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minus-squareFurryMemesAccount@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 days agoIt’s possible with an old enough CPU and a libre BIOS. That doesn’t mean I’d do it but it’s possible.
minus-squareChemical Wonka@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 days agoStill not 100% not to mention how many security patches you would have to give up for such
minus-squareBogus007@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 days agoBut the attacking line is also much lower. So? 🤷
minus-squareFurryMemesAccount@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-210 days agoYeah, I’m not sure too many mitigations have been backported. But the attack surface might also be smaller due to simpler pipelines… Regardless, I’m too much of a perf junkie to give up my modern hardware.
It’s possible with an old enough CPU and a libre BIOS.
That doesn’t mean I’d do it but it’s possible.
Still not 100% not to mention how many security patches you would have to give up for such
But the attacking line is also much lower. So? 🤷
Yeah, I’m not sure too many mitigations have been backported.
But the attack surface might also be smaller due to simpler pipelines…
Regardless, I’m too much of a perf junkie to give up my modern hardware.