{"id":46,"date":"2005-03-09T12:13:57","date_gmt":"2005-03-09T17:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dillernet.com\/apple\/?p=46"},"modified":"2005-03-09T12:13:57","modified_gmt":"2005-03-09T17:13:57","slug":"linus-torvalds-uses-powerpc-not-intel-for-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dillernet.com\/apple\/2005\/03\/09\/linus-torvalds-uses-powerpc-not-intel-for-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"Linus Torvalds uses PowerPC not Intel for Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Slashdot, who got it from ZDNet Australia<\/a>:\n<\/p>\n

“As to the why … Part of it is simply that I wanted to try something else, and I felt like there were enough people testing the x86 side that it certainly didn’t need me. Part of it is that I personally believe there are two main architectures out there: Power and x86-64 are what _I_ think are the two most relevant ones, and I decided that I had to at least check the other side of it out seriously if I really believed that,” said Torvalds.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So Linus uses a Mac too, but apparently, he got it for free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From Slashdot, who got it from ZDNet Australia: “As to the why … Part of it is simply that I wanted to try something else, and I felt like there were enough people testing the x86 side that it certainly didn’t need me. 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