What is the “best” CPU for GNU/Linux?
• (REW) There is no “best” CPU. The choice of CPU always depends on your price/performance/technical requirements. On the x86 side, we have Intel, AMD, Cyrix and IDT/Centaur, with various models available. All of these work. Besides the x86 processors, the Linux kernel runs on 68k processors, MIPS R3000 and R4000, Power PC, ARM, Alpha and Sparc processors. There are lots of different ways to build a computer around a processor. If you have an x86, they built a PC around it. Don’t go around buying second hand R4000 computers because the Linux kernel runs on the R4000 processor. Check the latest Linux kernel revision to see if the specific computer you’re buying is supported. • (ADB) OK, the Linux kernel is a good start. Now, there is a huge difference between kernel support and a ready-to-install distribution. Only four architectures have widely available, reasonably homogeneous distributions: x86 (or i386), Alpha, Sparc and Power-PC. And the Alpha and Sparc distributions that exist sti
• (REW) There is no “best” CPU. The choice of CPU always depends on your price/performance/technical requirements. On the x86 side, we have Intel, AMD, Cyrix and IDT/Centaur, with various models available. All of these work. Besides the x86 processors, the Linux kernel runs on 68k processors, MIPS R3000 and R4000, Power PC, ARM, Alpha and Sparc processors. There are lots of different ways to build a computer around a processor. If you have an x86, they built a PC around it. Don”t go around buying second hand R4000 computers because the Linux kernel runs on the R4000 processor. Check the latest Linux kernel revision to see if the specific computer you”re buying is supported. • (ADB) OK, the Linux kernel is a good start. Now, there is a huge difference between kernel support and a ready-to-install distribution. Only four architectures have widely available, reasonably homogeneous distributions: x86 (or i386), Alpha, Sparc and Power-PC. And the Alpha and Sparc distributions that exist s
