Linus Torvalds has switched to AMD
I&#x27;ve been running Fedora (21 - 32 as of now) on HP MicroServer N54L Gen7 since 2014, it has a relatively weak AMD Turion II Neo N54L Dual Core processor but it&#x27;s been working reliably over the years, still strong (not really when compiling, e.g. ZFS modules via DKMS).<p>DIYed a AMD Athlon XP 2500+ (Barton) + Epox 8RDA3+ (AVC 112C86 fan) desktop, overheating was a headache, overclocking even made it worse, finally that motherboard didn&#x27;t survive overheating problem (so AMD CPU cooling has always been my concern lol).<p>Good to see consumers are more willing to accept AMD after all those Intel Meltdown &amp; spectre, etc. drama (I was working as Tech Lead for XenServer support team, to some extent I knew how bad it negatively impacted from that specific PoV). Personally I&#x27;ll prefer AMD when buying new hardware.