Thinking about buying a new computer - attack code for Intel chips

2008-07-15 Thread Hans Petter Selasky
Hi, According to the latest news on Slashdot there are now exploits going around attacking INTEL CPU bugs. Does anyone have a clue about what architectures and CPUs are safe? My computer is getting old and I might buy a new one. Any recommendations for a safe choice? --HPS

Re: Thinking about buying a new computer - attack code for Intel chips

2008-07-15 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 10:35:04AM +0200, Hans Petter Selasky wrote: According to the latest news on Slashdot there are now exploits going around attacking INTEL CPU bugs. Does anyone have a clue about what architectures and CPUs are safe? My computer is getting old and I might buy a new one.

Re: recommendations for multi-user X11

2008-07-15 Thread Dean Hamstead
if the machine is running remote X sessions, the local video hardware is irrelevant what you need is RAM, fast disks and raw cpu grunt. Dean Ross Gohlke wrote: I'm setting up a colocated server (not yet procured) as a remote X11 environment for 10 business users with broadband Internet

IP35-E USB problems

2008-07-15 Thread Justin Hall
Hello All, I am having troubles with getting a machine with an ABIT IP35-E (ICH9 chipset) board to boot fully. It hangs after probing uhub1. I have updated the BIOS and rebuilt from the latest STABLE sources in the CVS repository to no avail. The only way I can get it to boot is by disabling my