Phoronix Test Suite

Exciting Updates: KDE Plasma’s Wayland Transition Set to Wrap Up by 2025!

Exciting Updates: KDE Plasma’s Wayland Transition Set to Wrap Up by 2025!

KDE is making exciting strides with its Plasma desktop. Developer Nate Graham recently shared an update about their progress, particularly ... Read more

Unlocking Performance: A Comparative Analysis of Intel Xe vs. i915 Drivers on Linux 6.19 for Arc Alchemist GPUs

Unlocking Performance: A Comparative Analysis of Intel Xe vs. i915 Drivers on Linux 6.19 for Arc Alchemist GPUs

With the evolving landscape of graphics cards, Intel’s Arc A-Series “Alchemist” cards present an interesting comparison to AMD’s older drivers. ... Read more

Discover CachyOS: Arch Linux’s New Server Edition for Enhanced Performance and Flexibility

Discover CachyOS: Arch Linux’s New Server Edition for Enhanced Performance and Flexibility

CachyOS, an Arch Linux-based distribution, has recently gained traction among Linux gamers and enthusiasts, especially after Intel’s Clear Linux shut ... Read more

Ultimate Showdown: AMDVLK vs. RADV – A Deep Dive into AMD Radeon Vulkan Driver Performance

Ultimate Showdown: AMDVLK vs. RADV – A Deep Dive into AMD Radeon Vulkan Driver Performance

This year brought a big change for Linux gamers as AMD officially wrapped up support for its AMDVLK driver. This ... Read more

Discover MPV 0.41: Enhancements in Wayland Support and Optimized Vulkan Hardware Decoding!

Discover MPV 0.41: Enhancements in Wayland Support and Optimized Vulkan Hardware Decoding!

MPV 0.41 has just been released, introducing exciting new features to this open-source video player. The update puts a strong ... Read more

Exciting Developments Ahead: Upcoming Kernel Graphics Driver Enhancements for Linux 6.20 to 7.0

Exciting Developments Ahead: Upcoming Kernel Graphics Driver Enhancements for Linux 6.20 to 7.0

Even before the Linux 6.19 version was officially released, the development community was already busy preparing for the next iteration. ... Read more

Unlocking Insights: Proactive Opt-In Data Collection and Crash Analysis for Valve’s Steam Deck

Unlocking Insights: Proactive Opt-In Data Collection and Crash Analysis for Valve’s Steam Deck

Valve’s Steam Deck collects valuable data to enhance user experience and improve system performance. This opt-in data collection aims to ... Read more

Unleashing AI & HPC Power: Early Benchmarks of Linux 6.19 on AMD EPYC 9965 2P

Unleashing AI & HPC Power: Early Benchmarks of Linux 6.19 on AMD EPYC 9965 2P

This past weekend, I tested the Linux 6.19 development kernel on several systems. Despite some scheduler issues, I noticed promising ... Read more

Revolutionizing Data Communication: Stable Linux GPIB Drivers Released 53 Years After HP’s Trailblazing Introduction of the Bus

Revolutionizing Data Communication: Stable Linux GPIB Drivers Released 53 Years After HP’s Trailblazing Introduction of the Bus

The Linux kernel has made a significant leap forward by officially including the General Purpose Interface Bus (GPIB) drivers. GPIB, ... Read more

Steam Surges: Linux Gaming Hits a Milestone with 3% Market Share in October 2025!

Steam Surges: Linux Gaming Hits a Milestone with 3% Market Share in October 2025!

Steam on Linux is making waves! According to the latest Steam Survey from October 2025, it has surpassed the 3% ... Read more