Linux market void: Intel's Clear Linux discontinuation creates new opportunities
Intel's decision to discontinue Clear Linux, known for its performance, creates a significant void for users who valued a fast, optimized Linux distribution. This presents an opportunity for other Linux distributions to attract these users by highlighting their performance optimizations or for new projects to emerge that aim to fill this specific niche. Companies providing Linux-based solutions or hardware optimized for Linux can market their products as reliable alternatives or superior performers in the wake of Clear Linux's demise.
Origin Reddit Post
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Intel axes Clear Linux, the fastest distribution on the market — company ends development and support, effective immediately
Posted by u/Logical_Welder3467•07/20/2025
Top Comments
u/savetinymita
It's amazing how many dumb asses supported this government handout. Goes down the same way every single time.
u/sonic10158
Private Equity is certainly a cancer
u/Brendanthebomber
Hell a lot of the hate tech wise the trump tariffs have been getting isn’t from the multitude of real reasons to hate it’s from Sinophobic fear mongering about the Chinese getting ahead of th
u/Truxstar
Why cant we have an open registrar. Anytime public money is allocated to a private company it becomes public to how the money was used. That way there is no funny business. It’s all out there
u/algaefied_creek
/r/CachyOS is pretty damned fast too!
u/bachier
What happened to the narrative that AI is boosting productivity so much that each engineer can maintain and develop software multiple times faster?
u/phaaseshift
The workloads being orchestrated by k8s still need to be compatible with the processor architecture of the underlying host that they’re scheduled on. Fortunately most of the common tools and
u/Brendanthebomber
Hell a lot of the hate tech wise the trump tariffs have been getting isn’t from the multitude of real reasons to hate it’s from Sinophobic fear mongering about the Chinese getting ahead of th
u/9-11GaveMe5G
Took that CHIPS act money now it's just a quick slide into private equity and being sold as scrap
u/Kilmir
The bailout:
>TARP recovered $441.7 billion from $426.4 billion invested, earning a $15.3 billion profit
The CHIPS act is about getting more STEM initiatives towards technology developm
u/Brendanthebomber
The Sinophobia card as well
u/sleepybearjew
Is there a chance we could see desktop consumer grade arm chips for gaming in windows anytime soon ? Pike 7800x3d level performance ?
u/MarkEsmiths
Fucking seriously? I hate this place.
u/bachier
What happened to the narrative that AI is boosting productivity so much that each engineer can maintain and develop software multiple times faster?
u/sleepybearjew
Is there a chance we could see desktop consumer grade arm chips for gaming in windows anytime soon ? Pike 7800x3d level performance ?
u/PartyClock
You're right 9% isn't accurate.
[https://hostbor.com/rtx-5070-vs-4070s-comparison/](https://hostbor.com/rtx-5070-vs-4070s-comparison/)
Show's only 4% improvement between the 5070 to the 407
u/CV90_120
Fusion is a great example of this done right. Its my main work tool and its pretty hassle free, although they love to roll out updates every other day.
u/-ragingpotato-
The bill does state they have to report progress to remain eligible to receive the rest of the money which is given out in parts, but that is done quietly so idk what progress is being report
u/phaaseshift
The workloads being orchestrated by k8s still need to be compatible with the processor architecture of the underlying host that they’re scheduled on. Fortunately most of the common tools and
u/skinlo
They take quite a lot of care, it's the Republicans who cut funding to oversight bodies.
u/CapsicumIsWoeful
This is the correct answer. You only have to look at the geopolitical landscape to know that you need advanced chip manufacturing on US soil.
Also, Intel hasn’t received chips money yet. It’
u/joeymonreddit
How long did it take to recover the money? Do those figures factor in interest paid by the taxpayer? If they did, that’s an INCREDIBLE interest rate for a business to obtain. How about negati
u/TheNozzler
Yup this is what’s going to happen
u/anticipat3
When the M1 was released, it was already able to run translated x86 apps faster than the i9 intel chips ran them natively. Apple has been improving chip performance by 20-30% each year while
u/nicuramar
There are plenty of nuances that are left out, so don’t blindly trust Internet forums.
u/iLrkRddrt
You can apply TSO patches to the Linux kernel to enable this same functionality.
