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Linux 5.4 Articles & Reviews

Linux 5.4 vs. Liquorix Kernel Benchmarks For AMD Ryzen + Radeon Gaming On Ubuntu   Linux Gaming   2020-01-04
Linux 5.4 EXT4 / XFS / Btrfs RAID Performance On Four HDDs   Storage   2019-12-28
Linux 5.4 Is Big For AMD Radeon Users From New GPU Support To Slightly Faster Performance   Display Drivers   2019-11-20
The Disappointing Direction Of Linux Performance From 4.16 To 5.4 Kernels   Software   2019-11-11
Ubuntu 19.10 Radeon Linux Gaming Performance Plus Linux 5.4 / Mesa 19.3 Benchmarks   Display Drivers   2019-10-29
Linux 5.4 Radeon Performance Rises Slightly Higher With Bulk Moves Enabled   Display Drivers   2019-10-06
Linux 5.4 Features Are Huge From exFAT To New GPUs To Enabling Lots Of New Hardware   Software   2019-09-29
CentOS 5.4 vs. OpenSuSE 11.2 vs. Ubuntu 9.10 Benchmarks   Operating Systems   2009-11-02
KVM Virtualization Performance With Linux 2.6.31   Software   2009-09-21

Linux 5.4 Linux & Open-Source News

Linux 6.4.10 & LTS Kernels Updated With AMD Zen 1 Divide By Zero Bug-Fix   Linux Kernel   2023-08-11
Linux 4.9.337 Released To End Out The 2016 LTS Series   Linux Kernel   2023-01-07
Intel Linux Kernel Graphics Driver Patched For New Security Sensitive Bug   Intel   2022-11-30
Linux 6.0.2, 5.19.16 & Other Point Releases Arrive For Fixing WiFi Stack Vulnerabilities   Linux Security   2022-10-15
Stable Updates Back To Linux 4.9 Released For Intel MMIO Stale Data Vulnerabilities   Linux Kernel   2022-06-16
Linux 5.15 Is This Year's LTS Kernel   Linux Kernel   2021-11-01
Mesa 21.0, Linux 5.11 Prepared For Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Updates   Ubuntu   2021-08-09
Linux 5.14 Works Around Compatibility With Some Digital Camera exFAT File-Systems   Linux Storage   2021-07-05
Linux 5.10 LTS Will Be Maintained Through End Of Year 2026   Linux Kernel   2021-05-09
Oracle Releases UEK R6U2 Kernel With New Slab Memory Controller   Oracle   2021-03-31
Many New/Updated Benchmarks For March With New SDR/Radio Tests, More Code Compilation   Phoronix Test Suite   2021-03-28
Manjaro 21.0 Released With Linux 5.10 Kernel, GNOME 3.38 + Xfce 4.16 + KDE Plasma 5.21   Arch Linux   2021-03-23
Manjaro 21.0-RC1 Brings Linux 5.10 LTS, GNOME 3.38 / KDE Plasma 5.21   Arch Linux   2021-03-18
Linux 5.11.5, 5.10.22 Released With Headless AMD Navi 12 SKU Backported   Linux Kernel   2021-03-09
Linux 5.11.4 Released With Some Prominent Fixes, Hardware Additions   Linux Kernel   2021-03-07
Oracle Releases Linux-Based Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 5 Update 5   Oracle   2021-02-18
Linux 5.10 LTS Will Only Be Maintained Until EOY 2022 Unless More Companies Step Up   Linux Kernel   2021-01-27
The Linux Kernel Made Terrific Strides In 2020   Linux Kernel   2021-01-01
Happy New Year! A Look Back At The Most Popular Phoronix Content Of 2020   Phoronix   2020-12-31
Ubuntu Had A Stellar 2020 From Ubuntu 20.04 LTS To Continued WSL, Cloud Popularity   Ubuntu   2020-12-29
Linspire 10 Beta Released - Claims To Be #1 Linux Distro For New/Intermediate/Power Users   Operating Systems   2020-12-22
