Re: [lubuntu-users] Current State of Spectre and Meltdown

2019-05-29 Thread Aere Greenway
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.

Re: [lubuntu-users] Current State of Spectre and Meltdown

2019-05-29 Thread Chris Guiver
> 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

Re: [lubuntu-users] Current State of Spectre and Meltdown

2019-05-28 Thread Ralf Mardorf
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

Re: [lubuntu-users] Current State of Spectre and Meltdown

2019-05-28 Thread Barry Titterton
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

Re: [lubuntu-users] Current State of Spectre and Meltdown

2019-05-27 Thread Ralf Mardorf
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

Re: [lubuntu-users] Current State of Spectre and Meltdown

2019-05-27 Thread Ralf Mardorf
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

[lubuntu-users] Current State of Spectre and Meltdown

2019-05-27 Thread Barry Titterton
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