Torvalds, who initially created Linux for the Intel x86 platform,
revealed to the Linux Kernel Mailing List in February during a
discussion on kernel size reduction that his desktop machine no longer
featured an x86 processor. Hence, Torvalds said, a patch specific to
the x86 platform that he was submitting to the list for consideration
was totally untested.
ZDNet Australia was intrigued by this remark and sought to question
Torvalds on why the man who helped revolutionize the use of Unix on the
x86 platform would move away from it, and where he had moved to http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d//i/ne/en/2002/01/0130torvalds.jpg