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665 Phoronix open-source and Linux related news articles on Phoronix since 2006.

Phoronix Meet-Up - New York City - 21 December
Phoronix Meet-Up - New York City - 21 December

For Phoronix readers in the New York City area, on 21 December there are tentative plans being made for a usual Phoronix meet-up for those interested in Linux, open-source software, benchmarking, and computer hardware enthusiasts.

6 December 2012 - New York - Add A Comment
Upcoming Linux Benchmarks For The Holidays

For those Linux users hoping to do PC upgrades this holiday season, a number of interesting Linux hardware benchmarks are imminent to help you with your buying decisions.

25 November 2012 - Linux Benchmarking - 7 Comments
Exciting This Month: Wayland, EXT4 & AMD

October is quickly coming to a close, so here's a rundown of the most popular Phoronix content this month. So far in October there were 28 featured articles published and 224 original news articles published.

30 October 2012 - October Closing - 2 Comments
Auto-Determining Relevant Linux Benchmarks To Run
Auto-Determining Relevant Linux Benchmarks To Run

As part of a larger undertaking with OpenBenchmarking.org, the Phoronix Test Suite is now capable of intelligently and automatically determining the most relevant Linux benchmarks for you to run based upon your system's installed hardware and software along with what sub-system you're wishing to stress.

10 October 2012 - Linux Benchmarking - 2 Comments
Development Stats From Trondheim To Suldal
Development Stats From Trondheim To Suldal

Having recently delivered the Git development stats on Wayland, Mesa, the X.Org Server, xf86-video-intel, xf86-video-nouveau, and xf86-video-ati, now it's time to turn it on Phoronix.

28 July 2012 - Phoronix Test Suite - Add A Comment
Suldal Is Out; Randaberg & Unterschleissheim Are Next

As most have seen by now, Phoronix Test Suite 4.0 surfaced this morning (codenamed "Suldal") while the next Linux benchmarking projects under development for release by year's end are Randaberg and Unterschleissheim.

23 July 2012 - Unterschleissheim - 2 Comments
It's Time For A New Phoronix User Survey

It's that time again to take a Phoronix user survey to help us out, which will also benefit the Linux hardware community and our open-source benchmarking efforts.

10 July 2012 - It's That Time Again - 28 Comments
Phoronix Meet-Up - Next Week - Boston/Cambridge

For any Phoronix readers that would like to discuss Linux, open-source, benchmarking, and other matters -- whether it be the topics themselves, constructive criticism, or anything else -- a meet-up is being planned for next week on 15 June in Boston/Cambridge, Massachusetts.

8 June 2012 - Phoronix Meet-Up - Add A Comment
Happy Birthday - Phoronix Turns Eight Years Old

It was on 5 June 2004 that I founded Phoronix.com, what has become the leading source for Linux hardware reviews, Linux / open-source graphics drivers, Linux gaming, and much more enthusiast information catered to the open-source world.

5 June 2012 - Phoronix.com - 18 Comments
Test Automation With PTS, OpenBenchmarking.org

Tonight at the Ubuntu Developer Summit I'm talking about the Phoronix Test Suite and OpenBenchmarking.org. Here's some of my notes for those unable to make it or were able to attend but would like additional information.

9 May 2012 - Benchmarking - 5 Comments
Suldal Improvements; New OpenCL, VDPAU Benchmarks
Suldal Improvements; New OpenCL, VDPAU Benchmarks

The latest Phoronix Test Suite 4.0-Suldal improvements are now available and there's also some new test profiles for those interested in measuring the OpenCL/GPGPU performance under Linux along with NVIDIA's VDPAU video decoding speed.

29 April 2012 - Linux Benchmarking - 4 Comments
The Most Popular Linux Stories Of Q1'2012

I had meant to post this at the beginning of the month, but due to the busy schedule, posting of the top Phoronix articles for Q1'2012 got pushed back. Regardless, it's better late than never, so here's a look at the top Linux news and articles for so far this year.

18 April 2012 - Coverage - 2 Comments
PTS4-Suldal Milestone 1 Packs Exciting Features

The first development release of Phoronix Test Suite 4.0-Suldal is now available. There's some exciting features met in this first milestone that will please those using this open-source automated testing infrastructure if you're using it for benchmarking or if you're just a Phoronix.com reader of our many published benchmark results.

12 April 2012 - Phoronix Test Suite 4.0 - 4 Comments
Phoronix Test Suite 3.8 Update Pokes OS X 10.8, Etc

Phoronix Test Suite 3.8-Bygland Milestone 2 is now available for your open-source benchmarking needs under Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, BSD, and Solaris. This second development milestone supports the upcoming Mac OS X 10.8 "Mountain Lion" operating system, new hardware detection abilities, and other improvements.

20 February 2012 - Bygland - Add A Comment
A Christmas Update Of Phoronix Test Suite 3.6

A point release of Phoronix Test Suite 3.6-Arendal is now available for those interested in open-source benchmarking / performance validation on Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, Solaris, and BSD platforms.

23 December 2011 - New Release - Add A Comment
New Milestone For Phoronix Test Suite 3.6-Arendal

The second milestone release for Phoronix Test Suite 3.6 (codenamed "Arendal") is now available. There's improvements to the Phoronix Test Suite core itself along with the Phodevi library and graphing components.

7 November 2011 - PTS 3.6 Milestone 2 - 4 Comments
That Piece Of Crap Hewlett-Packard Ad

If you've been annoyed over the past ~18 hours by a Hewlett-Packard ad appearing on Phoronix that's hijacking the pages for at least the US traffic, I've been beyond annoyed by this bloody ad as well. It should be hopefully fixed soon.

14 September 2011 - Scum - 53 Comments
Linux Benchmarks, Reviews Coming For September

Besides a 40-way graphics card comparison between the open and closed-source Linux drivers for both NVIDIA and ATI/AMD graphics processors, there's also a number of other interesting articles coming up on Phoronix. Here's some of what you can expect to see next month on Phoronix.

31 August 2011 - Oktoberfes - 4 Comments

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