around the start of 2005, such as Ubuntu, Fedora, SUSE and Mozilla (Firefox/Thunderbird). Phoronix heavily focuses on benchmarking hardware running Linux, with a heavy slant towards graphics articles that monitor and compare free and open-source graphics device drivers and Mesa 3D with AMD's and Nvidia's proprietary graphics device drivers. In June 2006 the website added forums in addition to news content. On 20 April 2007, Phoronix redesigned its website, and began Solaris hardware reviews and news in addition to Linux content. Phoronix benchmarks have been cited by a number of other technical publications such as CNET News. Open Benchmarking OpenBenchmarking.org is a web-based service created to work with the Phoronix Test Suite. It is a collaborative platform that allows users to share their hardware and software benchmarks through an organized online interface. Release history On 5 June 2008, Phoronix Test Suite 1.0 was released under the codename Trondheim. This 1.0 release was made up of 57 test profiles and 23 test suites. On 3 September 2008, Phoronix Test Suite 1.2 was released with support for the OpenSolaris operating system and a module framework accompanied by tests focusing upon new areas and many new test profiles. Phoronix Test Suite 1.8 includes a graphical user interface (GUI) using GTK+ written using the PHP-GTK bindings. 3.4 includes MATISK benchmarking module and initial support for the GNU Hurd. See also Inquisitor Stresslinux References External links 2008 software Benchmarking software for Linux Benchmarks (computing) Free software programmed in PHP