On Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 04:11:02PM +0000, Paul Tansom wrote:
How many people here are running non-x86 hardware? Probably a few Mac users, maybe the odd one or two with second hand Sparc or similar machines. I would suggest it is unlikely that many, if anyone has bought non-x86 hardware new specifically run Linux or another OS (excluding Mac as the lone exception). It is available if you want to pay the premium. There's the AmigaOne hardware that runs Linux quite happily -
Ok, ask the same question in 3/4 years time when all x86 hardware has "trusted computing" and can't run Linux, I think that a much greater %age of the people here won't have an x86 box. Anyhow afaik you can't buy 64 bit windows for AMD Opteron/Athlon 64 yet ;) all my point is that there are choices for not using x86 and if a time came that Linux couldn't be booted on x86 then I for one would probably buy a Mac, ARM box or Sparc as my new desktop.
Adam