All ARM OEMs need to do is add this same functionality to hardware (the flag manipulation/x86 flag compatibil
u/Martin8412
Our workloads are mostly Ruby on Rails and Node.js code which should be fully compatible. But could always keep some x86 workers for the odd loads that don’t support ARM
u/ExtruDR
Beats me. I am a pretty visceral user of AutoCAD, meaning that I expect immediate response and have been using the software for so long that the keyboard shortcuts and commands are essential
u/killerdrgn
You mean the one that Trump is reneging on?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/technology/trump-chips-act.html
u/APeacefulWarrior
The problem is compatibility. Until someone comes up with a compatibility layer that lets ARM run x86-64 code in a reasonably efficient way, ARM isn't going to take over desktops.
Apple coul
u/Bob_Spud
Clear Linux was one of many programs that part of OPEN.INTEL open source programs. What will be the next program that Intel will be closing down.?
**Intel Open,Intel** \-- [more here](http
u/RammRras
Intel itself apparently.
Yes, I'll never forgive them for shutting down Galileo and Edison boards.
u/Bob_Spud
Clear Linux was one of many programs that part of OPEN.INTEL open source programs. What will be the next program that Intel will be closing down.?
**Intel Open,Intel** \-- [more here](http
u/Bald_Plonker
Intel's spiral continues.
u/Martin8412
Kubernetes has support for running multiple hardware platforms simultaneously.
I’ve considered switching work workloads to ARM because we aren’t CPU constrained and ARM instances are cheape
u/PartyClock
20-30% performance can make a huge difference in heavy workloads, so it's not really fair to claim that is "very little" when it's actually quite a big difference. Considering computer hardwa
u/Brendanthebomber
The Sinophobia card as well
u/TheNozzler
Yup this is what’s going to happen
u/CapsicumIsWoeful
This is the correct answer. You only have to look at the geopolitical landscape to know that you need advanced chip manufacturing on US soil.
Also, Intel hasn’t received chips money yet. It’
u/No-Feedback-3477
What do this number even mean?
u/skinlo
They take quite a lot of care, it's the Republicans who cut funding to oversight bodies.
u/WhyAreYallFascists
The US government cannot let it fail. There aren’t any other domestically owned fabs, on continent, with enough tools, to make advanced chips for wars. So the scrap bit is for sure not happe
u/Vushivushi
The main complaint with the CHIPS Act is literally how much the program cared about how the money was being spent.
Companies complained about the process to get their contract and the milest
u/mark_99
It's only that good because Apple Silicon has a hardware x64 compatibility mode which Rosetta and the OS can toggle per thread. Without that deep integration it's going to be considerably wor
u/Right_Ostrich4015
Lip Bu Tan sucks ass
u/phaaseshift
The workloads being orchestrated by k8s still need to be compatible with the processor architecture of the underlying host that they’re scheduled on. Fortunately most of the common tools and
u/mark_99
It's only that good because Apple Silicon has a hardware x64 compatibility mode which Rosetta and the OS can toggle per thread. Without that deep integration it's going to be considerably wor
u/PartyClock
You do realize I'm basing this off the numbers the commenter above gave right? Of course you didn't because you haven't followed to conversation and thought you could slip in a quick "gotcha!
u/iLrkRddrt
You can apply TSO patches to the Linux kernel to enable this same functionality.
All ARM OEMs need to do is add this same functionality to hardware (the flag manipulation/x86 flag compatibil
u/Kilmir
The bailout:
>TARP recovered $441.7 billion from $426.4 billion invested, earning a $15.3 billion profit
The CHIPS act is about getting more STEM initiatives towards technology developm
u/sonic10158
Private Equity is certainly a cancer
u/ExtruDR
That is correct. Semi-conductor fabrication is a matter of national security. Even if it is a “loss leader,” meaning that tax money has to subsidize the production and maintenance of this, i
u/skinlo
They take quite a lot of care, it's the Republicans who cut funding to oversight bodies.
u/mark_99
It's only that good because Apple Silicon has a hardware x64 compatibility mode which Rosetta and the OS can toggle per thread. Without that deep integration it's going to be considerably wor
u/algaefied_creek
We need candidates who will run on "clawing the money back" as the White House now likes to say -- but claw it back from these corporations who took taxpayer dollars for bonuses and then crap
u/thatirishguyyyyy
Ubuntu is still better so...
