Mr. Torvalds switches Desktop Computer

microsoft/linux · 03-09-2005, 10:43 AM

Hey, check this link out. Linus Torvalds has switched to a Mac!
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/0,39023165,39183867,00.htm

Error1312 · 03-09-2005, 10:43 AM

Hi all.

I've just read this article at:

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/0,39023165,39183867,00.htm

What do you people think of this. I think it doesn't really matter. After all, linux is now more of a community product.

Mara · 03-09-2005, 10:50 AM

Two threads, the same subject - merged.

Well, not a breaking news

He's still running Linux, but on Power PC..

susefan · 03-09-2005, 10:50 AM

Of course it doesn't matter what hardware one
uses to run Linux.

Capt_Caveman · 03-09-2005, 11:50 AM

I'm glad to see him working on PPC. The more platforms linux runs on (and runs well on), the better.

reddazz · 03-09-2005, 12:18 PM

As long as he is using Linux, there is nothing wrong with that. I am actually thinking of getting the mac mini coz it looks kool and putting Linux on it.

trickykid · 03-09-2005, 12:23 PM

I read in an article a couple of months ago that he was using a Mac as his main desktop.. old news to me!

pevelius · 03-09-2005, 01:06 PM

nuka_t, any comments

?

jaz · 03-09-2005, 05:32 PM

I thought for sure he would run Windows ME. Boy was I wrong!

cereal83 · 03-09-2005, 08:42 PM

Linux runs better on a PPC? lol some people!

Who cares what OS/hardware he uses? If he used a Pentium 6 with Windows 2010 I wouldn't care!

Lleb_KCir · 03-09-2005, 09:19 PM

Quote:

Torvald's response came quickly and succinctly. "My main machine these days is a dual 2GHz G5 (aka PowerPC 970) - it's physically a regular Apple Mac, although it obviously only runs Linux, so I don't think you can call it a Mac any more

" he said.

so what, the mac G5 technology is very solid, fast, and with a nice dual CPU setup like that he could run circles around most x86 platforms today only an x86-64 dual setup could keep up with it in raw power...

its free hardware for him, and if i could get my hands on that same setup for FREE you had better belive i would and run linux on it in a heart beat.

nuka_t · 03-09-2005, 09:42 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by pevelius
nuka_t, any comments ?

thanks for the intro

if i got a mac for free like he did i would use it as well. nothing newsworthy IMO.

JaseP · 03-09-2005, 09:55 PM

HE STILL RUNS LINUX!!!

Hardware is irrelevant. Let's move on.

JSpired · 03-09-2005, 11:06 PM

I think it's a great article. Thanks for the link. Just goes to show that Linux can run on many different hardware setups.

amosf · 03-10-2005, 02:10 AM

In any case I have this gut feeling that linus doesn't just have one PC...