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0 pointsSilasX12y ago0 comments

Not even then. I remember reading about how he uses the freest (as in freedomest) setup he can get:

http://stallman.org/stallman-computing.html

He mentions its a Lemote machine which doesn't look like it uses an AMD/Intel processor, as it uses Longsoon:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loongson

"Unlike processors from Intel, Advanced Micro Devices or VIA Technologies, Loongson does not support the x86 instruction set. The processor's main operating system is Linux, while in theory any OS with MIPS support should also work."

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BCM4312y ago

Actually, iirc the Chinese made that processor because they were afraid of the US putting backdoors in Intel and AMD chips

drdaeman12y ago

So they put theirs.

Just kidding, obviously. But one can't be sure their hardware's all right, unless they go way beyond what we'd consider reasonable.

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