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minus-squareFurryMemesAccount@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·25 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-up2·25 days agoStill not 100% not to mention how many security patches you would have to give up for such
minus-squareFurryMemesAccount@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-225 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
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.