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The Torvalds are changing........
« on: March 09, 2005, 06:53:55 PM »
Shock horror... Linus is a Mac switcher. What ever next?! :-)

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Re: The Torvalds are changing........
« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2005, 07:17:10 PM »
He's still running Linux he's just swithced to the PowerPC processor.  I wonder what build he's using?  Probably totally custom.
 

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Re: The Torvalds are changing........
« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2005, 07:28:58 PM »
Bill Gates uses an AmigaOne... :lol:  Not that it would be comparable..
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Re: The Torvalds are changing........
« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2005, 07:58:06 PM »
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"Oh, and part of it is that I got the machine for free," said Torvalds, "I'm really a technology whore."


Ah, the old "Free Dual G5" trick. :)

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Re: The Torvalds are changing........
« Reply #4 on: March 09, 2005, 08:50:04 PM »
Heh!

I think that'd probably work for most of us!  :-D

But I'd still use my Amigas!

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Re: The Torvalds are changing........
« Reply #5 on: March 09, 2005, 09:03:25 PM »
Funny, this isn't actually news.

He's been using a G5 for well over a year.