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Re:The world could run on older hardware if software optimiz... by fsflover on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @04:53PM (#43989097)
> And we do not know of a way to solve security.

Security through compartmentalization approach actually works. Compare the number of CVEs of your favorite OS with those for Qubes OS: https://www.qubes-os.org/security/qsb/

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Re:The world could run on older hardware if software optimiz... by ngneer on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @09:42PM (#43991031)
Playing devil's advocate, compare their popularity. You may have fallen prey to the base rate fallacy.
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Re:The world could run on older hardware if software optimiz... by fsflover on Thursday May 15, 2025 @02:31AM (#43992387)
https://forum.qubes-os.org/t/are-we-safe-because-we-re-a-rel...

tl;dr: Qubes security relies on Xen, which is quite popular. But even Xen has more vulnerabilities than Qubes thanks to a clever design: https://www.qubes-os.org/security/xsa/#statistics.

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Re:The world could run on older hardware if software optimiz... by ngneer on Thursday May 15, 2025 @03:06PM (#43998248)
Touché
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