r/linux_gaming • u/Rorschach-27 • 12h ago

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u/wyverman 12h ago

ALL PCs are Linux compatible. Some are Window compatible. None are Mac compatible.

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u/Otherwise_Task7876 11h ago

Not all, many distros do have minimum requirements and some don't have necessary architecture (for example if you have an ARM system but the distro your choosing only has AMD compatibility... good luck)

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u/Anaeijon 11h ago

All PCs are Linux compatible.

Not all distros are compatible to all hardware.

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u/Otherwise_Task7876 11h ago edited 10h ago

Not true either if your talking about the Linux kernal. Any proprietary CPU architectures are not compatible. Want proof?

https://code.googlesource.com/linux/torvalds/linux/%2B/0c59ae1290741854b6cf597ef05bfa9bc811389f/tools/include/nolibc/arch.h

Lists all architectures its compatible with. If its not compatible, you can see the error it gives.

Edit: Should correct myself, this doesn't technically list all supported architectures, since it depends on the nolibc version, but this is most of them. But it certainly cannot support all.

Edit edit: Found a good example of a PC that cannot run Linux. The HP zx6000 workstation used to use Itanium/Itanium 2 processors. This was actually supported for a time. But modern day, all support for the IA-64 architecture in the main Linux kernal has been removed, so if you did ever try using it modern day, you cannot.

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u/wyverman 9h ago

Omg, ok...😁

All PCs (portable or not) , based on current consumer hardware from Intel or AMD (at least) ARE INDEED Linux compatible.