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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).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Intel Linux Patch Would Report Outdated CPU Microcode As A Security Vulnerability (www.phoronix.com)

submitted 6 days ago by captainkangaroo@discuss.tchncs.de to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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[–] ouch@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (3 children)

The Linux kernel would maintain a list of the latest Intel microcode versions for each CPU family, which is based on the data from the Intel microcode GitHub repository. In turn this list would need to be kept updated with new Linux kernel releases and as Intel pushes out new CPU microcode files.

Sounds like that would be outdated for everyone without a rolling distro.

[–] Atemu@lemmy.ml 11 points 5 days ago

Stable distros can and will backport security fixes. Good ones that is.

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