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Windows 8 Articles & Reviews

Intel Broadwell HD Graphics 5500: Windows 8.1 vs. Linux   Operating Systems   2015-01-24
AMD's Windows Catalyst Driver Remains Largely Faster Than Linux Drivers   Display Drivers   2014-11-04
NVIDIA's Linux Driver Can Deliver Better OpenGL Performance Than Windows 8.1   Operating Systems   2014-10-31
Windows 8.1 vs. Ubuntu 14.10 With Intel HD Graphics   Operating Systems   2014-10-30
Intel Bay Trail Graphics On Linux Are Slower Than Windows   Operating Systems   2014-06-02
High-End NVIDIA GeForce vs. AMD Radeon Linux Gaming Comparison   Graphics Cards   2014-05-26
Catalyst On Ubuntu 14.04 Linux Competes Well With Windows 8.1   Display Drivers   2014-05-23
NVIDIA On Ubuntu 14.04 Has Some New Advantages Over Windows 8.1   Operating Systems   2014-05-21
Windows 8.1 Still Outperforms Linux With Latest Intel GPU Drivers   Operating Systems   2014-05-20
AMD Radeon R9 290 On Ubuntu 14.04 With Catalyst Can Beat Windows 8.1   Display Drivers   2014-05-18
NVIDIA's GeForce Driver On Ubuntu 14.04 Runs The Same As Windows 8.1   Operating Systems   2014-03-30
AMD Radeon: Windows Catalyst vs. Linux Gallium3D vs. Linux Catalyst   Display Drivers   2014-03-27
Ubuntu 14.04: Intel's Haswell Linux Driver Comes Up Short Of Windows   Operating Systems   2014-03-25
Intel Iris Graphics 5100: Windows 8.1 vs. Ubuntu 14.04 Linux   Graphics Cards   2014-03-13
Ubuntu Now Often Leads Windows 7 On Intel SNB Graphics Performance   Operating Systems   2014-01-29
AMD Kaveri: Gallium3D vs. Catalyst Drivers   Display Drivers   2014-01-19
AMD A10-7850K vs. Intel/AMD CPU/APU Comparison   Processors   2014-01-16
AMD A10-7850K Kaveri: Windows 8.1 vs. Ubuntu Linux   Processors   2014-01-14
ASUS Zenbook Prime Linux Benchmarks   Computers   2013-12-28
SteamOS vs. Ubuntu 13.10 Linux Benchmarks   Linux Gaming   2013-12-20
NVIDIA Optimus On Ubuntu 13.10 Linux vs. Windows 8.1   Graphics Cards   2013-12-17
SteamOS vs. Windows 8.1 NVIDIA Performance   Linux Gaming   2013-12-16
Intel Linux Driver Almost Neck-And-Neck With Windows 8.1   Operating Systems   2013-11-28
NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN: Windows 8.1 vs. Ubuntu 13.10   Graphics Cards   2013-11-25
Nouveau vs. NVIDIA Linux vs. NVIDIA Windows 8.1   Display Drivers   2013-10-31
Intel Performance With Ubuntu Linux vs. Windows 8.1 Is A Mixed Bag   Operating Systems   2013-10-30
Ubuntu Linux Gaming Performance Mostly On Par With Windows 8.1   Operating Systems   2013-10-27
Intel Iris Pro 5200: Windows 8 vs. Ubuntu Linux Redux   Display Drivers   2013-09-30
Intel Iris Pro Linux Graphics Yield Some Wins Against Windows   Graphics Cards   2013-09-19
Intel Haswell Linux Performance Remains Mixed Against Windows   Operating Systems   2013-08-28
AMD Gallium3D & Catalyst Drivers Compete Against Windows   Display Drivers   2013-08-02
FreeBSD Can Compete With Ubuntu Linux, Windows 8   Operating Systems   2013-07-31
NVIDIA's Linux Driver On Ubuntu Is Very Competitive With Windows 8   Graphics Cards   2013-07-30