u/Right_Ostrich4015
Lip Bu Tan sucks ass
u/MarkEsmiths
That's the Democrats' problem. They always think it's enough to come up woth money for things but take no care in how the money is spent.
u/Gummibando
CachyOS, ftw.?
https://www.phoronix.com/review/framework-13-amd-linux-2025/9
u/MarkEsmiths
That's the Democrats' problem. They always think it's enough to come up woth money for things but take no care in how the money is spent.
u/Hoefnix
Apple does provide backwards compatibility through Rosetta 2. This technology automatically translates most legacy Intel Mac apps so they run on Apple Silicon, often with very little performa
u/WhyAreYallFascists
The US government cannot let it fail. There aren’t any other domestically owned fabs, on continent, with enough tools, to make advanced chips for wars. So the scrap bit is for sure not happe
u/leftofdanzig
That is fair but I think it’s also fair to say that the American people did not get nearly what they should have given how much was invested.
u/ExtruDR
I am not in IT, and am sort of an amateur hobbyist, so I only see surface stuff that I mostly don’t understand, but it seems that more and more infrastructure is moving into virtualized and c
u/-ragingpotato-
The bill does state they have to report progress to remain eligible to receive the rest of the money which is given out in parts, but that is done quietly so idk what progress is being report
u/algaefied_creek
We need candidates who will run on "clawing the money back" as the White House now likes to say -- but claw it back from these corporations who took taxpayer dollars for bonuses and then crap
u/Successful-Trash-409
Does the web version of AutoCAD finally get hatching correct or does it freeze the CPU for hours as well?
u/9-11GaveMe5G
Took that CHIPS act money now it's just a quick slide into private equity and being sold as scrap
u/MarkEsmiths
That's the Democrats' problem. They always think it's enough to come up woth money for things but take no care in how the money is spent.
u/bachier
What happened to the narrative that AI is boosting productivity so much that each engineer can maintain and develop software multiple times faster?
u/9-11GaveMe5G
Took that CHIPS act money now it's just a quick slide into private equity and being sold as scrap
u/Bob_Spud
Clear Linux was one of many programs that part of OPEN.INTEL open source programs. What will be the next program that Intel will be closing down.?
**Intel Open,Intel** \-- [more here](http
u/jghaines
What workloads? Massive workloads like LLMs and weather simulation are built from source code and will be rebuilt to run on more cost effective hardware.
u/savetinymita
It's amazing how many dumb asses supported this government handout. Goes down the same way every single time.
u/CV90_120
Fusion is a great example of this done right. Its my main work tool and its pretty hassle free, although they love to roll out updates every other day.
u/cryptofile
remember unbreakable oracle linux? suse novell acquisitions? opensparc linux? ibm power linux on powerpc? just another vendor in a long line, open source endures. more newsworthy is a ve
u/AnOtherGuy1234567
ARM is massively catching up with x86-64. Especially when you understand that for every watt used to power the CPUs of a data center 4 watts are used to cool it. So energy efficiency is r
u/aquarain
This is not optimal. You have the source code. Compile for ARM, debug and test.
Every hardware platform has its strengths and weaknesses. A compatibility layer is always going to deoptimize
u/Kilmir
The bailout:
>TARP recovered $441.7 billion from $426.4 billion invested, earning a $15.3 billion profit
The CHIPS act is about getting more STEM initiatives towards technology developm
u/Bald_Plonker
Intel's spiral continues.
u/refrainblue
Oracle Linux still around... I actually used it at my previous company, but they wanted to migrate off Oracle.
u/leftofdanzig
That is fair but I think it’s also fair to say that the American people did not get nearly what they should have given how much was invested.
u/MarkEsmiths
Fucking seriously? I hate this place.
u/CapsicumIsWoeful
This is the correct answer. You only have to look at the geopolitical landscape to know that you need advanced chip manufacturing on US soil.
