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Re:System76 Will Ship Linux Laptops With Coreboot-Based Open... by DuskStar on Thursday October 10, 2019 @02:43PM (#21217818)
Intel and AMD CPUs do not share a common socket (or chipset) on server, desktop, or mobile platforms. I think the last shared socket was Socket 7 [0], released back in 1995.

0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socket_7

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Re:System76 Will Ship Linux Laptops With Coreboot-Based Open... by kjeetgill on Thursday October 10, 2019 @03:41PM (#21218419)
I didn't realize that. I guess it shows that I talk to more people building desktops than I have myself.
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