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It's really hard to define what a regular user is. You're your own commandeer and it's recommended that you try running benchmarks or using it under those two c
by grenoire 6y ago
It's really hard to define what a regular user is. You're your own commandeer and it's recommended that you try running benchmarks or using it under those two cases to determine if it's worth having mitigations or not. Considering all, the performance impact for your average Linux desktop user is likely not going to be unacceptable.
- flyinghamster 6y agoExactly. I just tried shutting off mitigations on an old laptop running BOINC, triggering the benchmarks before and after shutting them off. It made no difference whatsoever - not surprising, since that's compute-bound and isn't likely to have lots of system calls. How much that translates to the running applications remains to be seen.
- alisonkisk 6y agoThe performance part is either irrelevant or easy to measure. The security risk part is hard for most people to understand and make an informed decision. (Mitigation s ON is obviously safer, but even if I decide I want to go faster, I still don't understand the risk in taking.)