KDAB, a German consulting firm that develops graphics and visualization tools, has released Hotspot 1.0, a GUI too for visualizing performance data generated by the Linux perf tool. Perf analyzes ...

Netflix and Linux performance analysis in 60 seconds Netflix has a very big EC2 Linux cloud and makes good use of performance tools to keep track of how well it is working for the company.

A wave of linux clustered machines has been anticipated since 1994, when the Goddard Space Flight Center produced the first Beowulf cluster. Though superior in price/performance, tools to make the ...

Linux developers have taken the operating system from a simple X manager during the 1998-1999 timeframe to a complete graphical desktop that competes with Microsoft's and Apple's offerings. So, if you ...

Linux continues to grow bigger and better. Here's what's new and notable in the 6.16 release, plus what you need to know about 6.17.

Tuning Linux systems for performance is an essential task for any system administrator, but it also is one of the least documented. Without a hard-won understanding, performance tuning often can seem ...

Linux has long provided an outstanding operating system for a wide range of users in a variety of settings. However, high-performance computing users, who must run applications on thousands of ...