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[linuxgeex]

phoronix Announced arbitrary code execution vulnerability on Linux kernels <5.9:

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/...

[linuxgeex]

The kernel has been using self-modifying code for optimisation and feature enablement for a long time. SMP enablement is one example....

[linuxgeex]

You're not not wrong - that can be the case. That doesn't mean discarding task state isn't ever a bad thing. Sometimes tasks are actually doing mission-critical...

[linuxgeex]

2 glaring errors / omissions I found when I tried the flatpak:

1) no way to scale the time scale of a group, and no way to set the default...

[linuxgeex]

mail:// is the best filesystem for those files. Use the eject button....

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um... no. I won't use browsers like Brave and Vivaldi which implement MITM....

[linuxgeex]

Ideally an OOMD it would halt the process most responsible for memory thrashing (and not whitelisted), create a checkpoint on disk, then kill it. Later...

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The 68K family is a 16/32-bit CPU. The 6800 is an 8-bit CPU used as a microcontroller and as the CPU of some early arcade, console, and home computers....