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Michael Larabel: Two Decades of Linux Hardware Benchmarking

2025-08-31

Michael Larabel, founder of Phoronix.com in 2004, has dedicated two decades to enriching the Linux hardware experience. He's authored over 20,000 articles covering Linux hardware support, performance, graphics drivers, and more. Larabel also leads development of the influential benchmarking software: Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org.

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Michael Larabel: 20 Years of Linux Hardware Benchmarking

2025-08-30

Michael Larabel, founder and principal author of Phoronix.com, has been enriching the Linux hardware experience since 2004. He's penned over 20,000 articles covering Linux hardware support, performance, graphics drivers, and more. Larabel is also the lead developer behind the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org automated benchmarking software, significantly contributing to the Linux ecosystem.

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Linux ASI Performance Breakthrough: From 70% to 13% I/O Overhead Reduction

2025-08-14

For years, Google engineers have been working on Address Space Isolation (ASI) for the Linux kernel to combat growing CPU speculative execution vulnerabilities. Early implementations resulted in a crippling 70% I/O throughput penalty. Now, that overhead is down to just 13%. Google engineer Brendan Jackman has revived the effort, presenting a solution to the page cache performance issues. While challenges remain, particularly concerning context switching and copy-on-write operations, the significant progress makes ASI a viable contender for a mainstream CPU vulnerability solution.

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Michael Larabel: 20 Years of Linux Hardware Benchmarking

2025-08-03

Michael Larabel, founder and principal author of Phoronix.com, has been enriching the Linux hardware experience since 2004. He's penned over 20,000 articles covering Linux hardware support, performance, graphics drivers, and more. Larabel is also the lead developer behind the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org—crucial tools for Linux benchmarking. His contributions have significantly advanced the Linux community.

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Michael Larabel: 20 Years of Linux Hardware Benchmarking

2025-07-22

Michael Larabel, founder and principal author of Phoronix.com, has dedicated himself since 2004 to enriching the Linux hardware experience. He's penned over 20,000 articles covering Linux hardware support, performance, graphics drivers, and more. Beyond writing, he's the lead developer of automated benchmarking software like the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org. A true pioneer in Linux performance analysis.

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Debian 13 "Trixie" Officially Adds RISC-V Support

2025-07-21

Debian 13 "Trixie," slated for release on August 9th, will officially support the RISC-V 64-bit architecture for the first time. While board support is currently limited and the build process hampered by slow hardware, over seventeen thousand Debian packages are already building for RISC-V. Supported hardware includes SiFive HiFive Unleashed, SiFive HiFive Unmatched, Microchip Polarfire, and VisionFive 2. Despite challenges like slow build daemons, Debian's commitment to RISC-V is evident.

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Servo Engine Makes Strides: Windows Multi-process Support Lands!

2025-07-18

The open-source web layout engine Servo continues to advance. This month's update highlights significant progress in incremental layout, performance optimizations, WebDriver server support for automation, viewport meta tag support, DOM scroll event support, basic IndexedDB support, improved AbortController abort handling, experimental multi-process support on Windows, and enhanced DevTools and screen reader capabilities. Servo is steadily maturing into a robust embeddable browser engine.

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Phoronix Founder Michael Larabel: 20 Years of Linux Hardware Expertise

2025-07-16

Michael Larabel, founder and principal author of Phoronix.com, has dedicated over two decades to enriching the Linux hardware experience since launching the site in 2004. He's penned over 20,000 articles covering Linux hardware support, performance, graphics drivers, and more. Larabel is also the lead developer of automated benchmarking software including the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org.

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Michael Larabel: 20 Years of Linux Hardware Benchmarking

2025-06-26

Michael Larabel, founder and principal author of Phoronix.com, has been enriching the Linux hardware experience since 2004. He's written over 20,000 articles covering Linux hardware support, performance, graphics drivers, and more. He's also the lead developer behind the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org – automated benchmarking software crucial to the Linux community.

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Ubuntu to Disable Intel Graphics Security Mitigations for Performance Boost

2025-06-23

Intel graphics security mitigations have been silently impacting performance, with disabling them potentially yielding a 20% boost for OpenCL and Level Zero GPU compute. Canonical, in collaboration with Intel, plans to disable these mitigations in Ubuntu packages to recapture this lost performance. This is enabled via the "NEO_DISABLE_MITIGATIONS" build option, already used in Intel's GitHub binaries. While a security risk exists, both Intel and Canonical security teams have approved this change, slated for Ubuntu 25.10. The mitigation primarily affects the Intel Compute Runtime and doesn't impact kernel-level security.

