[lug] FYI systems w/ more than 128GB

[Stephen Kraus]

Linus covered this: No software solution is going to totally solve Meltdown
or Spectre.

My laptop is patched (running an Intel Xeon) and haven't noticed
performance hangs, it did reflect on my stress test, but visibly I haven't
seen it. Its more impacting high stress I/O applications like servers.

On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 11:36 AM, BC <bcarr at purgatoire.org> wrote:

>
> Thank you for this.  But...  The excellent talk at the BLUG meeting last
> Thursday was about the "Meltdown" and "Spectre" problems with [mostly]
> Intel chips and how various OS providers (M$, BSD, Linux, etc) are
> working to come up with software solutions.
>
> I guess I'm one of M$'s test sites - Win10 boot times are now about 30
> minutes with system lockups requiring cold booting...  No BSOD warnings.
>
> So I'll have to wait to fiddle with the native ubuntu on Win10...
>
>
> On 2/13/2018 9:26 AM, Stephen Kraus wrote:
>
> BC,
>
> Yes, the Linux Desktop natively in Windows 10 with some light hacking:
>
> http://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-run-run-the-native-
> ubuntu-desktop-on-windows-10/
>
> But for my purposes, I just need Shell, which is already native thanks to
> the Linux Subsystem
>
> Stephen
>
> On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 11:52 AM, BC <bcarr at purgatoire.org> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> I need to add looking into that to my list of things "to do".  Can you
>> switch back and forth between Win10 and Linux without having to reboot?
>>
>>
>> On 2/9/2018 9:41 AM, Stephen Kraus wrote:
>>
>> I'm okay with Windows 10, mainly because I have to have access to
>> Autodesk, but now with the Linux Environment addons and Ubuntu, I have
>> access to Bash or a Linux desktop without having to bootup HyperV, its by
>> far my favorite Windows yet.
>>
>>
>
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