R600 Gallium3D Loses To AMD Catalyst Legacy Driver On Windows 8   Display Drivers   2013-07-26
Windows 8 Beats Ubuntu Linux For Intel "Haswell" OpenGL   Operating Systems   2013-07-24
Ubuntu 13.04 Linux Can Outperform Apple OS X 10.8.3   Operating Systems   2013-04-09
Windows 7 & Windows 8 vs. Ubuntu 13.04 & Fedora 18   Operating Systems   2013-04-05
KDE & Xfce Don't Lead To Performance Wins Over Windows 8   Operating Systems   2013-03-22
Windows 8 Outperforming Ubuntu Linux With Intel OpenGL Graphics   Operating Systems   2013-03-21
ASUS Radeon HD 7850 DirectCU   Graphics Cards   2013-03-12
Microsoft Windows 8: Mostly A Crap Wreck   Operating Systems   2012-05-04

Windows 8 Linux & Open-Source News

Aquacomputer OCTO Fan Controller To Be Supported By Linux 5.19   Hardware   2022-04-08
Wine-Staging 6.16 Implements Two More D3DX Functions To Help Some Windows Games   WINE   2021-08-28
Qt 6.0 Development Host/Target Changes Announced   Qt   2020-09-11
Linux Getting Fixed Up For Handling Pointing Sticks On Some Touchpads   Hardware   2020-05-27
The Most Popular Linux Hardware Reviews / Benchmarks Of The Past Decade   Phoronix   2019-12-12
The First Test Release Of Phoronix Test Suite 8.8 Plus Exciting New Benchmarks   Phoronix Test Suite   2019-03-17
Qt 5.12 Alpha Released With OpenGL ES 3.1 Renderer, Several Wayland Improvements   Qt   2018-09-18
HID Updates For Linux 4.18 Add The Valve Steam Controller Kernel Driver   Linux Kernel   2018-06-08
The Usual Assortment Of HID Updates For Linux 4.14: Wacom, Multitouch, Etc   Linux Kernel   2017-09-06
HID Changes Submitted For Linux 4.13   Hardware   2017-07-10
Intel KVMGT/XenGT GVT-g Updated For 2017-Q2   Intel   2017-06-21
Bareflank Hypervisor 1.1 Brings Windows Support   Virtualization   2017-05-03
Bareflank Hypervisor Advances With VMM Isolation, Windows Support   Virtualization   2016-12-15
Unity Stats Show Linux Gamers Are Well Below 1% Of Their Customer Base   Linux Gaming   2016-03-31
Epic Games' Tim Sweeney Is Warning Of Microsoft's Closed Gaming Ecosystem   Microsoft   2016-03-04
Windows 10 Reportedly On 200+ Million Devices   Proprietary Software   2015-12-30
The Most Popular Linux Articles This Year: Windows 10, OS X, Linux Graphics   Phoronix   2015-12-19
The Most Popular Linux News So Far This Year   Phoronix   2015-12-13
KDE Developer Working On Windows 8 Inspired Look   KDE   2015-11-26
Features Published So Far In The Linux 4.4 Kernel   Linux Kernel   2015-11-09
Linux 4.4 HID: Better Skylake Touchpads, Corsair K90 & Logitech G29 Support   Linux Kernel   2015-11-07
Windows 10 Reportedly On 67+ Million PCs Already   Proprietary Software   2015-07-31
The Phoronix Test Suite Is Running On Windows 10   Proprietary Software   2015-07-30
The Less-Powerful Intel Compute Stick With Ubuntu Will Soon Ship   Intel   2015-07-02
Linux 4, GCC v. Clang & Vulkan Were Among The Hot Stories So Far This Year   Free Software   2015-07-02
New Logitech Mouse & Sony Motion/Navigation Controller Support In Linux 4.2   Linux Kernel   2015-06-22
Running Linux On The Intel Compute Stick   Intel   2015-05-28
The Most Popular Linux News & Milestones From This Winter   Phoronix   2015-03-20
