03-09-2018, 11:38 PM
(02-28-2018, 02:51 PM)trinidad link Wrote: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/Kno...wn/TechFAQ
I doubt microcode updation will ever appear for anything older than Skylake, and though Intel is already facing over 30 litigations I expect class actions to branch out to include OEMs Dell, HP, Lenovo, and Asus. We've only just begun in Linux with retpoline and it's going to be an application by application case instance without microdode updation for older CPUs. Worse off MS is riddled with potential sleeper applications and the Spring update is probably going to kill off hordes of current Windows 10 users on machines older than Skylake who will find themselves unable to connect to their financial institutions.
TC
Thanks for all this info, some of which I think (!) I understand, a bit.
I'm using 2 laptops. My i5 CPUs are pre-Skylake ... not sure about the meaning of microcode issues, but I think you're saying it may become a serious problem for those on pre-Skylake cpu computers. Soon?
I use an i5 laptop (1) (single partition) windows 7 ( to run windows-based cad) and so far this year I've not had to go online with it and I don't intend to.
But it does get some files transferred to it (on SD cards or usb) from my i5 linux Lite laptop (2) (dual-boot) which I use online - Firefix & Chromium. I'm not sure if a Windows bug can get onto LL (2) then over to the other laptop (1) running win7?
Longer term - should I be putting money in a piggy-bank for a new computer? Or could I fit new CPU?
SN. I hope my reply has been useful - click Thank on the left.