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FreeBSD 14.3 Released: ZFS Upgrades, WiFi Driver Improvements, and More

2025-06-11

FreeBSD 14.3, a stable release serving as a stepping stone to FreeBSD 15, is now available. This release backports numerous improvements from FreeBSD 15, including: ZFS updated to OpenZFS 2.2.7; Realtek RTW88 and RTW89 WiFi drivers merged based on Linux 6.14; LinuxKPI enhancements for crypto offload and 802.11n/ac support; Intel IX Ethernet driver support for x550 1000BAS-BX SFP modules; and updates to XZ, OpenSSH, OpenSSL, and many other packages. The legacy Syscons console driver is deprecated.

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Phoronix Benchmarks AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 390 & Radeon 8050S Integrated Graphics

2025-06-06

Phoronix published a comprehensive Linux benchmark review of AMD's Ryzen AI Max PRO 390 processor and its integrated Radeon 8050S graphics. The Radeon 8050S, featuring 32 cores at 2.8GHz, slots between the Radeon 8060S and 890M in performance. Supporting resolutions up to 8K@60Hz, the review includes various game and benchmark tests, comparing it against other integrated graphics from AMD and Intel. The Radeon 8050S showed excellent out-of-the-box performance on Ubuntu 25.04 and Fedora 42.

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Linux Hardware Guru: Michael Larabel and Phoronix

2025-06-05

Michael Larabel, founder of Phoronix.com (2004), is a leading figure in Linux hardware performance. He's authored over 20,000 articles on Linux hardware support, performance, graphics drivers, and more. He's also the lead developer behind the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org – automated benchmarking software.

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AMD Drops Proprietary OpenGL and Vulkan Drivers for Radeon Software on Linux

2025-05-30

AMD announced it will remove proprietary OpenGL and Vulkan drivers from its upcoming Radeon Software for Linux 25.20 release, fully embracing Mesa-based open-source drivers instead. This means the RadeonSI OpenGL driver and the proprietary Vulkan driver (based on AMDVLK) will no longer be included. This move is considered a significant step towards open-source by AMD and marks official support for the Mesa RADV Vulkan driver. RADV has long been the de facto Radeon Vulkan driver in Linux distributions, known for its performance and stability. This simplifies driver management and promises a more consistent and stable graphics experience for Linux users.

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Michael Larabel: 20 Years of Linux Hardware Benchmarking

2025-05-28

Michael Larabel, founder of Phoronix.com (2004), has authored over 20,000 articles focused on enriching the Linux hardware experience. His work covers Linux hardware support, performance, graphics drivers, and more. He's also the lead developer of the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org – key tools for automated benchmarking. A true veteran of the open-source community.

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Michael Larabel: 20 Years of Linux Hardware Benchmarking

2025-05-16

Michael Larabel, founder and principal author of Phoronix.com, has dedicated himself since 2004 to enhancing the Linux hardware experience. He's penned over 20,000 articles covering Linux hardware support, performance, graphics drivers, and more. Furthermore, Larabel is the lead developer behind the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org – automated benchmarking software crucial to the Linux community. His contributions have significantly shaped the landscape of open-source benchmarking.

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Michael Larabel: The Driving Force Behind Phoronix and Open Benchmarking

2025-05-07

Michael Larabel, founder of Phoronix.com (2004), is a prolific writer with over 20,000 articles on Linux hardware support, performance, graphics drivers, and more. Beyond his extensive writing, he's the lead developer of the widely-used benchmarking software: Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org. His contributions have significantly advanced the Linux ecosystem and open-source benchmarking.

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Linus Torvalds Slams Case-Insensitive Filesystems

2025-04-27

Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux kernel, unleashed a scathing critique on case-insensitive file systems. He argued that such functionality is fundamentally flawed, citing numerous security vulnerabilities stemming from poor implementations. Many programs rely on case-sensitive filenames for security checks, and flawed case-insensitive implementations can bypass these checks, leading to serious security risks. Torvalds urged filesystem developers to abandon this flawed approach, emphasizing that case-sensitivity is the correct design choice.

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AMD Open-Sources GPU Virtualization Module, Radeon Support on Roadmap

2025-04-24

AMD has open-sourced its "GPU-IOV Module" for virtualization with Instinct accelerators. This Linux kernel module utilizes SR-IOV for hardware virtualization with KVM, offering GPU virtualization, virtual function configuration, GPU scheduling, hang detection and FLR reset, and PF/VF handshaking. Currently supporting Instinct MI300X on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS with ROCm 6.4, the code is available on GitHub. Importantly, AMD's roadmap includes bringing this SR-IOV based virtualization to consumer Radeon GPUs, a long-requested feature.

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Wine 10.6 Released: Enhanced CMD, Bcrypt, and Game Compatibility

2025-04-21

The open-source software Wine has been updated to version 10.6, fixing 27 bugs and improving game and application compatibility. This release updates the lexer in the command processor CMD, adds PBKDF2 algorithm support to Bcrypt, and enhances WindowsCodecs' support for image metadata. Fixes include improvements for Unity games, Alan Wake, GDI+ issues, and various other games and apps.

