In addition to #Debian #Linux promoting #RISCV to an official #CPU architecture for the newly in development #Debian13 cycle, another CPU architecture/port change is adding #LoongArch "#Loong64" as a new Debian Port. Debian LoongArch bootstrap is around 200 packages while work is still ongoing to make it self-hosting. The LoongArch CPU architecture developed by Chinese vendor #Loongson is based on #MIPS64 https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-Ports-LoongArch