We're taking a fresh look at viewport performance in popular design software with the help of SPECviewperf 2020. With 21 gaming and workstation GPUs in-hand, we're testing not just the performance in ...

Performance in games used to be a major blow on Linux, compared to Windows, largely due to compatibility and official support. Valve changed this with Steam Play.

Linux gaming may not be as popular as gaming in Windows, but it is a growing segment. It is also improving, both in terms of support and performance. As it pertains to the latter, Jason Ekstrand ...

The Linux kernel version 5.19 could pack hefty gains over version 5.15 according to new tests done on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS against Windows 11 Pro. The comparisons were made on a Ryzen 6000 PRO mobile PC.

Can Linux keep up with Windows 10 in modern gaming -- and does SteamOS improve the situation?

If you're rooting for Linux, there are encouraging signs. The folks at Phoronix compared gaming performance on Ubuntu 13.04 64-bit and compared it to Windows 8.1 64-bit.

Can native Linux ports compete with their Windows counterparts? Are there really terrible performance drops when using Steam Proton on Linux to play Windows-exclusive games? Let's start answering ...

My January 13th blog To beat Linux: scam the customer drew quite a lot of talkback comments. One of the themes there was fired off by a comment from No-Ax-To-Grind to the effect that the Linux ...

Is it actually difficult to get your game on using a desktop Linux OS? Are there performance differences across popular distros? Let's find out.