On 5/27/19 2:06 PM, Barry Titterton wrote:
I have been doing a bit of background reading about the CPU
faults nicknamed Spectre and Meltdown, and have been getting more and
more annoyed by what I have read. I would like to ask you all for your
opinions on whether I am justified in my feelings.
> My intention was to start a conversation, and gather opinions, about how
> Spectre and Meltdown have affected the support for End Of Life hardware:-
My primary desktop runs c2q-q9400 which is on the list of dropped by
intel with regards microcode. Likewise my old servers have xeons also
on
On Tue, 28 May 2019 15:45:12 +0100, Barry Titterton wrote:
>Is 10 years a reasonable time scale for End Of Life support for
>hardware?
Yes, if human kind wants to go the way of the dodo bird.
No, if not.
>Is it acceptable that some manufacturers are giving much shorter
>support periods, even
On 28/05/2019 6:35 am, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>
> Your subject is misleading, since you question the support of aged CPUs.
This is the problem with typing a email while I'm tired and grumpy. :)
>
> A lot of hardware and software development happened and still happens
> because it's coupled with
PS:
On Tue, 2019-05-28 at 07:35 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> Your subject is misleading, since you question the support of aged CPUs.
^discontinued ;)
--
Lubuntu-users mailing list
Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com
Modify settings or unsubscribe
Hi,
consumerism has got an upside and a downside.
Your subject is misleading, since you question the support of aged CPUs.
Your point of view takes only your field of application into account
and apart from this you ignore the progress computers already made
before the microchips mentioned by
Hi All,
[Rant Alert] I have been doing a bit of background reading about the CPU
faults nicknamed Spectre and Meltdown, and have been getting more and
more annoyed by what I have read. I would like to ask you all for your
opinions on whether I am justified in my feelings.
As I understand it
