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CUDA On ROCm, Ryzen 8000G Series & Rust Activity Made For An Exciting February
CUDA On ROCm, Ryzen 8000G Series & Rust Activity Made For An Exciting February

February was an exciting month in the hardware and Linux/open-source space with 224 original news articles written by your's truly over the past month along with 15 Linux hardware reviews / multi-page benchmark featured articles. There was a lot of exciting open-source accomplishments, the launch of the AMD Ryzen 8000G series APUs with RDNA3 graphics, breaking the news about ZLUDA providing CUDA atop AMD ROCm as a formerly stealth project, the Znver5 GCC patch emerging, and more.

1 March 2024 - February Highlights - Add A Comment
Framework 16, New AMD Launches & More Made For An Exciting January
Framework 16, New AMD Launches & More Made For An Exciting January

January was a busy month with a number of notable hardware launches from the Framework 16 laptop to the new AMD Ryzen 8000G series APUs to the new System76 Thelio Major workstation powered by Ryzen Threadripper 7000 series. There were 268 original news articles and another 15 featured Linux hardware reviews / multi-page benchmark articles on Phoronix during the last month. With all that daily original content, here's a look back at the most popular news and reviews from January.

1 February 2024 - January 2024 - 4 Comments
Intel Meteor Lake, Emerald Rapids & Other Popular Topics For December
Intel Meteor Lake, Emerald Rapids & Other Popular Topics For December

Over the course of 2023 on Phoronix were more than 2,780 original news articles and more than 180 Linux hardware reviews / benchmark articles. In the month of December alone were 211 original news articles and 20 featured articles/reviews. Here's a look back at what excited our Linux/open-source crowd over the final month of 2023.

1 January 2024 - December 2023 - Add A Comment
Server Upgrades In Progress [Complete]
Server Upgrades In Progress [Complete]

It's the season for hardware and software upgrades as Phoronix.com rolls out to new infrastructure. Pardon any downtime or interruptions over the next few hours.

3 December 2023 - Software + Hardware Upgrades - 41 Comments
Threadripper 7000 Series, Wayland, Linux 6.7 & Other November Highlights
Threadripper 7000 Series, Wayland, Linux 6.7 & Other November Highlights

November was very busy on Phoronix with all of the benchmarking around the new AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7000 series, the much anticipated Framework 13 laptop review, a lot of Wayland accomplishments being made this week, excitement building around the upcoming KDE Plasma 6.0 desktop release, and the Linux 6.7 kernel getting underway with new features like the Bcachefs file-system.

1 December 2023 - November Highlights - 1 Comment
Phoronix Premium Cyber Week Sale For Ad-Free, Single Page Articles & Native Dark Mode
Phoronix Premium Cyber Week Sale For Ad-Free, Single Page Articles & Native Dark Mode

If you enjoy the original content on Phoronix each and every day covering Linux hardware, performance, open-source news, and more, you can show your support this holiday season. Phoronix depends upon advertisements to operate and thus those using ad-blockers only hurts and limits the ability to continue this nearly 20 year journey of covering Linux hardware. By joining Phoronix Premium you can show your support while enjoying the site ad-free, multi-page articles on a single page, native dark mode support, and other benefits.

23 November 2023 - Cyber Week - 12 Comments
AMD Linux CPU Benchmarks Dominated July From The Z1 Extreme To EPYC Genoa-X & Bergamo
AMD Linux CPU Benchmarks Dominated July From The Z1 Extreme To EPYC Genoa-X & Bergamo

Over the past month on Phoronix were 223 original news articles along with 17 multi-page featured articles / Linux hardware reviews, all written by your's truly. When it came to the hardware testing in July, AMD processor tests easily dominated from the Ryzen Z1 Extreme within the new ASUS ROG Ally over to the AMD EPYC Genoa-X and Bergamo server processors to close out the month.

1 August 2023 - July Popularity - 1 Comment
What's Excited Open-Source Enthusiasts & Linux Users The Most So Far In 2023
What's Excited Open-Source Enthusiasts & Linux Users The Most So Far In 2023

With the first-half of the year amazingly already in the books, here is a look back at what's captivated Linux/open-source fans the most from all the content on Phoronix. So far this year I have personally written 1,407 original news articles on software/hardware topics and another 74 original Linux hardware reviews / multi-page featured benchmark articles.

