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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@asmw" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>asmw</span></a></span> uf yiu don't need <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/amd64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amd64</span></a> maybe there's some <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/arm64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arm64</span></a> board fir <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@frameworkcomputer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>frameworkcomputer</span></a></span> ?</p><ul><li>Most of the <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/magic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>magic</span></a>"</em> of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ARM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ARM</span></a> is a shitload of patented power savings...</li></ul>
Denzil Ferreira :fedora:<p>Blows my mind that I can use my AMD Ryzen laptop to build a container that will ultimately run on an Nvidia Jetson Orin NX (arm64). What were we doing before Docker was a thing?<br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/docker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>docker</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/crosscompile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crosscompile</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/arm64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arm64</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/amd64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amd64</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.cat/@riley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>riley</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@frameworkcomputer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>frameworkcomputer</span></a></span> heard of it, sadly I need <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/amd64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amd64</span></a> hardware.</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@vetgaming" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>vetgaming</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@linuxmint" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>linuxmint</span></a></span> It's just a necessity, according to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://oxytodon.com/@fuchsiii" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fuchsiii</span></a></span>, as it's just not feasible longterm to collect rarer-and-rarer <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VintageComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VintageComputing</span></a> hardware and rely on non-enforcement of copyright on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Abandonware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Abandonware</span></a>.</p><ul><li>Plus whilst <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Valve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Valve</span></a> isn't antragonistic to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Proton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Proton</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DXVK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DXVK</span></a> repackagings, <em>not relying</em> on them is kinda important, as this setup also helps with otger applications that ain't strictly games or in setups that one may not want to be on the internet.</li></ul><p>It makes <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TheSims" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheSims</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FightingIsMagic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FightingIsMagic</span></a> just work on anything that is <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/amd64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amd64</span></a> and has enough resources to throw at it.</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://gamepad.club/@MaliciousCarp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MaliciousCarp</span></a></span> consider some <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/fanless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fanless</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/amd64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amd64</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ThinClient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThinClient</span></a> instead....</p><ul><li>The work great as mini-servers, can accept quite a lot of RAM and usually have at meast USB 3.0 &amp; M.2 B-Key slots...</li></ul>
Armbian Linux<p>Release is coming - help us with testing!</p><p><a href="https://www.armbian.com/newsflash/release-is-coming-3/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">armbian.com/newsflash/release-</span><span class="invisible">is-coming-3/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/release" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>release</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/upgrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>upgrade</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/features" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>features</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/fixes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fixes</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/aarch64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aarch64</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/armhf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>armhf</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/amd64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amd64</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/riscv64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>riscv64</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/embedded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>embedded</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/armbian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>armbian</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debian</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ubuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ubuntu</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/xfce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>xfce</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/gnome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gnome</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/kde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kde</span></a></p>
Armbian Linux<p>Armbian weekly news: <a href="https://www.armbian.com/newsflash/armbian-weekly-highlights-8/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">armbian.com/newsflash/armbian-</span><span class="invisible">weekly-highlights-8/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/armbian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>armbian</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ubuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ubuntu</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debian</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/fedora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fedora</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/arm64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arm64</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/riscv64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>riscv64</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/amd64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amd64</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://oxytodon.com/@fuchsiii" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fuchsiii</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://brotka.st/users/kaia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kaia</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/@puniko" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>puniko</span></a></span> wrong, Efficieon did <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/amd64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amd64</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SSE3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSE3</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/3Dnow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3Dnow</span></a>!