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Michael Larabel: 20 Years of Linux Hardware Benchmarking

2025-04-19

Michael Larabel, founder and principal author of Phoronix.com, has dedicated over two decades to improving the Linux hardware experience since founding the site in 2004. He's authored over 20,000 articles covering Linux hardware support, performance, graphics drivers, and more. He's also the lead developer behind the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org automated benchmarking software. A true veteran of the open-source Linux community.

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DragonFlyBSD's Next-Gen Disk Encryption: dm_target_crypt_ng

2025-04-13

DragonFlyBSD has a major update: dm_target_crypt_ng, a next-generation disk encryption implementation. Developer Michael Neumann re-engineered the DM-crypt code for improved performance and interactivity. The new version ditches opencrypto and cryptodev, opting for a simplified symmetric block cipher API and using two worker pools for efficiency. Currently supporting AES-CBC and AES-XTS, with plans to add Twofish and Serpent. This update significantly improves system responsiveness, providing a smoother disk encryption experience for DragonFlyBSD users. It's expected to become the default in the upcoming DragonFlyBSD 6.4 release.

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Michael Larabel: 20 Years of Linux Hardware Benchmarking

2025-04-08

Michael Larabel, founder and principal author of Phoronix.com, has dedicated himself since 2004 to improving the Linux hardware experience. He's penned over 20,000 articles covering Linux hardware support, performance, graphics drivers, and more. He's also the lead developer behind the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org automated benchmarking software.

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Coreboot 25.03 Released: Open-Source BIOS Gets Major Update

2025-04-04

Coreboot, the open-source BIOS/firmware solution, has released version 25.03, bringing significant improvements. This release boasts enhanced display handling, a better USB debugging experience, CPU topology updates, various improvements to open-source RAM initialization for aging Intel Haswell platforms, improved USB Type-C and Thunderbolt handling, various embedded controller (EC) improvements, better RISC-V architecture support, DDR5-7500 support, and numerous bug fixes. Furthermore, it adds support for 22 new motherboards, including several Google Chromebooks, the AMD "Crater" development platform, older ASRock motherboards, and StarLabs devices. The Intel Panther Lake reference platform, "Intel Ptlrvp," is also supported.

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Linus Torvalds Rages Against 'Turds' in Linux 6.15 Kernel

2025-03-31

Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, expressed his strong displeasure with the newly merged hdrtest code in the Linux 6.15 kernel, specifically within the Intel Xe driver. This testing code generates unnecessary temporary files during the build process, cluttering the source tree, slowing down the build, and even affecting filename completion. Torvalds referred to it as "turds" and demanded its removal, suggesting that developers run it as a separate test instead of integrating it into the regular build. While the code aims to ensure the integrity and kernel-doc test-passing of DRM header files, its crude implementation infuriated Torvalds.

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GCC 15.1's Rust Front-End Gets Major Boost

2025-03-24

The upcoming GCC 15.1 release will feature significant improvements to its Rust front-end, gccrs. Arthur Cohen of Embecosm merged a third patch set adding support for Rust's "if let" statements, massive changes to internal AST/HIR representations, and full implementation of Clone and Copy. Further improvements, including support for PartialOrd and PartialEq, are expected before the release, making gccrs a more viable alternative to rustc.

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Intel Drops 256-bit AVX-10 Mode, Goes All-in on 512-bit

2025-03-19

Intel has significantly revised its AVX-10 instruction set whitepaper, abandoning the previously planned optional 256-bit mode in favor of a full 512-bit vector width. This means future Intel E-core processors will fully support AVX-512, aligning with AMD's Zen 4 architecture. The change stems from updated GCC compiler patches removing 256-bit compatibility. This simplifies instruction set handling and boosts the competitiveness of future Intel Xeon E-core server platforms, better competing with AMD's EPYC processors. While a late decision, it positively impacts the future of the x86_64 microarchitecture.

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Phoronix Founder Michael Larabel: 20 Years of Linux Hardware Benchmarking

2025-03-18

Michael Larabel, principal author of Phoronix.com, founded the site in 2004, focusing on enhancing the Linux hardware experience. He's penned over 20,000 articles covering Linux hardware support, performance, graphics drivers, and more. He also leads development of the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org automated benchmarking software. A true veteran of the open-source world, his contributions have been invaluable to the Linux community.

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Michael Larabel: 20 Years of Deep Dives into Linux Hardware

2025-03-17

Michael Larabel, founder and principal author of Phoronix.com, has dedicated himself since 2004 to enriching the Linux hardware experience. He's written over 20,000 articles covering Linux hardware support, performance, graphics drivers, and more. He's also the lead developer behind the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org automated benchmarking software.

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