Valve Developed An Intel Linux Vulkan GPU Driver   Intel   2015-03-05
Android-Based Console OS Available For Download   Operating Systems   2015-02-24
A Five Year Old NVIDIA GPU Can Still Beat Broadwell HD Graphics 5500   Intel   2015-02-03
Windows 10, PS4, C4 & Systemd News Kicked Off 2015   Phoronix   2015-02-01
My Initial Intel Broadwell Linux Experience With The ThinkPad X1 Carbon   Hardware   2015-01-23
Windows 10 To Be A Free Upgrade: What Linux Users Need To Know   Proprietary Software   2015-01-21
My Next Linux Ultrabook: Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Carbon With Core i7-5600U   Hardware   2015-01-13
Linux Tests Are Coming Of The New Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Broadwell)   Hardware   2015-01-11
The Most Viewed Phoronix Articles & Linux News In 2014   Phoronix   2014-12-31
The Top Linux Graphics Articles Of 2014: Testing Lots Of GPUs   Hardware   2014-12-31
November Was Great For Linux Users, But December Will Be Especially Interesting   Phoronix   2014-11-30
Gizmo 2 Development Board Powered By AMD SoC   Hardware   2014-11-11
Major Performance Breakthrough Discovered For Intel's Mesa Driver   Intel   2014-11-05
AMD On Linux & Systemd Were Very Popular This Month   Phoronix   2014-10-31
SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 Released - Supports MariaDB, Systemd & Btrfs   SUSE   2014-10-27
Operating System U Fails To Live Up To Its Goals   Operating Systems   2014-09-29
The Widely-Criticized New Commercial Linux Distro Is Now On Kickstarter   Operating Systems   2014-08-22
Intel Starts Shipping Core M Broadwell-Y 14nm Chips   Intel   2014-08-11
Ext2Fsd: EXT3/EXT4 Support Now Works On Windows 8   Free Software   2014-06-18
Many ACPI & Power Management Changes Head Into Linux 3.16   Linux Kernel   2014-06-06
NVIDIA's Tegra K1 & Linux Gaming Were Popular In May   Phoronix   2014-05-31
TrueCrypt Has Been Potentially Compromised   Free Software   2014-05-28
Features You Will Not Find In Mesa 10.2   Mesa   2014-05-27
Many Interesting Tests Are Coming For The Phoronix 10th Birthday   Phoronix   2014-05-26
Gigabyte's Z97-HD3 Z97 Motherboard Is Running Well On Linux   Intel   2014-05-24
Other Ways To Optimize Your Linux Battery Life   Hardware   2014-05-21
AmazonBasics External USB 2.0 DVD Writer For Linux   Hardware   2014-04-20
ReactOS Working On A Community Windows OS   Operating Systems   2014-04-19
Linux 3.15 Supports The Dualshock 4, Win 8.1 Multi-Touch Protocol   Hardware   2014-04-02
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Dominated March   Phoronix   2014-03-31
The Most Popular Linux Stories So Far In 2014   Phoronix   2014-03-30
Qt 5.3 Beta Released -- Improves Android, Adds WebSockets   Qt   2014-03-25
OS X Is No Longer On My Main System, But I Already Have Regrets   Ubuntu   2014-03-12
Eurocom Begins Offering Linux High Performance Laptops   Hardware   2014-03-11
Lots Of Linux Hardware Reviews Coming Up, San Diego Meet-Up   Hardware   2014-03-09
My New Linux Ultrabook: The ASUS Zenbook UX301LA-DH71T   Hardware   2014-03-08
