On January 8th Intel released new Linux Processor microcode data files that can be used to mitigate the Spectre and and Meltdown vulnerabilities in Intel CPUs. Using microcode files, an operating ...

The new version of the power management tool brings manual turbo control and numerous bug fixes for Linux laptops.

More control for Linux laptop user ...

Monitoring, anticipating, and reacting to server load is a full time job in some organizations. Unexpected spikes in resource usage can indicate a software or hardware problem. Gradual increases over ...

It's not really a Linux problem, but as is so often the case, Linux kernel developers have to clean up after AMD and Intel. It happened again with the chipmakers' latest CPU vulnerabilities: AMD ...

According to the game sales platform Steam, about 67% of Linux users use AMD CPUs. It also turns out that Intel is strongly supported among Windows users. the Steam Hardware & Software Survey: June ...

The ability in Linux to bind one or more processes to one or more processors, called CPU affinity, is a long-requested feature. The idea is to say “always run this process on processor one” or “run ...

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 ...