Oracle Linux Looking To Attract CentOS Users Looking For Alternatives   Red Hat   2020-12-12
Manjaro 20.2 Brings Arch-Based Linux 5.9 Experience, GNOME Version Defaults To Wayland   Arch Linux   2020-12-03
Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel R6U1 Prepares For AMD Milan, Adds WireGuard   Oracle   2020-11-12
Linux 5.10 Is The Next LTS Kernel   Linux Kernel   2020-10-26
FreeBSD Can Now Be Built From Linux/macOS Hosts, Transition To Git Continues   BSD   2020-10-22
Oracle Releases Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel "R5U4"   Oracle   2020-09-03
Oracle Linux 7 U9 Beta Bringing Updated Drivers, Wayland Tech Preview   Oracle   2020-08-19
Linux 5.9 Dropping Xen 32-bit PV Guest Support   Virtualization   2020-08-14
Intel Making Progress On Their "mOS" Modified Linux Kernel Running Lightweight Kernels   Intel   2020-08-12
Intel vs. AMD, Systemd-Homed, Kernel Advancements Top H1'2020 For Linux   Phoronix   2020-06-30
Alpine Linux 3.12 Released With D Language Support, MIPS64 Port   Operating Systems   2020-05-29
AMD Renoir Temperature Monitoring To Come With Linux 5.8   AMD   2020-05-22
Oracle Talks Up Btrfs Rather Than ZFS For Their Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 6   Oracle   2020-05-21
Proxmox VE 6.2 Released With Zstd Backups, Live Migration With ZFS Storage Replication   Virtualization   2020-05-12
Oracle Linux 8 Update 2 Released, Now Defaulting To UEK R6 Kernel For New Installs   Oracle   2020-05-07
For Radeon Gamers On Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, It's Generally Worthwhile Flipping On RADV's ACO   AMD   2020-04-29
A Fix Is Out For The Intel Ice Lake Performance Drop On Linux With The Dell XPS 7390   Intel   2020-04-24
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Now Available For Download   Ubuntu   2020-04-23
Samsung Respins exFAT-Utils As exFATprogs In New Release   Linux Storage   2020-04-23
Dell XPS 7390 Intel Ice Lake Performance Hit Hard By A Linux Kernel Regression   Linux Kernel   2020-04-22
Ubuntu 20.04's Server Installer Sees Last Minute Work To Better Handle Linux RAID Installs   Ubuntu   2020-04-22
NixOS 20.03 Released Atop Linux 5.4, Various Desktop/Display Improvements   Operating Systems   2020-04-21
VirtIO-FS Support Is In QEMU 5.0 For Better File/Folder Sharing Between Hosts And VMs   Virtualization   2020-04-21
EROFS-Utils 1.1 Released For This Read-Only Linux File-System   Linux Storage   2020-04-14
The New Microsoft exFAT File-System Driver Has Landed In Linux 5.7   Linux Storage   2020-04-04
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Beta Released   Ubuntu   2020-04-03
Apple Using Rust, exFAT, Ryzen Laptops, Ubuntu 20.04 Advances + Other Hits From March   Phoronix   2020-03-31
Oracle Ships Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 6 - Based On Linux 5.4 + DTrace Over BPF, Etc   Oracle   2020-03-31
Debian Installer Bullseye Alpha 2 Released With Linux 5.4 + New Device Support   Debian   2020-03-16
The Staging exFAT Driver Set To Be Nuked In Linux 5.7, Thanks To Samsung's New Driver   Linux Storage   2020-03-10
The New Microsoft exFAT File-System Driver Is Set To Land With Linux 5.7   Linux Storage   2020-03-07
