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 is now better than ever, offering stability and great flexibility, but one of the reasons I keep running it on my desktops is how much control it gives me over performance. It is not a black box ...

The Linux kernel remains the beating heart of the OS. In 2026, we’ll likely see: New Long-Term Support (LTS) Baselines: With releases like 6.18 already declared LTS and successor branches maturing, ...

In this video from the Velocity 2015 conference, Brendan Gregg from Netflix presents a 90 minute tutorial on Linux performance tools. There are many performance tools nowadays for Linux, but how do ...