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"That year (1995) was also when Linux was first ported to a new architecture by Linus. He'd been given a DEC Alpha machine." This is not fully correct: The fir
by gforce_de 3y ago
"That year (1995) was also when Linux was first ported to a new architecture by Linus. He'd been given a DEC Alpha machine."
This is not fully correct:
The first port ever was on Motorola M68k in 1993 for the Amiga platform.
https://www.tech-insider.org/linux/research/1993/0915.html https://www.tech-insider.org/linux/research/1993/0915.html
- lonelygirl15a 3y agoI think the Alpha port stands out in memory because that was the cause for overcoming 32-bitness.