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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Do you think it is safe and secure to disable Mitigation in Fedora for the sake of performance? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've seen a video from CTT demonstrating the <10 performance boosts by simply off the mitigation. The system will be secure for personal use as before.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

It depends on how importent security is for that system and how devestating it would be if someone else got control over it and all accounts and devices connected to it.

Assuming there are sucessful exploits it would be like running everything as root and disabling all sandbox/isolation features from the kernel and browsers. I'd say you should not connect such a machine to the internet.