From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754052Ab0FATdV (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Jun 2010 15:33:21 -0400 Received: from mail.tmr.com ([64.65.253.246]:59022 "EHLO partygirl.tmr.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753279Ab0FATdU (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Jun 2010 15:33:20 -0400 Message-ID: <4C05607C.6010208@tmr.com> Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:33:16 -0400 From: Bill Davidsen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090507 Fedora/1.1.16-1.fc9 NOT Firefox/3.0.11 SeaMonkey/1.1.16 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Fred ." CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: What computer do Linus and other prominent kernel developers have? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Fred . wrote: > What exact computer hardware components do Linus Torvalds have in his > computer system? > Also other prominent kernel developers like Alan Cox, etc. > > If want to buy same motherboard, CPU, GPU, HDD, etc. > I suspect that developers are unlikely to be running any hardware you can duplicate, and if they are anything like me they will change hardware regularly for one reason or another, to test something, have fun using something, or because some part of a system was redeployed. > That way, I know there wont be any problems running Linux, because if > I have that problem, > then he will also have that problem. > If he have that problem, he will surely fix it. Wouldn't bet on that, either, usage controls which bugs you see to some extent. Get something common. -- Bill Davidsen "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot