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Re:Make Linux Fast Again (2019) by kqr on Friday April 10, 2020 @07:37AM (#22831965)
> There are variants of Spectre and Meltdown that expose kernel memory. If you're really in a position where you don't think that makes a difference, then why are you messing around with user accounts in the first place? Why aren't you running all your software as root?

Only somewhat devil's advocate: Software running as root can accidentally delete important files. I run software as non-root to prevent myself from my silly mistakes. You don't accidentally leak information through SPECTRE.

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