Linux was written in the first place for x86. Nearly every distribution released since then, major or minor, has primarily targeted it. If a distro doesn't support x86, it's probably for a very specific reason. I don't have any numbers on this, but it's a safe bet that the number of Linux users not running on x86 is pretty close to 0% (plus-or-minus Richard Stallman). Linux runs on anything Windows does, and probably ran there first. There are probably an infinite number of mildly interesting ways one could harp on this general theme: It's not just a technicality to say that Linux already lives happily on x86.
The fact that you're familiar with the word 'distro' suggests to me this is just mild confusion. Benignly curious what your impression was. Were you thinking of Android or old Mac OS?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64#Linux
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Linux#Events_leadin...
Linux was written in the first place for x86. Nearly every distribution released since then, major or minor, has primarily targeted it. If a distro doesn't support x86, it's probably for a very specific reason. I don't have any numbers on this, but it's a safe bet that the number of Linux users not running on x86 is pretty close to 0% (plus-or-minus Richard Stallman). Linux runs on anything Windows does, and probably ran there first. There are probably an infinite number of mildly interesting ways one could harp on this general theme: It's not just a technicality to say that Linux already lives happily on x86.
The fact that you're familiar with the word 'distro' suggests to me this is just mild confusion. Benignly curious what your impression was. Were you thinking of Android or old Mac OS?