</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://oxytodon.com/@fuchsiii" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fuchsiii</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://brotka.st/users/kaia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kaia</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/@puniko" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>puniko</span></a></span> actually, it's <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VLIW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VLIW</span></a>-256 with JIT - Recompiler of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/amd64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amd64</span></a>... </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmeta#Code_Morphing_Software" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmet</span><span class="invisible">a#Code_Morphing_Software</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.skyshaper.org/users/derf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>derf</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://zug.network/@Lili" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Lili</span></a></span> wegen <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Stromkosten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stromkosten</span></a> nutz' ich alte <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/fanless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fanless</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ThinClients" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThinClients</span></a> wie <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/hp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hp</span></a> t520.</p><ul><li>Sind auch <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AMD64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AMD64</span></a>.</li><li>können problemlos bis zu 2x 4GB DDR3-SODIMMs fressen.</li><li>ne 2240 M.2 B-Key SSD passt auch rein.</li><li>USB 3.0 und GBit-NIC reivhen für 08/15-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NAS</span></a>... </li><li>Hat genug Luft als <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Downloadknecht" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Downloadknecht</span></a> alla <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ytdlp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ytdlp</span></a>...</li></ul>
Aho<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@sjvn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sjvn</span></a></span> I will say that the starting price tag of 3000 USD will keep most enthusiast and students away from it, unless we can see the modified <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ubuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ubuntu</span></a> to land for free to use on standard <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amd64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amd64</span></a> platform with say nVidia gamer GPU.</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://phpc.social/@Flyingmana" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Flyingmana</span></a></span> let me guess: You need an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/amd64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amd64</span></a> machine that boots into a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Desktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Desktop</span></a>, barely sips power and isn't whiny when under load?</p><ul><li>Any size/budget/power/ports constraints??</li><li>Any must (not) have features/demands/necessities???</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ursal.zone/@richardisaguyyyy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>richardisaguyyyy</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://queer.party/@ticky" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ticky</span></a></span> only if they use their own custom, in-house engine tho...</p><ul><li>Everywhere else it's just a radio button to choose <em>"Universal App"</em> instead if <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/amd64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amd64</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/arm64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arm64</span></a>...</li></ul>
Dr. Brian Callahan<p>A wild <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a> post appears.</p><p>A tutorial for setting up a cross compilation environment using FreeBSD/amd64 as the host and macOS/aarch64 as the target.</p><p><a href="https://briancallahan.net/blog/20241216.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">briancallahan.net/blog/2024121</span><span class="invisible">6.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://bsd.network/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/OpenBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBSD</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/NetBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NetBSD</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/DragonFlyBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DragonFlyBSD</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/Unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unix</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/macOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macOS</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/LLVM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLVM</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/clang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clang</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/lld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lld</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/compiler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>compiler</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/compilers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>compilers</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/assembler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>assembler</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/assemblers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>assemblers</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/assembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>assembly</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/linker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linker</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/linkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linkers</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/ld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ld</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/amd64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amd64</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/aarch64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aarch64</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/arm64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arm64</span></a></p>
Methylzero<p>It is as if a dam broke in 2006. Huge architectural diversity before 2004, almost none after 2008.<br><a href="https://mast.hpc.social/tags/hpc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hpc</span></a> <a href="https://mast.hpc.social/tags/cpu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cpu</span></a> <a href="https://mast.hpc.social/tags/x86" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>x86</span></a> <a href="https://mast.hpc.social/tags/x86_64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>x86_64</span></a> <a href="https://mast.hpc.social/tags/arm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arm</span></a> <a href="https://mast.hpc.social/tags/MIPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MIPS</span></a> <a href="https://mast.hpc.social/tags/SPARC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SPARC</span></a> <a href="https://mast.hpc.social/tags/risc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>risc</span></a> <a href="https://mast.hpc.social/tags/alpha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alpha</span></a> <a href="https://mast.hpc.social/tags/decalpha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decalpha</span></a> <a href="https://mast.hpc.social/tags/cray" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cray</span></a> <a href="https://mast.hpc.social/tags/NEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NEC</span></a> <a href="https://mast.hpc.social/tags/itanium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>itanium</span></a> <a href="https://mast.hpc.social/tags/amd64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amd64</span></a> <a href="https://mast.hpc.social/tags/SunSPARC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SunSPARC</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ai6yr</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://techtoots.com/@dthacker9" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dthacker9</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://oxytodon.com/@fuchsiii" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fuchsiii</span></a></span> yeah, I got a 3 pack of those t620 for like €60 with PSU, 16GB M.2 SSD and 4GB RAM each; plus they are <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/amd64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amd64</span></a> so they can even run a lightweight Desktop distro like <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://linuxrocks.online/@bunsenlabs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bunsenlabs</span></a></span> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RaspberryPiOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RaspberryPiOS</span></a>.