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Re:Make Linux Fast Again by mikece on Thursday May 16, 2019 @08:36AM (#19928343)
The title makes me want to up-vote but when I click through the link all I see is "noibrs noibpb nopti nospectre_v2 nospectre_v1 l1tf=off nospec_store_bypass_disable no_stf_barrier mds=off mitigations=off"
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Re:Make Linux Fast Again by Tomte on Thursday May 16, 2019 @11:01AM (#19929635)
It's the kernel flags that you use for disabling all the Spectre/Meltdown/whatever mitigations that are slowing Linux down by a lot.

For single-user computers this is a useful and sensible option.

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Re:Make Linux Fast Again by lima on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @08:51AM (#19980585)
Be aware of web browsers though.
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Re:Make Linux Fast Again by mls-pl on Thursday May 16, 2019 @08:54AM (#19928499)
These are just kernel flags - the interested will understand.
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Re:Make Linux Fast Again by paule89 on Thursday May 16, 2019 @09:58AM (#19929087)
Well would also love more explanation, but it kind of seems enough
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