- Phoronix
Infobox Website
name = Phoronix
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url = http://www.phoronix.com/
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type = Review
language = English
registration =
owner = Michael Larabel
author = Michael Larabel
launch date =June 5 ,2004
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revenue =
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alexa =Phoronix is a technology website that offers product reviews,
Linux distribution screenshots, interviews, and news while maintaining a pure Linux orientation. Phoronix was started in June 2004 byMichael Larabel , who currently serves as the owner and editor-in-chief. The name Phoronix is comprised of "phoro-" and "*NIX " for meaning the Linux movement. Phoronix is known for being one of the few Linux review websites that covercomputer hardware , especially graphics hardware, and is updated on a daily basis.On
2007 -04-20 , Phoronix announced its new website. [ [http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=9532 Welcome To The New Phoronix] ] Also announced was that they would begin offering Solaris hardware reviews and news in addition to their Linux content. [ [http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=9533 Phoronix To Support Solaris OS] ]About Phoronix
Founded on
2004 -06-05 , Phoronix started as a website with a handful of reviews. At the end of 2004, Phoronix focused its articles specifically toward Linux users after seeing the lack of computer hardware review websites that were devoted to alternative operating systems. Phoronix continues to solely provide Linux hardware coverage, and the most common distribution used with reviews is Ubuntu.Fact|date=April 2008 Phoronix is most noted for its Linux graphics articles that monitor and compare the ATI andNVIDIA display drivers. Phoronix has also been cited by a number of other technical publications such as CNET News [ [http://news.com.com/New+Linux+look+fuels+old+debate/2100-7344_3-6061491.html New Linux look fuels old debate] ] [ [http://news.com.com/Intel+aims+for+open-source+graphics+advantage/2100-7344_3-6103941.html Intel aims for open-source graphics advantage] ] and Slashdot. [ [http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/20/1433230 The State of ATI Drivers on GNU/Linux] ] In June 2006 the Phoronix Forums were opened [ [http://www.phoronix.com/?page=news_item&px=MTUxMw Phoronix Forums Launch] ] to the Linux community.Phoronix Test Suite
On
2008 -06-05 , the 1.0 release of thePhoronix Test Suite was announced. This software was made available under the FSF GPLV3 and is designed to validate software and hardware on Linux. It's made up of 57 test profiles and 23 test suites. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20080605/bs_prweb/prweb995384]Phoronix Redblog
With the heavily debated quality of the proprietary display
device driver s on Linux, the Phoronix editor-in-chief, Michael Larabel, had started ablog about his experience when switching from NVIDIA to ATI graphics. [ [http://www.phoronix.com/redblog/?p=blog&i=MjA1MA Redblog Introduction] ] The blog was updated daily for fifty days as he shared first-hand his positive and negative ordeals when investigating the ATIfglrx drivers.References
External links
* [http://www.phoronix.com/ Phoronix]
* [http://www.phoronix-test-suite.com/ Phoronix Test Suite]
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