Phoronix Test Suite 5.0 M3 Plays With Windows 8.1 & More   Phoronix Test Suite   2014-03-04
NVIDIA Quietly Launches The GTX TITAN Black   NVIDIA   2014-02-18
Recapping The AMD Kaveri Linux Experience   AMD   2014-02-09
Wine 1.7.12: Windows Media Player Interfaces Support   WINE   2014-02-07
Valve Continues Dominating & Kaveri Excited Linux Users   Valve   2014-01-31
More AMD A10-7850K Kaveri APU Linux Benchmarks   AMD   2014-01-15
AMD Will Post A New Catalyst Linux Driver Today   AMD   2014-01-14
SteamOS Update Now Officially Supports Intel   Linux Gaming   2014-01-07
Steam Linux Usage Still Roughly Around 1%   Valve   2014-01-01
SteamOS, Linux Graphics Made An Exciting Holiday   Phoronix   2013-12-31
NVIDIA Optimus Linux Power Battery Tests   Hardware   2013-12-22
Valve Releases New SteamOS Beta With Updated Drivers   Valve   2013-12-21
AMD Radeon Catalyst Benchmarks On SteamOS   Linux Gaming   2013-12-19
It's Easy Getting Intel Graphics To Work On SteamOS   Linux Gaming   2013-12-15
Exciting Upcoming Linux Hardware Reviews, Articles   Hardware   2013-12-12
NVIDIA (Optimus) PRIME Update Lands In Ubuntu 14.04   NVIDIA   2013-12-10
Defeating Secure Boot With Linux Kexec   Linux Kernel   2013-12-04
New Linux Benchmarks To Run This Weekend   Phoronix   2013-12-01
Linux 3.13, NVIDIA GPUs Won Over November   Phoronix   2013-11-30
Choosing A 2013 Laptop/Ultrabook For Linux   Intel   2013-11-30
Intel's GL Windows Driver Pushes Further Ahead Of Linux   Intel   2013-11-25
NVIDIA GeForce 700 Series On Linux Run Excellent   NVIDIA   2013-11-20
Nouveau Publishes New Power Management, Re-Clocking Code   Nouveau   2013-11-08
Linux 3.12, Ubuntu Spooked Users This Month   Phoronix   2013-10-31
The ASUS "Bay Trail" T100 Is Not Linux Friendly   Hardware   2013-10-27
Windows 8.1 vs. Linux Benchmark Results Are Coming   Hardware   2013-10-25
Ubuntu 13.10 Now Available For Download   Ubuntu   2013-10-17
Linux Won't Get Aura UI Stack Until Google Chrome 33   Google   2013-10-16
VirtualBox 4.3 Supports Multi-Touch, New OSes   Virtualization   2013-10-15
Intel Hardware & Linux 3.12 Dominated September   Phoronix   2013-09-30
VirtualBox 4.3 Beta 3 Fixes 3D, Modern Kernels   Virtualization   2013-09-20
Valve's Gabe Newell Talks Up Linux For Gaming   Valve   2013-09-16
VMware Fusion 6.0.0 Linux Virtualization Benchmarks   Virtualization   2013-09-16
Intel Bay Trail / Silvermont Linux Hardware Support   Intel   2013-09-12
VMware Workstation 10 Brings In New Features   Virtualization   2013-09-10
System76 Gazelle Pro: A High Performance Linux Laptop   Phoronix   2013-09-05
Pipelight, X.Org, exFAT & Wayland Topped This Month   Phoronix   2013-08-31
Digia Looking At Windows WinRT Support In Qt 5.2   Qt   2013-08-28
Performance Overview Of Mesa 9.2   Mesa   2013-08-21
July Was An Incredible Month For Linux Users   Phoronix   2013-07-31
Running PC-BSD/FreeBSD 9.1 On Intel's Core i7 Haswell   Intel   2013-07-30
Oz Improves Linux, Windows Guest Installation   Operating Systems   2013-07-29
Windows 8 vs. Linux Graphics, Source Benchmarks Coming   Phoronix   2013-07-23
