Linux Desktop

Luckily for us Linux users, the open source ethos that is ingrained in kernel development, and the hundreds of developers who peer over the code and improve it, ensure that we have an incredibly stable and secure kernel that forms the backbone of...

On the one hand, an up-to-date distribution with a recent kernel is likely to configure all your hardware automatically, and you won't need to lift a finger. On the other hand, if you have some hardware that is not supported within the kernel it...

6 Hot rod your computer with a new kernel. Upgrading your kernel from one minor version to another quickly becomes old hat. But when a new major series of kernels comes out, such as the recently released 2.6 kernel series, many people are...

A number of custom kernels are designed to increase performance in one area or another. The Con Kolivas Overloaded (CKO) kernel is probably the most famous for improving desktop performance (Con Kolivas has branched out into improving server perf...

If you're running one of the later 2.6 kernels, this pack of hacks includes a few tricks you can use to modify the performance of the kernel you already have installed and running. One of the most hotly debated performance topics is how Linux s...