Building the PERFECT Linux PC with Linus Torvalds

Linus Sebastian teams up with Linux creator Linus Torvalds to assemble a dream workstation built around an AMD Threadripper 9960X, GIGABYTE TRX50 AERO D board, 2 TB Samsung SSD 9100 Pro, Noctua cooler, Intel Arc GPU, Fractal Torrent case, 1600 W Seasonic PSU and a 6K ASUS ProArt monitor. Along the way they chat about why ECC matters, how much storage Torvalds really needs, why Noctua wins on cooling and the quirks of onboarding an Intel GPU for a Linux rig.

Between wrenching parts and booting Fedora, Torvalds opens up on his Linux origins, side projects, Zoom grievances and coding habits, tackling topics from GitHub’s Microsoft takeover to distro overload, AI, memes, cats vs. dogs and whether he’d ever walk away from Linux. Spoiler: the machine comes alive, and Torvalds almost sheds a tear.

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