Also, Intel hasn’t received chips money yet. It’
u/nicuramar
There are plenty of nuances that are left out, so don’t blindly trust Internet forums.
u/Truxstar
Why cant we have an open registrar. Anytime public money is allocated to a private company it becomes public to how the money was used. That way there is no funny business. It’s all out there
u/APeacefulWarrior
The problem is compatibility. Until someone comes up with a compatibility layer that lets ARM run x86-64 code in a reasonably efficient way, ARM isn't going to take over desktops.
Apple coul
u/Martin8412
Our workloads are mostly Ruby on Rails and Node.js code which should be fully compatible. But could always keep some x86 workers for the odd loads that don’t support ARM
u/Vushivushi
The main complaint with the CHIPS Act is literally how much the program cared about how the money was being spent.
Companies complained about the process to get their contract and the milest
u/APeacefulWarrior
The problem is compatibility. Until someone comes up with a compatibility layer that lets ARM run x86-64 code in a reasonably efficient way, ARM isn't going to take over desktops.
Apple coul
u/GhettoDuk
Microsoft has already started a lot of that work. The problem is that desktops and laptops don't sell as well in the area of iPads. A surprising number of people can get everything they neede
u/Landscape4737
Meanwhile 87% of homes in NZ can access fibre. Why is it the USA is 56%? Why does the USA do this stuff so badly?. NZ has a similar population density, so it’s not that.
u/Martin8412
Our workloads are mostly Ruby on Rails and Node.js code which should be fully compatible. But could always keep some x86 workers for the odd loads that don’t support ARM
u/joeymonreddit
How long did it take to recover the money? Do those figures factor in interest paid by the taxpayer? If they did, that’s an INCREDIBLE interest rate for a business to obtain. How about negati
u/Martin8412
Kubernetes has support for running multiple hardware platforms simultaneously.
I’ve considered switching work workloads to ARM because we aren’t CPU constrained and ARM instances are cheape
u/good4y0u
Back in the day there was CENTOS with a smooth license upgrade path to RHEL before the dark times of megacorps owning distros. Honestly at this point Debian and Ubuntu LTS has been my most st
u/Successful-Trash-409
Does the web version of AutoCAD finally get hatching correct or does it freeze the CPU for hours as well?
u/No-Feedback-3477
What do this number even mean?
u/b_a_t_m_4_n
Don't look at what legislation says, look at what it does. If businesses escape though loopholes, that''s because they were intended to. The nuance is, more often than not, just obfuscation.
u/Truxstar
Why cant we have an open registrar. Anytime public money is allocated to a private company it becomes public to how the money was used. That way there is no funny business. It’s all out there
u/Hoefnix
Apple does provide backwards compatibility through Rosetta 2. This technology automatically translates most legacy Intel Mac apps so they run on Apple Silicon, often with very little performa
u/jghaines
What workloads? Massive workloads like LLMs and weather simulation are built from source code and will be rebuilt to run on more cost effective hardware.
u/jghaines
What workloads? Massive workloads like LLMs and weather simulation are built from source code and will be rebuilt to run on more cost effective hardware.
u/9-11GaveMe5G
I completely agree it should be nationalized for national security purposes. But I have zero faith that will happen. Private equity bought the white house.
u/No-Feedback-3477
What do this number even mean?
u/VincentNacon
Ubuntu, Arch, and CachyOS is still faster than Clear Linux.
[https://global.discourse-cdn.com/clearlinux/original/2X/1/16d7cf753a46958c996e3a6f194a681967a85882.png](https://global.discourse
u/killerdrgn
You mean the one that Trump is reneging on?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/technology/trump-chips-act.html
u/Haunting_Forever_243
AI definitely boosts productivity but it doesn't magically make one engineer do the work of 5 people - you still need humans to make decisions and handle the complex stuff. Intel probably jus
u/AnOtherGuy1234567
ARM is massively catching up with x86-64. Especially when you understand that for every watt used to power the CPUs of a data center 4 watts are used to cool it. So energy efficiency is r
u/ExtruDR
I am not in IT, and am sort of an amateur hobbyist, so I only see surface stuff that I mostly don’t understand, but it seems that more and more infrastructure is moving into virtualized and c
u/nonexistantchlp
Privatize the profits, socialize the losses.
u/Landscape4737
Meanwhile 87% of homes in NZ can access fibre. Why is it the USA is 56%? Why does the USA do this stuff so badly?. NZ has a similar population density, so it’s not that.
u/PhantomGaming27249
At this point it's pretty clear private companies can't be trusted with tax payer money.
u/cryptofile
remember unbreakable oracle linux? suse novell acquisitions? opensparc linux? ibm power linux on powerpc? just another vendor in a long line, open source endures. more newsworthy is a ve
u/thatirishguyyyyy
Ubuntu is still better so...
u/VincentNacon
Ubuntu, Arch, and CachyOS is still faster than Clear Linux.
