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    From vallor@vallor@cultnix.org to comp.os.linux.advocacy on Fri Sep 12 06:17:10 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

    I missed Linux 6.16.6, just upgraded to 6.16.7.

    $ uname -a
    Linux lm 6.16.7 #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Sep 11 22:34:24 PDT 2025
    x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

    $ tail -3 linux-6.16.7/nohup.out
    real 409.68
    user 19130.53
    sys 3874.71

    It has this mitigation:

    config MITIGATION_VMSCAPE
    bool "Mitigate VMSCAPE"
    depends on KVM
    default y
    help
    Enable mitigation for VMSCAPE attacks. VMSCAPE is a hardware security
    vulnerability on Intel and AMD CPUs that may allow a guest to do
    Spectre v2 style attacks on userspace hypervisor.
    --
    -v System76 Thelio Mega v1.1 x86_64 NVIDIA RTX 3090Ti 24G
    OS: Linux 6.16.7 D: Mint 22.2 DE: Xfce 4.18
    NVIDIA: 580.82.09 Mem: 258G
    "Daddy, why doesn't this magnet pick up this floppy disk?"
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  • From Farley Flud@ff@linux.rocks to comp.os.linux.advocacy on Fri Sep 12 08:00:31 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

    On 12 Sep 2025 06:17:10 GMT, vallor wrote:

    I missed Linux 6.16.6, just upgraded to 6.16.7.


    You're on the hit list now, mf.


    It has this mitigation:

    config MITIGATION_VMSCAPE
    bool "Mitigate VMSCAPE"
    depends on KVM


    Ha, ha, ha, ha! Virtual machines are for virtual users
    and their virtual brains.

    For REAL MEN, computing is not just another activity.
    It is a religion and a way of life.
    --
    Gentoo: the only road to GNU/Linux perfection.
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  • From vallor@vallor@cultnix.org to comp.os.linux.advocacy on Fri Sep 12 08:31:44 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

    On Fri, 12 Sep 2025 08:00:31 +0000, Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> wrote in <pan$d7ca4$f5e63ef6$ef3b366d$7b171ef9@linux.rocks>:

    On 12 Sep 2025 06:17:10 GMT, vallor wrote:

    I missed Linux 6.16.6, just upgraded to 6.16.7.


    You're on the hit list now, mf.


    It has this mitigation:

    config MITIGATION_VMSCAPE
    bool "Mitigate VMSCAPE"
    depends on KVM


    Ha, ha, ha, ha! Virtual machines are for virtual users
    and their virtual brains.

    For REAL MEN, computing is not just another activity.
    It is a religion and a way of life.

    Can someone translate this to English for me?

    Also:

    https://ibb.co/p8B2jhT
    --
    -v System76 Thelio Mega v1.1 x86_64 NVIDIA RTX 3090Ti 24G
    OS: Linux 6.16.7 D: Mint 22.2 DE: Xfce 4.18
    NVIDIA: 580.82.09 Mem: 258G
    "I didn't know it was impossible when I did it."
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  • From =?UTF-8?Q?St=C3=A9phane?= CARPENTIER@sc@fiat-linux.fr to comp.os.linux.advocacy on Sat Sep 13 12:40:15 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

    Le 12-09-2025, Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> a écrit :

    Ha, ha, ha, ha! Virtual machines are for virtual users
    and their virtual brains.

    And that proves, once again, in only one sentence, how you are far from
    the computer world.

    For REAL MEN, computing is not just another activity.
    It is a religion and a way of life.

    I'm speaking about computers in the Linux and in the real world here.
    Not about the size of your dick, which, by the way, I really don't care.
    By now, nobody is using his own computer to do real work anymore. The
    need to use other computers and the cloud to get more power is real.
    Your only purpose in life being able to compile the Linux kernel on the
    brick which is what you call your computer, you can't understand that.

    But in the real world for real computer scientists, real developers and
    real programmers , virtual machine are unavoidable. You can stand in the
    past as long as you want. But refusing the reality of the present will
    only make you pass for a full.
    --
    Si vous avez du temps à perdre :
    https://scarpet42.gitlab.io
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  • From Farley Flud@fflud@gnu.rocks to comp.os.linux.advocacy on Sat Sep 13 13:07:14 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

    On 13 Sep 2025 12:40:15 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:


    By now, nobody is using his own computer to do real work anymore. The
    need to use other computers and the cloud to get more power is real.


    In some situations, perhaps.

    But in a tremendously large number of cases the personal computer
    remains the ideal solution.

    Most users, however, are, like you, uninformed and stupid. They
    actually believe the bullshit that is being pushed onto them by
    the commercial sales forces. They are duped into believing that
    they require the "cloud" and AI.

    With my GNU/Linux Xeon workstations I can rival the supercomputer.

    With your piddling GNU/Linux distro you can barely muster "Hello World!"

    Ha, ha, ha!
    --
    Gentoo/LFS: they'll both outlive your sorry ass.

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