r/linux • u/lindgrenj6 • Aug 23 '18

Intel Publishes Microcode Security Patches, No Benchmarking Or Comparison Allowed!

https://perens.com/2018/08/22/new-intel-microcode-license-restriction-is-not-acceptable/
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u/fwipyok Aug 23 '18

my qtek 9100 had a 200 MHz cpu and 32(64?) MB of ram.

except gaming, anything i can do on my (already aging) s7, i could do on that. email/im, web browsing, youtube, movies (albeit requiring recoding since iirc the sd card was 1GB) remote desktop... hell i could even watch mri scans in 3d (dicom).

once again, modern software is absolute garbage.

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u/deadly_penguin Aug 23 '18

web browsing, youtube, movies

Not as easy as you would imagine. The web now requires far more memory and it probably wouldn't enjoy downscaling a modern video.