[https://global.discourse-cdn.com/clearlinux/original/2X/1/16d7cf753a46958c996e3a6f194a681967a85882.png](https://global.discourse
u/BahnMe
High speed rail and healthcare are two of the biggest money sinks with no improvement programs in existence. Especially high speed rail.
u/WhyAreYallFascists
The US government cannot let it fail. There aren’t any other domestically owned fabs, on continent, with enough tools, to make advanced chips for wars. So the scrap bit is for sure not happe
u/iLrkRddrt
You can apply TSO patches to the Linux kernel to enable this same functionality.
All ARM OEMs need to do is add this same functionality to hardware (the flag manipulation/x86 flag compatibil
u/GhettoDuk
Microsoft has already started a lot of that work. The problem is that desktops and laptops don't sell as well in the area of iPads. A surprising number of people can get everything they neede
u/streetcredinfinite
playing the nationalism card works every time
u/Vushivushi
The main complaint with the CHIPS Act is literally how much the program cared about how the money was being spent.
Companies complained about the process to get their contract and the milest
u/streetcredinfinite
playing the nationalism card works every time
u/nonexistantchlp
Privatize the profits, socialize the losses.
u/Gummibando
CachyOS, ftw.?
https://www.phoronix.com/review/framework-13-amd-linux-2025/9
u/Actually-Yo-Momma
CHIPS act is like whatever government handouts Comcast got. Laid no fiber infrastructure and pocketed all the money
u/PhantomGaming27249
At this point it's pretty clear private companies can't be trusted with tax payer money.
u/thatirishguyyyyy
Ubuntu is still better so...
u/MarkEsmiths
Fucking seriously? I hate this place.
u/b_a_t_m_4_n
Don't look at what legislation says, look at what it does. If businesses escape though loopholes, that''s because they were intended to. The nuance is, more often than not, just obfuscation.
u/aquarain
This is not optimal. You have the source code. Compile for ARM, debug and test.
Every hardware platform has its strengths and weaknesses. A compatibility layer is always going to deoptimize
u/joeymonreddit
As soon as the CHIPS act was announced, I knew it was going to be used the same way as the banks bailout from the 2008 crashes… not one cent of value will ever reach the taxpayers who funded
u/Martin8412
Kubernetes has support for running multiple hardware platforms simultaneously.
I’ve considered switching work workloads to ARM because we aren’t CPU constrained and ARM instances are cheape
u/ExtruDR
That is correct. Semi-conductor fabrication is a matter of national security. Even if it is a “loss leader,” meaning that tax money has to subsidize the production and maintenance of this, i
u/CV90_120
Fusion is a great example of this done right. Its my main work tool and its pretty hassle free, although they love to roll out updates every other day.
u/Right_Ostrich4015
Lip Bu Tan sucks ass
u/-ragingpotato-
The bill does state they have to report progress to remain eligible to receive the rest of the money which is given out in parts, but that is done quietly so idk what progress is being report
u/sleepybearjew
Is there a chance we could see desktop consumer grade arm chips for gaming in windows anytime soon ? Pike 7800x3d level performance ?
u/AnOtherGuy1234567
ARM is massively catching up with x86-64. Especially when you understand that for every watt used to power the CPUs of a data center 4 watts are used to cool it. So energy efficiency is r
u/anticipat3
Did the commenter above claim 9% performance gain each year? No, you made that claim, and it’s wildly inaccurate.