30 June 2023 - H1'2023 Recap - 4 Comments
Phoronix.com Turns 19 Years Old For Covering Linux Hardware, Open-Source News
Phoronix.com Turns 19 Years Old For Covering Linux Hardware, Open-Source News

Today marks nineteen years since I started Phoronix.com for covering the Linux hardware space. It's been a wild ride from the days of 56K modems, graphics driver pains, and having to use NDISWrapper for WiFi device driver support on Linux, among many other Linux hardware pains in the early days. These days the open-source GPU driver scene is far better off, Linux hardware support overall is great, companies continue investing massively into Linux/open-source thanks to the success in the server space over the past two decades, and the Steam Deck has proven to be one of the most interesting Linux-powered consumer devices in recent years.

5 June 2023 - Phoronix Turns 19 - 39 Comments
Silly Open-Source Moves, AMD openSIL & Rust Happenings Made For An Interesting Month

During this month on Phoronix were 242 news articles on Phoronix with original content each and every day presented by your's truly around open-source and Linux. April was interesting with the release of Linux 6.3, all of the exciting Linux 6.4 features merged so far, AMD introducing openSIL for open-source CPU silicon initialization with support for Coreboot and similar firmware solutions, Fedora 38 and Ubuntu 23.04 being released, and much more.

30 April 2023 - April 2023 - 1 Comment
New AMD Ryzen CPUs, Intel Sapphire Rapids, Rust Adoption & More In Q1
New AMD Ryzen CPUs, Intel Sapphire Rapids, Rust Adoption & More In Q1

During the first quarter of 2023 on Phoronix I wrote 708 original news articles pertaining to Linux, open-source, and hardware. That was complemented by another 45 Linux hardware reviews / multi-page featured articles for the quarter. Here is a look back at what excited Linux/open-source enthusiasts for the quarter.

31 March 2023 - Q1-2023 Recap - 4 Comments
Linux 6.2, Linux 6.3 Developments, KDE Plasma 5.27 & More Made For An Exciting Month

While a short month there still were 243 original news articles on Phoronix written by your's truly about various open-source and Linux topics. There were also nine additional Linux hardware reviews looking at the Ryzen 9 7950X3D, the long-awaited NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080/4090 Linux performance results, and more. Here is a look back at what excited open-source/Linux enthusiasts in February.

28 February 2023 - February 2023 Highlights - Add A Comment
Radeon RX 7900 XT/XTX, EPYC Genoa & Linux 6.2 Developments Made For An Exciting Month
Radeon RX 7900 XT/XTX, EPYC Genoa & Linux 6.2 Developments Made For An Exciting Month

While there were various holidays in December, there continued to be daily and original content on Phoronix each and every day. During December there were 228 original news articles on Phoronix and 18 featured hardware reviews / multi-page benchmark articles. Here is a look back at all of the exciting Linux hardware content and software news for closing out 2022.

1 January 2023 - December 2022 Highlights - 3 Comments
AMD Zen 4, Apple Silicon, Intel Arc Graphics & More Excited Linux Users This Year
AMD Zen 4, Apple Silicon, Intel Arc Graphics & More Excited Linux Users This Year

While there still are a few more articles coming up on Phoronix over the next day before closing out 2022, for this year on Phoronix there were 191 Linux hardware reviews and featured articles along with 2,846 original news articles on Linux, open-source, and hardware topics. Here is a look back at what excited our Linux/open-source readers the most over the course of 2022.

30 December 2022 - 2022 Highlights - 1 Comment
Phoronix.com Dark Mode Support Now Available
Phoronix.com Dark Mode Support Now Available

For a long while there has been requests for having a dark mode version of Phoronix.com available for reading content that matches your system's dark theme. The lightened work around Christmas and the holidays finally allowed for me to tackle that sought after feature with CSS dark mode integration.

27 December 2022 - CSS Dark Mode - 55 Comments
AMD EPYC Genoa, Linux 6.1 & Rust Efforts Excited Linux Users In November
AMD EPYC Genoa, Linux 6.1 & Rust Efforts Excited Linux Users In November

With November now in the books, here is a look back at the most popular original open-source/Linux content on Phoronix from the 245 original articles written by your's truly over the past month. It was an extremely exciting month given the launch of the AMD EPYC 9004 "Genoa" processors with up to 96 cores per socket, AVX-512, and with all of the improvements meant outright insane generational improvement and currently slaughtering the competition. The Linux 6.1 kernel nearing the limelight, early development work on Linux 6.2, and the continued embracing of the Rust programming language by the open-source ecosystem all made for an interesting November.

