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Linus Torvalds Is Doing More ARM64 Linux Testing Now That He Has A More Powerful System


Linux kernel and Git creator Linus Torvalds is known for his current use of an AMD Ryzen Threadripper workstation as his main system after years of using Intel hardware

Linux kernel and Git creator Linus Torvalds is known for his current use of an AMD Ryzen Threadripper workstation as his main system after years of using Intel hardware. Tucked away within the Linux 6.9 kernel release, Linus Torvalds commented in his mailing list announcement a change worth warranting its own article and forum discussion. Ampere Altra still performs well and doesn't have much competition outside of the hyperscalers / cloud providers for high-end ARM64 systems/servers albeit still we are eager to see AmpereOne and/or other new options given these CPUs are now four years old.

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