Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756625Ab0FAS6P (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Jun 2010 14:58:15 -0400 Received: from earthlight.etchedpixels.co.uk ([81.2.110.250]:47903 "EHLO www.etchedpixels.co.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756255Ab0FAS6O (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Jun 2010 14:58:14 -0400 Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 20:06:18 +0100 From: Alan Cox To: "Fred ." Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: What computer do Linus and other prominent kernel developers have? Message-ID: <20100601200618.09d02650@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.6 (GTK+ 2.18.9; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 919 Lines: 24 On Tue, 1 Jun 2010 19:28:01 +0200 "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. > > 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. It's certainly generally true that the most common hardware is best maintained - I wouldn't however try to clone my hardware setup - parts of it are there *because* it doesn't work well in Linux ! Alan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/