content: You can put Linux on over 20 different architectures. Can you say the same for Windows? The performance (drivers and all) may be shotty when compared to Windows, but the hardware support is better on Linux then Windows.  If you're wondering: Windows: ARM, IA-32, Itanium, x86-64 Linux:  Alpha, ARC, ARM, AVR32, Blackfin, C6x, ETRAX CRIS, FR-V, H8/300, Hexagon, Itanium, M32R, m68k, META, Microblaze, MIPS, MN103, Nios II, OpenRISC, PA-RISC, PowerPC, s390, S+core, SuperH, SPARC, TILE64, Unicore32, x86, Xtensa