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Yes, for a PC running Linux where there is only one configured normal user account there is no need to care about those mitigations.
However, for systems with multiple users supposed to have secrets they want to keep for themselves those mitigations should be considered. Examples of such systems are web hotels.
regards Henrik
Web Hotels? Isn't that the fancy name found by the Vikings' sons for the thing which everyone else knows as Shared Web Hosting ?
But, WHY we should care about what do the (supposedly) professional system administrators who manage the shared web servers?
Permit me to quote myself:
Quote:
Originally Posted by LuckyCyborg
Anyway, the ones skilled enough to be really concerned by these mythical hardware flaws, also are skilled enough to build and deploy their own kernel packages.
Additionally, permit me to NOT believe that a professional system administrator who manage that shared web server will ever use the stock kernel from Slackware. Simply, because what Slackware ships is a Desktop kernel.
Honestly, I for one I will fire the sysadmin who I will find him daring to go on production with a Desktop kernel. Or if I will find even GCC on that server.
BTW, do you know WHY the Big Houses splits the packages on -docs and -devel ones? Because their Bosses are nasty guys? Nope! Because in a production server is absolutely denied to install any development tools or any application and/or library (or even header file) not directly necessary for the purpose of the server.
You are my guest to do these fundamental tricks with Slackware.
Last edited by LuckyCyborg; 05-16-2024 at 02:22 PM.
Change log:
Fix issue with broadcast channel location and stream capabilities.
Fix issue with handling BIS management and synchronization.
Fix issue with handling Extended Advertising.
Fix issue with UserspaceHID and replay structures.
Add support for providing PPCP characteristic.
--- /sbin/upgradepkg 2024-05-16 23:31:27.041449609 -0700
+++ /sbin/upgradepkg.new 2024-05-16 23:30:37.128670563 -0700
@@ -304,6 +304,10 @@
# and skip any exact matches:
if [ ! "$REINSTALL" = "true" ]; then
if [ "$OLD" = "$NEW" ]; then
+ # Signal previously installed package to caller.
+ # Useful in transition from new to previously installed packages
+ # for time-sorted package list processing.
+ ERRCODE=2
if [ "$DRY_RUN" = "true" ]; then
echo "$NEW would be skipped (already installed)."
else
Example:
Code:
for PKG in $( ls -t patches/packages/*.txz ); do
sudo /sbin/upgradepkg --terse $PKG
[ $? -eq 2 ] && break
done
In the relation to Adwaita Icon Theme, now there is also the legacy version. Maybe somebody can confirm if this solves the issues
which were discussed here few posts ago ?
Yes it does fix the missing icon theme but then again it is up to our BDFL if he would like to follow upstream, since I already presented the SB and information for him to look at...
Quote:
Originally Posted by saxa
In the relation to Adwaita Icon Theme, now there is also the legacy version. Maybe somebody can confirm if this solves the issues
which were discussed here few posts ago ?
Yes it does fix the missing icon theme but then again it is up to our BDFL if he would like to follow upstream, since I already presented the SB and information for him to look at...
Does installing the AdwaitaLegacy theme fix the situation where something that is requesting the Adwaita theme has missing icons? Or would these things need to change, and request the AdwaitaLegacy theme instead? If the latter is the case, one would imagine the better solution would be an AdwaitaGnome theme, that's just for GNOME.
I get your point as it stands for KDE and XFCE ur approach is perfectly fine since Slackware doesnt install GNOME, my testing so far with Slackware’s package has actually found that there are some programs requesting legacy icons and then there are some programs that work with symbolic icons but also request legacy as well so those programs have a mixture of both icon sets.
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Originally Posted by volkerdi
Does installing the AdwaitaLegacy theme fix the situation where something that is requesting the Adwaita theme has missing icons? Or would these things need to change, and request the AdwaitaLegacy theme instead? If the latter is the case, one would imagine the better solution would be an AdwaitaGnome theme, that's just for GNOME.
Does installing the AdwaitaLegacy theme fix the situation where something that is requesting the Adwaita theme has missing icons? Or would these things need to change, and request the AdwaitaLegacy theme instead? If the latter is the case, one would imagine the better solution would be an AdwaitaGnome theme, that's just for GNOME.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/adwai...ge_requests/70
When (if) this will be merged and released, adwaita will inherit from adwaita-legacy, so if an icon is missing in the main theme it will be loaded from the legacy theme.
Right now it's not working yet.
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