XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On 2024-10-22 8:34 a.m., The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   > On 22/10/2024 13:32, bad sector wrote:   
   >> On 10/22/24 07:44, Phillip Frabott wrote:   
   >>> 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-torvalds-   
   >>>> 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   
   >>   
   >> It's time for HW manufacturing (all development AND actual production)   
   >> to return to the USA/CXanada and Europe.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   > And then a raspberry Pi will cost $1000 instead of $100   
      
   So you're in favour of slave labour because you can get your hobby   
   computer for less?   
      
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