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What CPU types does Linux run on?

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What CPU types does Linux run on?

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• (REG) Quite a few. Below is the list for kernel 2.4.18. Note that for some CPUs advanced development is kept outside the mainline kernel, and changes are merged into the mainline periodically. The WWW pages for these projects are listed as well. • alpha, by DEC (now Compaq). http://www.alphalinux.org/ • ARM http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/ • Cris (AXIS) http://developer.axis.com/software/linux/ • x86 (32 bit, aka IA32, aka i386) • x86-64 (64 bit extension to x86 by AMD) http://www.x86-64.org/ • IA64 (aka Itanium aka Itanic, by Intel and HP) http://www.linuxia64.org/ • M68K (Motorola M68000 family) http://www.linux-m68k.org/ • MIPS (32 bit and 64 bit) http://www.linux.sgi.com/ • PA-RISC (by HP) http://www.parisc-linux.org/ • Power PC 32 bit http://www.penguinppc.org/ and 64 bit http://penguinppc64.org/ • S390/S390x (IBM mainframe) http://linux.s390.org/ • SuperH (by Hitachi) http://www.m17n.org/linux-sh/ • Sparc (32 and 64 bits) http://sunsite.tut.fi/SPARCLinux/ and http://www.ultralinux.