Arch-Based Manjaro 19.0 Released With Flagship Edition Using Xfce 4.14   Arch Linux   2020-02-25
Reiser5 Spun Up For The Linux 5.5.5 Kernel   Linux Storage   2020-02-23
Noctua NH-U9S Performance For The AMD Ryzen 9 3950X + Ondemand vs. Performance Governors   AMD   2020-02-10
VirtualBox Shared Folder Driver Seeks Inclusion In Linux 5.6   Linux Storage   2020-02-09
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Aims To Enhance The Certified OEM Experience From Its Installer   Ubuntu   2020-02-07
VirtIO-FS Is Looking Quite Good For Shared File-System With VMs   Virtualization   2020-02-06
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Likely To Ship With Linux 5.4 As Opposed To 5.5   Ubuntu   2020-02-06
NVIDIA 440.59 Linux Driver Brings DP MST Audio, PRIME Sync For Linux 5.4+   NVIDIA   2020-02-03
FS-VERITY Seeing Performance Enhancements With Linux 5.6   Linux Storage   2020-02-02
Kernel Talk, AMD Hardware + Other Popular Linux Topics Of January   Phoronix   2020-02-01
NVIDIA Retiring Their Pre-Fermi "340 Series" Legacy Linux Graphics Driver   NVIDIA   2020-01-31
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Adds WireGuard Support   Ubuntu   2020-01-30
Solus 4.1 Released With Application Changes, ESYNC Support For Linux Gaming   Operating Systems   2020-01-25
ZFS On Linux 0.8.3 Released With Many Fixes   Linux Storage   2020-01-23
AMD Ryzen 4000 Mobile Series "Renoir" Graphics No Longer Experimental With Linux 5.5   AMD   2020-01-23
Samsung's Better exFAT Driver Gets Revised Ahead Of Mainline Linux Integration   Linux Storage   2020-01-20
Fedora CoreOS Now Deemed Production Ready For Containerized Workload Experience   Fedora   2020-01-17
Benchmarks Of Arch Linux's Zen Kernel Flavor   Arch Linux   2020-01-17
RenderDoc 1.6 Released, NVIDIA + AMD + Intel All Primed For Vulkan 1.2   Vulkan   2020-01-15
OpenMandriva Lx 4.1 Beta Adds Clang-Built Kernel Option, Experimental Zypper   Operating Systems   2020-01-10
Oracle's Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 6 Is Tracking Linux 5.4   Oracle   2020-01-09
Benchmarks Of Clear Linux's Native Kernel Against Current/Mainline/Preempt-RT Kernels   Clear Linux   2020-01-08
Manjaro 19.0 Preview Images For KDE + GNOME Available For Testing   Arch Linux   2020-01-07
Linux Kernel "Zen" Downstream Pulls In A MuQSS Fix To Help Gaming Performance   Linux Gaming   2020-01-07
AMD To Restore Retry Faults Behavior To Help With Raven Stability   Radeon   2020-01-07
Linux 5.4.7 / 4.19.92 / 4.14.161 Kernels Released To End Out 2019   Linux Kernel   2019-12-31
Reiser5 File-System In Development - Adds Local Volumes With Parallel Scaling Out   Linux Storage   2019-12-31
Some Of The Workloads Still Seeing Lower Performance On Linux 5.5 Git   Linux Kernel   2019-12-30
Linux's exFAT Driver Looking To Still Be Replaced By A Newer Driver From Samsung   Microsoft   2019-12-30
Linux 5.4.7 / 4.19.92 / 4.14.161 Bringing The AMD MCE Fix For New Threadripper CPUs   AMD   2019-12-29
More Benchmarks From Linux 5.5 Looking Like A Scheduler Snafu Even On Smaller CPUs   Linux Kernel   2019-12-28
Linux 5.5-rc3 Benchmarks Are Still Pointing To Slips In Performance   Linux Kernel   2019-12-27
