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Intel 'Downfall': Severe flaw in billions of CPUs leaks passwords and much more (www.pcworld.com)
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[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I'm dumber, can you tell me how to find the numbers after the dash? Mine is an i5, that's all I know.

Edit: On linux. Sorry, should've specified, I'm so used to everyone on lemmy running linux lol.

'Nother edit: i5-5200U, "Broadwell-U" version. So looks like I'm good (and this pc is 5yr newer than I thought lol.)

[–] Obk@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

cat /proc/cpuinfo It's verbose, but it should also list the known processor vulnerabilities that are already worked around by the kernel

[–] jbk@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Check out the processor in Task Manager's Performance tab

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Linux! But thanks!

[–] jbk@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well I had expected someone running linux to know that lol

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well you expect wrong! Lol tbh it isn't often I need to know the specific model of processor I have, typically "sticker says i5" works just fine, but this time not so much lol.

[–] static_motion@programming.dev 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't know how much you care about this, but even within each product class (i5, i7, etc) there can be a huge performance delta between specific models, especially in laptop chips. The same applies to AMD.

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago

This will be a concern next time I buy (or build) a pc, but this laptop is a "Hey Ma, do you still have that old laptop you don't use from 2010? I wanna try linux" machine.

Turns out after I installed Fedora I was never able to stop using it since it is so much better than windows so now I'm going on year 2 of "shit I guess I don't really need to upgrade if it works this well!" Lol

[–] postmeridiem@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Probably search files/run in the start menu, then type dxdiag

That's what it normally is on Windows, I can't remember the Linux command

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

On linux, but thanks anyway!

[–] postmeridiem@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

inxi

In the terminal should do it