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danielson · 14. Jan 2018, 04:02 PM

Ah ha!

Anyway, what this fellow posted on another forum on the Windows side of things is most surely applicable to the Linux side:

"There are thousands of exploits found every year (~17000 CVE entries in 2017) that don't use Spectre. As long as you use standard browsing precautions, you are not really at any significantly greater risk than before. "

https://www.tenforums.com/antivirus-...n-spectre.html

torres-no-tan-magnifico · 15. Jan 2018, 05:04 PM

In a nutshell, it's much ado about nothing!

danielson · 15. Jan 2018, 08:36 PM

"Dolphin" says it might take a while before 32bit is fixed since it depends on Intel to make the first move.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWvwbwTGOZ8

Panzer · 08. May 2018, 11:21 AM

"... The following table shows distributions ranked based on ratings provided by our readers ...":

Mx is 1.

https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=ranking

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14. Jan 2018, 04:02 PM	#61 (permalink)
danielson Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 1,170	Ah ha! Anyway, what this fellow posted on another forum on the Windows side of things is most surely applicable to the Linux side: "There are thousands of exploits found every year (~17000 CVE entries in 2017) that don't use Spectre. As long as you use standard browsing precautions, you are not really at any significantly greater risk than before. " https://www.tenforums.com/antivirus-...n-spectre.html

15. Jan 2018, 08:36 PM	#63 (permalink)
danielson Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 1,170	"Dolphin" says it might take a while before 32bit is fixed since it depends on Intel to make the first move. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWvwbwTGOZ8

08. May 2018, 11:21 AM	#64 (permalink)
Panzer Editor Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 714	"... The following table shows distributions ranked based on ratings provided by our readers ...": Mx is 1. https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=ranking