I've been doing some work lately evaluating various Linux desktop environments on low-end hardware. I've put a lot of time into this and I've gotten some interesting results, so I thought I'd share ...

Learn how to test CDN performance from the command line using curl and dig. Measure TTFB, DNS latency, cache hits vs misses, ...

If you’re interested in Windows performance, you may want to take a look at our experiences with the 3990X here. It’s been a lot of fun watching AMD and Intel duke it out over CPUs the past few years, ...

Windows has more than just extra overhead.

A recent FPS comparison test conducted by the YouTube channel NJ Tech covered more than 10 AAA games on Windows 11 and CachyOS, a lightweight Arch-based distro. The results revealed that gaming on ...

Since Valve's Proton compatibility layer came about, there has been a lot of discussion about the performance implications of running games with a go-between. While Linux users have long espoused the ...

In the realm of IT infrastructure, the performance of Linux servers is a critical factor that can significantly influence business operations, user experience, and cost efficiency. Linux servers, ...

It’s nice to know I’m not the only one who can blow a deadline. Linux Torvalds confessed that he’d love to have had “some good excuse for why I didn’t do ...