The 2010s Were Very Successful For Wine Thanks To CodeWeavers + Valve's Steam Play   WINE   2019-12-26
Linux 5.0 Through Linux 5.4 Benchmarks On AMD EPYC 7642 "Rome" Server   AMD   2019-12-23
Microsoft Made More Linux / Open-Source Announcements In 2019 From exFAT To WSL2   Microsoft   2019-12-19
Alpine Linux 3.11 Introduces KDE/GNOME Desktop Support, Raspberry Pi 4 Compatibility   Operating Systems   2019-12-19
AMD Threadripper 3900 Series MCE Fix Queued In RAS/Core But Not Yet Mainlined   AMD   2019-12-16
Oracle Talks Up Recent Features For XFS + Some File-System Improvements On The Horizon   Linux Storage   2019-12-16
VirtualBox 6.1 Released With Better 3D Support, UI Enhancements   Oracle   2019-12-12
Fedora Prepares To Roll-Out Linux 5.4 Kernel Update But Needs Help Testing   Fedora   2019-12-09
Linus Rejects "Size Of Member" Change From Linux 5.5 Kernel   Linux Kernel   2019-12-09
Unified sizeof_member() Re-Proposed For Linux 5.5   Linux Kernel   2019-12-08
Linux 5.5 KVM Adds POWER Support For Secure Guests/VMs   Virtualization   2019-12-07
Linux 5.5 Can Boot The Modem Processor On Snapdragon 835 - Needed For Cell/WiFi On Qualcomm Laptops   Arm   2019-12-02
Linux 5.5 Seeing Some Wild Swings In Performance - Improvements But Also Regressions   Linux Kernel   2019-12-01
Ice Lake, Threadripper, New CPU Vulnerabilities + Linux 5.4 Release Dominated November   Phoronix   2019-11-30
The Big Graphics Driver Update Lands In Linux 5.5 With Exciting Changes For Intel + AMD   Linux Kernel   2019-11-28
Linux 5.5 Staging Changes Land With New WiFi Driver To Improved exFAT Support   Linux Kernel   2019-11-27
AMDVLK 2019.Q4.3 Released With New Extensions + Navi 14 Support   Radeon   2019-11-27
Linux 5.4-ck1 Kernel Released With MuQSS Patched In   Linux Kernel   2019-11-27
Linux 5.2+ Hit By AVX Register Corruption Bug - Affecting At Least Golang Programs   Linux Kernel   2019-11-26
The Workaround To Boot Linux On AMD Threadripper 3960X/3970X Systems   AMD   2019-11-25
GNU Linux-libre 5.4-gnu Released As The New Deblobbed Kernel   Linux Kernel   2019-11-25
Linux 5.4 Kernel Released With exFAT Support, Faster Radeon Graphics, New Hardware   Linux Kernel   2019-11-24
64-Bit ARM Updates Sent In Ahead Of The Linux 5.5 Cycle   Arm   2019-11-24
VirtualBox 6.1 Close To Release With 3D Improvements, Nested Hardware Virtualization   Oracle   2019-11-24
Linux 5.5 Cycle Kicks Off Next Week With Exciting Changes On Tap   Linux Kernel   2019-11-22
Wine Patches Coming To Allow UMIP Emulation - Works Around Issues For Ryzen 3000   WINE   2019-11-22
AMD Promotes Navi 14 Linux Support Out Of "Experimental" + Fixes For Raven Ridge   Radeon   2019-11-21
Intel's Graphics Driver DoS Fix Last Week Has Hurt Power Consumption   Intel   2019-11-19
Linux 5.4-rc8 Released - Things Are Calm For Linux 5.4's Debut Next Week   Linux Kernel   2019-11-17
The Exciting Linux 5.4 Changes From exFAT Support To Intel Tiger Lake Graphics   Linux Kernel   2019-11-17
Lenovo X1 Extreme 2nd Generation To Have Better Touchpad Input On Linux 5.4   Hardware   2019-11-16
The Linux Kernel Disabling HPET For Intel Coffee Lake   Intel   2019-11-13
VirtualBox SF Driver Ejected From The Linux 5.4 Kernel   Virtualization   2019-11-13