1 December 2022 - November Highlights - 1 Comment
2022 Black Friday Reminders
2022 Black Friday Reminders

Just some quick "Black Friday" / holiday reminders for those that enjoy the daily original open-source news, Linux hardware reviews, performance benchmarks, and more put out each and every day on Phoronix.

25 November 2022 - Consider Helping Me Out - 1 Comment
Arc Graphics, Google KataOS, Python 3.11 & Linux 6.1 Excited Open-Source Enthusiasts

With the fifteen Linux hardware reviews and 245 original open-source/Linux news stories written by your's truly last month, here is a look back at what was exciting Phoronix readers the most from Google's new KataOS to the release of the speedy Python 3.11, Linux 6.1 taking shaping, and Intel releasing Arc Graphics A750 and A770 graphics cards.

1 November 2022 - October 2022 Highlights - Add A Comment
AMD Ryzen 7000 Series, Linux 6.0, MGLRU, Rust & IO_uring Made For An Exciting September

It was a very exciting September with the launch of the AMD Ryzen 7000 series "Zen 4" processors, Intel revealing a lot more about Arc Graphics, Linux 6.0 getting buttoned up while feature work toward Linux 6.1 accelerated, ongoing exciting kernel work around MGLRU / IO_uring / RT / etc, and other software releases like GNOME 43 and LLVM 15 all made for an eventful month.

1 October 2022 - September 2022 - 1 Comment
Phoronix Oktoberfest Special Begins, Premium Now Accept Stripe & Corporate Subscriptions Available
Phoronix Oktoberfest Special Begins, Premium Now Accept Stripe & Corporate Subscriptions Available

A decade ago there used to be an annual Phoronix pilgrimage (and closest thing in many years to taking a vacation/holiday/day-off for me) to Oktoberfest and a meet-up of Phoronix readers. While Oktoberfest kicked off this weekend in Munich after a two year hiatus due to the pandemic, unfortunately, there is no Phoronix event. But will be in spirit and making use of the occasion by running the annual "Oktoberfest sale" if wishing to show your support for all the Linux hardware reviews, benchmarking, and open-source news carried out each and every day. Additionally, Stripe is now accepted for Phoronix Premium subscriptions as an alternative to PayPal. Phoronix Premium corporate subscriptions are also now being offered.

18 September 2022 - Oktoberfest Sale - 21 Comments
Rust For Linux, -O3'ing The Kernel & Other Highlights From June

During the past month there was a lot of exciting Linux kernel activity, the launch of the HP Dev One, never-ending open-source graphics driver advancements, and much more -- in addition to marking Phoronix turning 18 years old. Here is a look back at the June highlights.

1 July 2022 - June 2022 Recap - Add A Comment
It's Last Call For The Phoronix 18th Birthday Premium Special
It's Last Call For The Phoronix 18th Birthday Premium Special

This week Phoronix.com turned 18 years old! In marking that milestone, a Phoronix Premium special was offered for enjoying the site ad-free, multi-page articles on a single page, and other benefits while supporting the site for hoping to help provide a successful 19th year of Phoronix Linux hardware testing and news operations. If you want to participate, that special ends this weekend.

10 June 2022 - Ends This Weekend - 8 Comments
Phoronix Turns 18 Years Old For Covering Linux Hardware
Phoronix Turns 18 Years Old For Covering Linux Hardware

It was eighteen years ago today that I started Phoronix.com to focus on Linux hardware reviews. Back then it was difficult getting peripherals working under Linux from 56k modems to printers and other components today where Linux support can just be assumed. Open-source graphics drivers back then were also in their infancy and lacking vendor support while NVIDIA was well regarded then for their proprietary driver being at least featureful and performant. It's been quite a journey.

5 June 2022 - 18th Birthday - 38 Comments
Premium Special To Celebrate Phoronix's 18th Birthday
Premium Special To Celebrate Phoronix's 18th Birthday

This Sunday, 5 June, marks the 18th birthday for Phoronix.com since I started this website to focus on Linux hardware reviews and performance testing. To mark the occasion, there will be a Phoronix Premium special if you wish to go ad-free on the site and enjoy multi-page articles on a single page while helping to hopefully ensure a successful 19th year for Phoronix.

