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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 by Michael Larabel; he remains the current 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 cover computer computer hardware, and is updated on a daily basis.

About Phoronix

Founded on July 05, 2004, 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 Fedora Core. Phoronix is most noted for its Linux graphics articles that monitor and compare the ATI and NVIDIA display drivers. Phoronix has also been cited by a number of other technical publications such as CNET News and Slashdot. In June of 2006 the Phoronix Forums were opened to the Linux community.

Phoronix Redblog

With the heavily debated quality of the proprietary display device drivers on Linux, the Phoronix editor-in-chief, Michael Larabel, had started a blog about his experience when switching from NVIDIA to ATI graphics. The blog was updated daily for fifty days as he shared first-hand his positive and negative ordeals when investigating the ATI fglrx drivers.

Phoronix LCH

Another feature of Phoronix is Phoronix LCH (Linux Compatible Hardware). Phoronix LCH is a user-driven database that contains device information on computer hardware and allows the user to provide feedback as to whether the hardware operates as expected under GNU/Linux. Device entries are sorted by category and results can be limited to specific distributions. In order to submit hardware entries or comments, free user registration is required.

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