Linux 3.11-rc2 Kernel Packs In Mostly Normal Changes   Linux Kernel   2013-07-21
Windows 8 Hardware Has Another Problem For Linux   Hardware   2013-05-29
What Was Striking On Phoronix Last Month   Phoronix   2013-05-01
Intel Ultrabook: Fedora 18 vs. Ubuntu 13.04 Tests   Hardware   2013-04-04
Ubuntu 13.04 To Axe The Wubi Windows Installer   Ubuntu   2013-04-01
Mir, ARM & Valve Excite Linux Users This Month   Valve   2013-03-31
Valve Has Been Working Hard On Linux For One Year   Valve   2013-03-30
Linux Group Files Complaint With EU Over SecureBoot   Free Software   2013-03-26
PTS 4.4.1 Arrives, Benchmark Windows 8 vs. Ubuntu   Phoronix   2013-03-14
Intel Delivers Innovations Atop Google's Android   Intel   2013-03-12
Linux 3.9 Kernel To Support Google's Goldfish   Linux Kernel   2013-02-19
Support For Running Windows Apps On ARM With Wine   WINE   2013-02-05
Three PC Brands Where SecureBoot On Linux Is Botched   Hardware   2013-02-01
Valve Confirms Linux Steam Box Will Be Open Platform   Valve   2013-01-08
Blizzard Entertainment Planning A Linux Game For 2013   Linux Gaming   2013-01-06
Free Software Foundation Thinks It Can Stop SecureBoot   GNU   2012-12-29
The State Of Linux Distributions Handling SecureBoot   Operating Systems   2012-12-28
The Feature Overview For The Linux 3.8 Kernel   Linux Kernel   2012-12-24
The 3.8 Kernel Is An Amazing Gift To Linux Users   Linux Kernel   2012-12-15
Linux Begins To Support Windows 8 Multi-Touch   Hardware   2012-12-13
Ryan Gordon On Valve's Steam, Linux Porting   Valve   2012-12-01
LF: There's Less Concern About ARM UEFI SecureBoot   Linux Kernel   2012-11-27
Valve's Steam License Causes Linux Packaging Concerns   Valve   2012-11-15
Valve Talks Linux Gaming At The Ubuntu Summit   Valve   2012-10-29
A Linux User's Perspective Of Microsoft Windows 8   Microsoft   2012-10-28
September Brought Good Valve, ARM, Linux News   Valve   2012-10-02
VMware Fusion 5.0 Benchmarks With Ubuntu 12.04   Virtualization   2012-09-16
AMD "Hondo" APUs May Not Be Too Linux Friendly   AMD   2012-09-14
Intel Shafting Linux Users With Clover Trail: No Support   Intel   2012-09-13
Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.2 Officially Released   Virtualization   2012-09-13
Oracle Still Working On VirtualBox 4.2   Virtualization   2012-09-01
Linux Kernel: "Drop Support For x86-32"   Linux Kernel   2012-08-23
Valve Releases New CS: Global Offensive Trailer   Valve   2012-08-18
Valve's Steam Linux Beta: "Fairly Soon"   Valve   2012-08-17
Oracle Already Puts Out VirtualBox 4.2 RC1   Virtualization   2012-08-14
GDC Europe: Linux Gaming Announcements This Week?   Linux Gaming   2012-08-13
Digia Buys Out Qt From Nokia   Free Software   2012-08-09
Valve Announces Steam Goes Beyond Gaming   Valve   2012-08-08
The Top Features Of Fedora 18 "Spherical Cow"   Fedora   2012-08-07
Oracle Releases VirtualBox 4.2 Beta 1   Oracle   2012-08-03
Will Blizzard Be Bringing Their Games To Linux?   Linux Gaming   2012-07-27
Valve's Gabe Newell Really Hates Windows 8   Valve   2012-07-25
Debian Developers Discuss UEFI SecureBoot Plans   Debian   2012-07-09