XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: nntp@fulltermprivacy.com   
      
   On 10/21/2024 15:07, Lester Thorpe wrote:   
   > Distro maintainers, and their lackey consumers, who bloat their GNU/Linux   
   > distros with performance degrading security "features" should take note   
   > of the latest exclamations of Linus Torvalds:   
   >   
   > "Honestly, I'm pretty damn fed up with buggy hardware and completely   
   theoretical   
   > attacks that have never actually shown themselves to be used in practice."   
   >   
   > https://linux.slashdot.org/story/24/10/21/1533228/linus-torval   
   s-growing-frustrated-by-buggy-hardware-theoretical-cpu-attacks   
   >   
   > Tell 'em, Linus!  Those paranoid freaks are ruining desktop computing!   
   >   
   > To keep my workstation free of these ridiculous "mitigations" I have   
   > to devote some slightly significant time -- and I don't like it.   
   >   
   > At the very least, separate the desktop workstation from the public-facing   
   > sever as these have COMPLETELY DIFFERENT "security" concerns.   
   >   
   > I am sick of these "the sky is falling" security-obsessed idiots.   
   >   
   >   
      
   Original Post is here:   
   https://www.phoronix.com/news/Torvalds-Frustrated-Buggy-HW   
      
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