</p><ul><li>They ain't gonna blow away anyone and since they have horrible hashrate per watt ratios they ain't getting gobbled up by <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/shitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shitcoin</span></a> miners...</li></ul><p>Worst case you put <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Kodi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kodi</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RuneAudio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RuneAudio</span></a> on them and abuse them as <em>"Network Players"</em>...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@wravoc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wravoc</span></a></span> instead of insulting <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.glitched.systems/@froge" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>froge</span></a></span> how about we actually do make things better and let actual facts speak.</p><ul><li>If you're here to just spam my mentions, then please let me know so I can mute this conversation as I got more pressing things than <em>virtual "circlejerking"</em> on my agenda.</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ITsec</span></a> is garbage because absolute fundamentals are disregarded by highest decisionmakers and regulators to users:</p><ul><li>Neither do people get taught proper <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IT</span></a> nor do they get taught <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpSec</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ComSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComSec</span></a> and absolute *<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> basics.</li></ul><p>Not to mention the fact that we still allow <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Govware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Govware</span></a> that is <em>insecure in any configuration</em> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> to not only <em>exist</em> but be <em>sold</em> and <em>used by real public administrations and businesses</em> which oftentimes just pour <em><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DigitalSnakeoil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalSnakeoil</span></a></em> on it and then do a <em>"surprised Pikachu face"</em> when that shit explodes in their face.</p><ul><li>And don't even get folks like <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@stman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>stman</span></a></span> started on all the systemic security issues that are <em>unfixable</em> in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/amd64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amd64</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/arm64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arm64</span></a> et. al. cuz those - <em>alongside the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/complexity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>complexity</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/intransparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intransparency</span></a></em> - are among the reasons why <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> banned <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VotingMachines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VotingMachines</span></a> for good.</li></ul><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3_0x6oaDmI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=w3_0x6oaDm</span><span class="invisible">I</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://uwu.social/@koakuma" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>koakuma</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://woof.tech/@techokami" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>techokami</span></a></span> also <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UltraSparcT2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UltraSparcT2</span></a> as cool as it was at release (including dual 10Gbit-NICs and hardware RNG on die) has a lot of things noone would want to deal with in 2024 (i.e. DDR2-FBDIMMs).</p><ul><li>Plus <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RISCv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RISCv</span></a> unlike <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SPARCv9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SPARCv9</span></a> amd <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenPOWER" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenPOWER</span></a> was designed on a clean slate in academia by people who had dealt with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RISC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RISC</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CISC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CISC</span></a> architectures and needed something <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> as they can't just violate NDAs nilly-willy for teaching.</li></ul><p>Pretty shure <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@stman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>stman</span></a></span> could write an entire curriculum on why <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SPARC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SPARC</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PowerPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PowerPC</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/s390x" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>s390x</span></a> and even <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ARM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ARM</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ARM64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ARM64</span></a> should not be pursued and why <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/mc68k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mc68k</span></a> died alongside the unfixable-by-design mess that is <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ix86" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ix86</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/amd64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amd64</span></a>.</p><ul><li>Plus RISCv's ISA has been an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenStandard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStandard</span></a> from the get go, whereas the efforts by <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Oracle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oracle</span></a> nee <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Sun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sun</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IBM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IBM</span></a> were mostly done in reaction to it and to keep the few invested licensees and co-designers onboard and not drop the platform entirely...</li></ul><p>Look, I'd love to get my hands on some Sun SPARC Hardware but aside from making my room hot and noisy there isn't much to justify blowing likely over half a Euro per hour (electricity price: € 0,40/kWh) just to have it up and running, as compared to a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PiCluster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PiCluster</span></a> like those <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@geerlingguy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>geerlingguy</span></a></span> had built multiple times are more practical.