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TL:DW It's a 54:20 video of Fake Linus interviewing with Linus Torvalds. It goes over Linus's views on hardware choice, questions about Linux and several community questions.

The video is long, but it's a good listen.

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[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 28 points 1 day ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (18 children)

TLDW on his hardware recommendations?

  • chill interview, recommended to watch
  • hardware recommendations see below
[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There's a parts list on the YT description.

[–] lnxtx@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Here it is (links excluded):

Check out the parts from the build:
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9960X:
GIGABYTE TRX50 AERO D Motherboard:
Samsung SSD 9100 PRO 2TB SSD:
Noctua NH-U14S TR5-SP6 Cooler:
Intel Arc B580 GPU:
Fractal Design Torrent E-ATX Case:
Seasonic PRIME TX-1600 1600W 80+ Titanium PSU:
ASUS ProArt Display PA32QCV 31.5" 6K HDR Monitor:

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