EXT4 Optimizes Online Defragmentation, Improves Performance & Larger Block Sizes The merged EXT4 changes for Linux 6.19 bring some of the most prominent feature changes in recent times for this mature and widely-used Linux file-system...

EXT4 Optimizes Online Defragmentation, Improves Performance & Larger Block Sizes - Phoronix

The merged EXT4 changes for Linux 6.19 bring some of the most prominent feature changes in recent times for this mature and widely-used Linux file-...

Intel's Open-Source Linux Graphics Driver Delivered Significant Improvements In 2025 Last week I provided a look at how Intel's GPU compute performance on Battlemage evolved in 2025. In today's article is a similar Intel Arc A-Series "Alchemist" and B-Series "Battlemage" look at how the OpenGL and Vulkan graphics performance has evolved over the past year. Simply put, the open-source Intel Linux graphics driver stack has evolved …

Intel's Open-Source Linux Graphics Driver Delivered Significant Improvements In 2025 - Phoronix

Last week I provided a look at how Intel's GPU compute performance on Battlemage evolved in 2025.

LibreOffice 26.2 Alpha 1 Released For Testing The first alpha release of the LibreOffice 26.2 open-source and cross platform office suite is now available for testing ahead of its official release in February...

LibreOffice 26.2 Alpha 1 Released For Testing - Phoronix

The first alpha release of the LibreOffice 26.2 open-source and cross platform office suite is now available for testing ahead of its official rele...

Important Performance Work: Overhaul Of RSEQ & CID Management Merged For Linux 6.19 An important set of patches were just merged a few minutes ago to Linux Git for the ongoing Linux 6.19 kernel with some important performance implications...

Important Performance Work: Overhaul Of RSEQ & CID Management Merged For Linux 6.19 - Phoronix

An important set of patches were just merged a few minutes ago to Linux Git for the ongoing Linux 6.19 kernel with some important performance impli...