Linux 5.4-rc7 Kernel Released With VirtualBox Shared Folder Driver In Place   Linux Kernel   2019-11-10
Reiser4 File-System Is Still Ticking In 2019 - Now Updated For Linux 5.3 Compatibility   Linux Storage   2019-11-10
November Is Still Bringing Many Interesting Linux Benchmarks / Milestones   Phoronix   2019-11-10
AMD Volleys Another Batch Of Graphics Driver Changes For Linux 5.5   Radeon   2019-11-09
NVIDIA 390.132 Linux Driver Released For Legacy Fermi Support   NVIDIA   2019-11-08
The Linux Kernel Seeing Backport Progress Finally For The "$1.5 Million Dollar Bug"   Linux Kernel   2019-11-05
Linux 5.4-rc6 Released With Network Changes Ticking High   Linux Kernel   2019-11-03
Ice Lake, Ryzen 9, Kernel Happenings & Other Highlights For An Exciting October   Phoronix   2019-11-01
VirtualBox Guest Shared Folder Support Coming To The Mainline Linux Kernel   Virtualization   2019-10-31
Mesa 19.3 Has The Very Preliminary OpenGL + Vulkan Driver Support Ready For Intel Gen12   Mesa   2019-10-30
AMDGPU Gets Some Promising Fixes For Linux 5.4: Clang, Undervolting, Golden Settings   Radeon   2019-10-30
Linux 5.4-rc5 Released As The "Kleptomaniac Octopus"   Linux Kernel   2019-10-27
Linux 5.4 Officially Deprecates Xen 32-bit PV Guest Support   Virtualization   2019-10-26
Intel 8K Display Support Should Be Working With Linux 5.4   Intel   2019-10-24
Google Plumbing The Linux Support For Privacy Screens On Intel Laptops   Hardware   2019-10-23
Linux 5.5 To Restore Power-Savings For Hybrid Laptops When Not Using The dGPU   Linux Kernel   2019-10-22
Clear Linux Working On A New Software Store, User Bundles Arriving Before End Of Year   Clear Linux   2019-10-21
Linux 5.4-rc4 Arrives As Another Normal Release Candidate   Linux Kernel   2019-10-20
Paragon Looks To Upstream Their Microsoft exFAT Driver For The Linux Kernel   Microsoft   2019-10-19
Linux 5.4 Lands A Number Of Memory Management Fixes   Linux Kernel   2019-10-19
Cascade Lake vs. Rome With MrBayes, dav1d 0.5, OSPray, SVT-VP9, OIDn + Other Benchmarks   Hardware   2019-10-18
Pensando Systems Exits Stealth Mode With Plans To Take On Amazon AWS   Hardware   2019-10-18
Highly Threaded Linux Software Running Under CFS Quotas See Big Performance Fix   Linux Kernel   2019-10-15
Linux 5.4-rc3 Released Ahead Of Official Kernel Debut In November   Linux Kernel   2019-10-13
Tons Of The Intel Tiger Lake "Gen 12" Graphics Compiler Code Just Landed In Mesa 19.3   Intel   2019-10-11
A Deep Dive Into The Performance-Focused AMDGPU "Bulk Moves" Functionality   Radeon   2019-10-11
Navi 14 AMDGPU Firmware Lands In The Linux-Firmware.Git Tree   Radeon   2019-10-08
Intel Readies Another Big Graphics Driver Push With Linux 5.5 - Lots For Tigerlake/Gen12   Intel   2019-10-07
AMD Announces Navi 14 Based Radeon RX 5500 Series   AMD   2019-10-07
Linux 5.4-rc2 Released As The "Nesting Opossum"   Linux Kernel   2019-10-06
Intel Tiger Lake Support Lands In Their NEO OpenCL/Compute Stack   Intel   2019-10-06
AMDGPU Performance In Linux 5.4 Is Now Faster With "Bulk Moves" Landed   Linux Kernel   2019-10-04
RADV Vulkan Driver Picks Up Several GFX10/Navi Fixes, Including To Address Random Hangs   Mesa   2019-10-03