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		microtherion on Jan 22, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Linus Torvalds: “Somebody is pushing complete garb... Thanks for your informative explanation. However… > "boot an older os and it's vulnerable since it doesn't know to call this" Presumably the hardware that fixes this is not even available on the market yet. How likely is it that somebody will go out of their way to install an obsolete OS version on their brand new hardware?

jessaustin on Jan 23, 2018 [–]

An obsolete version that runs faster and benchmarks better, which some customers won't realize is less secure? It doesn't seem unlikely...

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