3 June 2022 - Birthday Special - 23 Comments
NVIDIA's Open-Source Kernel Driver, Graviton3 & Fedora 36 Made For An Exciting May

Word of NVIDIA working on an open-source kernel driver with hopes of eventually being mainlined and being of better quality than Nouveau topped the Linux news for the past month. Plus the introduction of Amazon's new Graviton3 processors, the debut of Fedora 36 and SteamOS 3.2 among other distribution updates, and Linux 5.19 development getting underway all made for an interesting month of May.

31 May 2022 - May 2022 Highlights - 1 Comment
Linux NTFS, Ryzen 7 5800X3D, Mesa 22.1 & Other April Open-Source Excitement
Linux NTFS, Ryzen 7 5800X3D, Mesa 22.1 & Other April Open-Source Excitement

It was an exciting April in the open-source world from AMD continuing work on bringing up next-gen GPU and Zen 4 CPU support under Linux, some portions of NVIDIA kernel driver code being published on the Tegra side, Intel continuing DG2/Alchemist Arc Graphics preparations, Mesa 22.1 nearing release, the release of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and much more.

1 May 2022 - April 2022 - Add A Comment
Steam Deck, GNOME 42 Advancements & AMD Linux Updates Excited Readers In February

During the course of February on Phoronix were 236 original news articles covering the state of open-source affairs and Linux performance. While the pandemic seems to be lightening up, sadly the ad industry is still in a downward state, but in any event here is a look at the most popular Phoronix content for the past month.

1 March 2022 - February 2022 Highlights - 4 Comments
Happy New Year & A Wrap On 2021
Happy New Year & A Wrap On 2021

It's now another year in the books and in just six months and a few days will mark 18 years since starting Phoronix.com and 14 years of developing the public, open-source Phoronix Test Suite benchmarking software.

31 December 2021 - End Of 2021 - 13 Comments
Happy Holidays / Merry Christmas From Phoronix & Preparing For 2022
Happy Holidays / Merry Christmas From Phoronix & Preparing For 2022

Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, and/or cheers to any end-of-year celebrations you may partake in. The daily original content on Phoronix will continue each day just as it has been for years without any single day interruption but there is also a holiday Phoronix Premium special for those wanting to help cap off 2021 and help ensure a successful 2022 for continued Linux benchmarking, performance testing, hardware reviews, and open-source news.

24 December 2021 - Holiday Special - 43 Comments
Alder Lake, Kernel Optimizations & Steam Deck Happenings That Excited Linux Fans

With another month of the pandemic in the books, here is a look back at the exciting Linux and open-source highlights that came about during the course of November. This month was particularly exciting for new Linux kernel developments, never-ending work on open-source graphics drivers, the much anticipated launch of Intel 12th Gen "Alder Lake", gamers continuing to clamor for the Steam Deck, and much more.

30 November 2021 - November 2021 - Add A Comment
Linux I/O Optimizations, AMD Improvements, NVIDIA GBM Excited Linux Users Last Month

It was an exciting October even amid the ongoing pandemic as at least Linux/open-source enthusiasts were able to enjoy the Ubuntu 21.10 debut, ongoing Linux I/O optimizations many of which are now coming to mainline in 5.16, numerous AMD driver enhancements, NVIDIA's proprietary driver stack finally introducing GBM support, X.Org Server 21.1 released, and much more.

1 November 2021 - October 2021 - 2 Comments
Linux 5.15, AMD / Radeon Advancements, Intel SDSi Dominated Discussions This Month

That's a wrap for September with 229 original news articles and another 13 featured Linux hardware reviews / multi-page benchmark articles, all written by your's truly. It was another eventful month with Linux 5.15 moving forward, a lot of driver activity by AMD and Intel, and other open-source milestones like the release of GNOME 41 and the shipping of the Ubuntu 21.10 and Fedora 35 beta releases.

1 October 2021 - September 2021 - 7 Comments
Debian 11, Valve Happenings, Linux 5.14 & More Excitement From August

For being a summer month, August was much busier than usual with a slew of exciting hardware and Linux/open-source software announcements. From releasing Linux 5.14 in marking 30 years of the Linux kernel to the debut of Debian 11 to Valve Steam Deck related work to their exciting sponsorship of Zink work, August was quite an exciting month for Linux enthusiasts.

1 September 2021 - August Highlights - 1 Comment

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