Of course, anyone who points out that you’re wrong on the internet must jus
u/streetcredinfinite
playing the nationalism card works every time
u/BahnMe
High speed rail and healthcare are two of the biggest money sinks with no improvement programs in existence. Especially high speed rail.
u/leftofdanzig
That is fair but I think it’s also fair to say that the American people did not get nearly what they should have given how much was invested.
u/refrainblue
Oracle Linux still around... I actually used it at my previous company, but they wanted to migrate off Oracle.
u/anticipat3
Did the commenter above claim 9% performance gain each year? No, you made that claim, and it’s wildly inaccurate.
Of course, anyone who points out that you’re wrong on the internet must jus
u/PartyClock
You do realize I'm basing this off the numbers the commenter above gave right? Of course you didn't because you haven't followed to conversation and thought you could slip in a quick "gotcha!
u/good4y0u
Back in the day there was CENTOS with a smooth license upgrade path to RHEL before the dark times of megacorps owning distros. Honestly at this point Debian and Ubuntu LTS has been my most st
u/joeymonreddit
How long did it take to recover the money? Do those figures factor in interest paid by the taxpayer? If they did, that’s an INCREDIBLE interest rate for a business to obtain. How about negati
u/savetinymita
It's amazing how many dumb asses supported this government handout. Goes down the same way every single time.
u/Actually-Yo-Momma
CHIPS act is like whatever government handouts Comcast got. Laid no fiber infrastructure and pocketed all the money
u/joeymonreddit
As soon as the CHIPS act was announced, I knew it was going to be used the same way as the banks bailout from the 2008 crashes… not one cent of value will ever reach the taxpayers who funded
u/good4y0u
Back in the day there was CENTOS with a smooth license upgrade path to RHEL before the dark times of megacorps owning distros. Honestly at this point Debian and Ubuntu LTS has been my most st
u/nullv
What is the context for this comment? What does the CHIPS act have to do with Clear Linux?
u/ExtruDR
Beats me. I am a pretty visceral user of AutoCAD, meaning that I expect immediate response and have been using the software for so long that the keyboard shortcuts and commands are essential
u/nonexistantchlp
Privatize the profits, socialize the losses.
u/Bald_Plonker
Intel's spiral continues.
u/Haunting_Forever_243
AI definitely boosts productivity but it doesn't magically make one engineer do the work of 5 people - you still need humans to make decisions and handle the complex stuff. Intel probably jus
u/b_a_t_m_4_n
Don't look at what legislation says, look at what it does. If businesses escape though loopholes, that''s because they were intended to. The nuance is, more often than not, just obfuscation.
u/nicuramar
There are plenty of nuances that are left out, so don’t blindly trust Internet forums.
u/anticipat3
When the M1 was released, it was already able to run translated x86 apps faster than the i9 intel chips ran them natively. Apple has been improving chip performance by 20-30% each year while
u/Gummibando
CachyOS, ftw.?
https://www.phoronix.com/review/framework-13-amd-linux-2025/9
u/9-11GaveMe5G
I completely agree it should be nationalized for national security purposes. But I have zero faith that will happen. Private equity bought the white house.
u/ExtruDR
Beats me. I am a pretty visceral user of AutoCAD, meaning that I expect immediate response and have been using the software for so long that the keyboard shortcuts and commands are essential
u/streetcredinfinite
playing the nationalism card works every time
u/Bald_Plonker
Intel's spiral continues.
u/nullv
What is the context for this comment? What does the CHIPS act have to do with Clear Linux?
u/cryptofile
remember unbreakable oracle linux? suse novell acquisitions? opensparc linux? ibm power linux on powerpc? just another vendor in a long line, open source endures. more newsworthy is a ve
u/TheNozzler
Yup this is what’s going to happen
u/TheNozzler
Yup this is what’s going to happen
u/Hoefnix
Apple does provide backwards compatibility through Rosetta 2. This technology automatically translates most legacy Intel Mac apps so they run on Apple Silicon, often with very little performa
u/anticipat3
Did the commenter above claim 9% performance gain each year? No, you made that claim, and it’s wildly inaccurate.
Of course, anyone who points out that you’re wrong on the internet must jus
u/Bob_Spud
Clear Linux was one of many programs that part of OPEN.INTEL open source programs. What will be the next program that Intel will be closing down.?
