Pro 2012 with Retina Display, Mountain Lion benchmarks, and other Linux-on-Apple articles coming in August soon as the next round of IDG ad campaigns get going for the month. There's also Thunderbolt on Linux tests using a Cinema Display and seeing how well the display itself plus the integrated USB and Ethernet ports work under Linux.
There will be the usual work on compiler testing, Linux 3.6 kernel benchmarking, Linux file-system benchmarks, and the usual assortment of other Phoronix articles. Plus there will be more information revealed on Phoronix Test Suite 4.2-Randaberg and Unterschleissheim along with forthcoming OpenBenchmarking.org features.
In addition, there will be more exciting Valve/Steam on Linux information to share this month.
If you have any benchmark requests please post the information within the Phoronix Forums or tweet it on Twitter.
Meanwhile, the most popular Phoronix featured articles in July were:
- Benchmarking GCC 4.2 Through GCC 4.8 On AMD & Intel Hardware
- The Power Consumption In Ubuntu 12.10
- Solaris 11 Struggles Against Linux Distributions
- ARM Wrestling: Fedora 17 vs. Ubuntu Linux
- Mid-2012: Arch Linux vs. Slackware vs. Ubuntu vs. Fedora
- Valve Picks Up Another All-Star Linux Developer
The most popular news items on Phoronix.com in July were:
- The Best Features Of The Linux 3.5 Kernel
- Valve Software Finds Bugs With Linux Kernel
- Valve & Intel Work On Open-Source GPU Drivers
- GNOME 4.0, GNOME OS Coming In 2014 & Other Crazy Plans
- SDL 2.0 Is Coming Very Soon With New Features
- Intel Loses One Of Their Linux Driver Developers
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