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Russia pivots to Chinese CPUs that aren't subject to US sanctions — Russia's homegrown Linux-based Alt OS now supports Chinese LoongArch chips (www.tomshardware.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

There's precisely one person in Russia who actually thinks it's a good idea, and he's 71.

That's not true. There is a decent minority of hyper nationalists (even more so than the average russian - who is basically genocidal if you know how to read them) who support this. They may not know what "LoongArch 64" or Linux is, but they definitely support "independence от пиндосов".

The "it's only putin" pitch is a ruse used by alleged russian liberals.

And then you have the vast majority who in principle might like the idea of having an iPhone, but when it comes to actions (or lack of thereof) they will always choose the path that leads to imperialism, authoritarianism and razing their neighbour's cities to rubble.

They had a unique opportunity in the late 80s and look what kind of society they built in the last 30 years.