</p><ul><li>For comparison: It's like driving a 2011 Ford CVPI-71 with a 11,9l SONNY'S SAR-729 engine for commuting from Leverkusen to Köln when there's ample of affordable, reliable and fast public transport that gets me faster from Opladen to Deutz than it takes to drive up the 15th deck of a parking garage just to find a spot to park that 5,7m long street yacht where one can climb out of it from the doors and not the trunk!</li></ul><p>And that's just bottom-billing, low-cost ARM SoC tech designed for a price tag (to the point that until the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Pi5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pi5</span></a> they neither included a power button nor <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RTC</span></a> onboard!</p><ul><li>OFC RISC-V is still 5-25+ years behind <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ARMv9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ARMv9</span></a> solely based off <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/patents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patents</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>budget</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PersonnelHours" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersonnelHours</span></a> invested in it, so it's barely getting on-par with 10-20yr old ARM devices in terms.of power and support.</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>-- :please_boost: 🔁 :boost_ok: :boost: :boosted:</p><p>Speaking of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ROMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ROMs</span></a> for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ix86" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ix86</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/amd64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amd64</span></a>: Does anyone know a good way to implement something like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ROM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ROM</span></a> like the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tandy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tandy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/1000RL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1000RL</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/1000RLX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1000RLX</span></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIEPqD4luG8&amp;t=166s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">did</a> with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MSDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MSDOS</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DeskMate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeskMate</span></a> (as <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@vwestlife" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>vwestlife</span></a></span> showed)...</p><ul><li>Or is this something that requires either going down the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PCIe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PCIe</span></a> -&gt; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PCI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PCI</span></a> -&gt; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ISA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISA</span></a> rabbit hole?</li></ul><p>I mean, it would be a way cleaner setup to boot OS/1337 to than booting a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CDROM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDROM</span></a>? </p><ul><li>If noone has an Idea how to make this happen, is there any good way or existing solution to basically make a hardware write-protectable / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/readonly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>readonly</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USB</span></a> flashdrive to boot from? </li></ul><p>Ideally something that can take <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BIOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BIOS</span></a>-style ROM Chips that one can put on a board without write-enable connected so they're read-only! </p><ul><li>And yes, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.jp/@landley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>landley</span></a></span> may see similarities to his [deprecated] <a href="https://landley.net/code/aboriginal/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Aboriginal Linux</a> nee <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FirmwareLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirmwareLinux</span></a> ...</li></ul><p>Still having like a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/minimalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>minimalist</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> distro in Boot-ROM would be nifty, espechally when it comes to making a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SecureComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecureComputing</span></a> <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SSH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSH</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Terminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Terminal</span></a>"</em>...</p><ul><li>Maybe <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bitbang.social/@ActionRetro" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ActionRetro</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://studio8502.ca/@mos_8502" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mos_8502</span></a></span> and others can point this question to people who are firm in boot ROMs and potentially even have something at hand.</li></ul><p>(I don't expect something like a PCI(e Mini)Card but I'd not be against it!)</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hardware</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Question" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Question</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ix86" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ix86</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/amd64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amd64</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>Yes. <a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-engineers-linux-patch-would-alert-users-of-outdated-microcode-flagging-the-system-as-vulnerable" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">this</a> is a good thing for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ITsec</span></a> to let end-users know if their system runs <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/outdated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outdated</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/vulnerable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vulnerable</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Microcode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microcode</span></a> <em>and</em> have <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> update it.</p><ul><li>OFC this can't fix the systemic issues <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ix86" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ix86</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/amd64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amd64</span></a> have, but I do think this is such a vital thing that I do want to integrate it into <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>OS1337</span></a></span> as having some low-level diagnostics and means to fix things is literally the point of said distro!</li></ul><p>Consider it a more streamlined "Rescue Linux" which is intended to be <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/reprpduceable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reprpduceable</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/auditable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auditable</span></a> and small enough to fit on a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BootROM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BootROM</span></a>! </p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Intel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Intel</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ITsec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Updates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Updates</span></a></p>