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The nice thing about x86 is that it's so standardized. Everyone has been copying each other since the IBM PC era. For a long time everything else was stuck wi
by eternityforest 3y ago
The nice thing about x86 is that it's so standardized. Everyone has been copying each other since the IBM PC era.
For a long time everything else was stuck with custom built images for every device.
- TheLoafOfBread 3y ago> For a long time everything else was stuck with custom built images for every device. Like today with ARM boards, where each OS is custom-bent to each board.
- rbanffy 3y agoI gather many of those are mainlined now. Bootloaders might still be needed, but I would imagine the bulk of the customisations for a couple "major" platforms is sorted out.
- TheLoafOfBread 3y agoI would not call it sorted out, more like workaround. The problem will grow larger and larger until it will become unmanageable.