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Fedora’s jumping on the RISC-V train as its fifth architecture, and while it’s not front and center, we’ve still got support for various pieces of hardware people may wish to use with Fedora. RISC-V is open-source and all about freedom, which fits right in with Fedora’s goals of embracing new tech and keeping things diverse.
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Fedora’s given RISC-V the nod as its fifth architecture alongside the usual suspects like x86 and ARM. While it’s not ready to join its siblings with Official support, RISC-V has got some serious potential for developers and users wanting to mix things up and be on the bleeding edge of hardware support in Linux. This article gives a bit of a history lesson on RISC-V, its’ roots in open-source, and what it means for our Fedora users and developers alike.