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:Builder AU: Linux Creator Torvalds Switches to an Apple Mac
Builder AU: Linux Creator Torvalds Switches to an Apple Mac
Mar 9, 2005, 13 :45 UTC (12 Talkback[s]) (11006 reads)

(Other stories by Renai Lemay)

[ Thanks to JOey for this link. ]

"Linux creator Linus Torvalds is now using an Apple Macintosh as his main desktop, mainly for work reasons, although partly simply because he's a self-described 'technology whore.'

"Torvalds, who initially created Linux for the Intel x86 platform, revealed to the Linux Kernel Mailing List in February during a discussion on kernel size reduction that his main desktop machine no longer featured an x86 processor..."

Complete Story

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
It's a PPC 970 platform running Linu ...   Not an Apple Macintosh Desktop   
Nicholas Donovan
Mar 9, 2005, 14:19:11
 
The machine is undoubtedly a Mac - but h ...   Bit misleading, that   
Peter
Mar 9, 2005, 14:29:11
 
So are we going to get reports now anyti ...   whatever.   
stumbles
Mar 9, 2005, 14:42:26
 
For some Linux PPC users this really mat ...   Hooooorrrraaaaayyyyyyy!   
Pietro Pesci Feltri
Mar 9, 2005, 15:37:47
 
install wizard help guide.Kevin  ...   In other news, MS open sources Office...   
Kevin
Mar 9, 2005, 16:52:11
 
Still running linux tho... yeesh.  ...   No, switched to Apple HARDWARE [nm]   
heavyboots
Mar 9, 2005, 17:18:26
 
How many here would build a PPC Linux bo ...   PowerPC Motherboards   
mark
Mar 9, 2005, 18:17:35
 
Not until ATI and Nvidia offer accelerat ...   Re: PowerPC Motherboards   
John Bell
Mar 9, 2005, 23:29:05
 
So what?  It's his life, let him do  ...   So What?   
NeoSadist
Mar 10, 2005, 10:59:50
 
Why would he need to switch back a PC (I ...   Why?   
Niels Elgaard Larsen
Mar 10, 2005, 16:03:32
 
> Why would he need to switch back a PC  ...   Re: Why?   
Rainer Weikusat
Mar 10, 2005, 23:53:29
 
> > Why would he need to switch back a P ...   Re: Re: Why?   
Calvin Kim
Mar 14, 2005, 21:20:54
 
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