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But now they're stuck with an out-of-date OS that's never getting any security updates. Ever. And it's exposed on the network because its used in Intel Managem
by someperson 6y ago
But now they're stuck with an out-of-date OS that's never getting any security updates. Ever.
And it's exposed on the network because its used in Intel Management Engine.
Meanwhile the Linux kernel is going strong with many companies helping maintain it.
Seems like a shortsighted decision on Intel's part.
- tyingq 6y agoThe ME is 32 bit x86. Linux support there is pretty weak these days. I don't know that Intel has a lot of good choices.
- someperson 6y agoIs Linux kernel support for i386 really that weak? I know they've dropped 486 a few years ago and Debian dropped 586 (but the Linux kernel hasn't) and 686 is definitely still widely used. Linux only drops support when nobody uses the architecture anymore. And if Intel is using it for ME then there's a big case to be made for keeping it.
- tyingq 6y agoOne example: https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-32-Bit-KPTI-Bug-Fix https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-32...
- someperson 6y agoJust a correction after some quick Googling: Linux dropped 386 in 2012, but 486 is still supported as best I can tell.
- skrebbel 6y agoThat's like saying Apple got stuck with an out of date browser because KHTML development slowed.
- happycube 6y agoWho would have thought in ~2002 that KHTML/Konqueror would, in a background/seeding sense, literally do just that...