Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard
[Yeo Kheng Meng] had a question: what is the oldest x86 processor that is still supported by a modern Linux kernel? Furthermore, is it actually possible to use modern software with this processor? It's a question that surely involves experimentation, staring into the bluescreen abyss of BIOS configurations, and compiling your own kernel. Considering Linux dropped support for the 386 in 2012, the obvious answer is a 486. This supposition was tested, and the results are fantastic. You can, indeed, install a modern Linux on an ancient desktop.
Source: https://hackaday.com/2018/01/07/go-retro-to-build-a-spectre-and-meltdown-proof-x86-desktop/
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 10 2018, @01:28AM (2 children)
And compartmentalize things Like a dumb person, wait, this is a board for smarteeerrr people?
(Score: 3, Funny) by realDonaldTrump on Wednesday January 10 2018, @06:16PM (1 child)
A lot of people thought they were being smart. They put their secrets -- documents, and many things -- into secret cyber compartments. It wasn't smart. Because hackers have Meltdown & Spectre now. And they can get into those compartments, and steal those secrets. Just as easily as if they were on Crooked Hillary's EMAIL server.
(Score: 2) by Wootery on Thursday January 11 2018, @11:24AM
These days most CPUs, and many email servers, are indeed out-of-order.