**Intel Open,Intel** \-- [more here](http
u/algaefied_creek
We need candidates who will run on "clawing the money back" as the White House now likes to say -- but claw it back from these corporations who took taxpayer dollars for bonuses and then crap
u/PhantomGaming27249
At this point it's pretty clear private companies can't be trusted with tax payer money.
u/Actually-Yo-Momma
CHIPS act is like whatever government handouts Comcast got. Laid no fiber infrastructure and pocketed all the money
u/Brendanthebomber
Hell a lot of the hate tech wise the trump tariffs have been getting isn’t from the multitude of real reasons to hate it’s from Sinophobic fear mongering about the Chinese getting ahead of th
u/ExtruDR
That is correct. Semi-conductor fabrication is a matter of national security. Even if it is a “loss leader,” meaning that tax money has to subsidize the production and maintenance of this, i
u/9-11GaveMe5G
I completely agree it should be nationalized for national security purposes. But I have zero faith that will happen. Private equity bought the white house.
u/killerdrgn
You mean the one that Trump is reneging on?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/technology/trump-chips-act.html
u/Actually-Yo-Momma
CHIPS act is like whatever government handouts Comcast got. Laid no fiber infrastructure and pocketed all the money
u/sonic10158
Private Equity is certainly a cancer
u/nullv
What is the context for this comment? What does the CHIPS act have to do with Clear Linux?
u/VincentNacon
Ubuntu, Arch, and CachyOS is still faster than Clear Linux.
[https://global.discourse-cdn.com/clearlinux/original/2X/1/16d7cf753a46958c996e3a6f194a681967a85882.png](https://global.discourse
u/aquarain
This is not optimal. You have the source code. Compile for ARM, debug and test.
Every hardware platform has its strengths and weaknesses. A compatibility layer is always going to deoptimize
u/Brendanthebomber
The Sinophobia card as well
u/Successful-Trash-409
Does the web version of AutoCAD finally get hatching correct or does it freeze the CPU for hours as well?
u/PartyClock
20-30% performance can make a huge difference in heavy workloads, so it's not really fair to claim that is "very little" when it's actually quite a big difference. Considering computer hardwa
u/savetinymita
It's amazing how many dumb asses supported this government handout. Goes down the same way every single time.
u/PartyClock
You're right 9% isn't accurate.
[https://hostbor.com/rtx-5070-vs-4070s-comparison/](https://hostbor.com/rtx-5070-vs-4070s-comparison/)
Show's only 4% improvement between the 5070 to the 407
u/algaefied_creek
/r/CachyOS is pretty damned fast too!
u/ExtruDR
I am not in IT, and am sort of an amateur hobbyist, so I only see surface stuff that I mostly don’t understand, but it seems that more and more infrastructure is moving into virtualized and c
u/VincentNacon
Ubuntu, Arch, and CachyOS is still faster than Clear Linux.
[https://global.discourse-cdn.com/clearlinux/original/2X/1/16d7cf753a46958c996e3a6f194a681967a85882.png](https://global.discourse
u/algaefied_creek
/r/CachyOS is pretty damned fast too!
u/refrainblue
Oracle Linux still around... I actually used it at my previous company, but they wanted to migrate off Oracle.
u/RammRras
Intel itself apparently.
Yes, I'll never forgive them for shutting down Galileo and Edison boards.
u/joeymonreddit
As soon as the CHIPS act was announced, I knew it was going to be used the same way as the banks bailout from the 2008 crashes… not one cent of value will ever reach the taxpayers who funded
u/PartyClock
20-30% performance can make a huge difference in heavy workloads, so it's not really fair to claim that is "very little" when it's actually quite a big difference. Considering computer hardwa
u/GhettoDuk
Microsoft has already started a lot of that work. The problem is that desktops and laptops don't sell as well in the area of iPads. A surprising number of people can get everything they neede
u/9-11GaveMe5G
Took that CHIPS act money now it's just a quick slide into private equity and being sold as scrap
u/PartyClock
You do realize I'm basing this off the numbers the commenter above gave right? Of course you didn't because you haven't followed to conversation and thought you could slip in a quick "gotcha!
u/anticipat3
When the M1 was released, it was already able to run translated x86 apps faster than the i9 intel chips ran them natively. Apple has been improving chip performance by 20-30% each year while