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   翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2023 11:00:41 JST 翠星石

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   • Johnny Peligro
   @mischievoustomato >if riscv replaced x86 then MS would definitely port Windows to it
   AMD64 has already replaced x86, but m$'s code is so good that a bunch of stuff is still 32 bit.
   
   I doubt RISC-V's going to replace AMD64 for proprietary things, but if that somehow happens, yes, m$ would be forced to port windows to it no matter how hard the codemonkeys need to suffer.
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     Johnny Peligro (mischievoustomato@marsey.moe)'s status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2023 11:00:42 JST Johnny Peligro

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     @succucirno if riscv replaced x86 then MS would definitely port Windows to it
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     :archer: Cirno (succucirno@bae.st)'s status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2023 11:00:48 JST :archer: Cirno

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     @mischievoustomato
     
     Even when it does, Linux would most likely be your only option. (Why would Microsoft want to make an OS that could end up running on non-Pluton infested shit?)
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     :archer: Cirno (succucirno@bae.st)'s status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2023 11:00:49 JST :archer: Cirno

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     @mischievoustomato @charlie_root @Suiseiseki
     
     Mac also has secure enclave black boxes. Won't change unless RISC-V enters the market. Even then, commercial software vendors are the biggest hurdle.
     
     The only OSes available for RISC-V are basically the ones based on the Linux kernel.
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     Johnny Peligro (mischievoustomato@marsey.moe)'s status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2023 11:00:49 JST Johnny Peligro

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     @succucirno @charlie_root @Suiseiseki > riscv
     yeah that's gonna arrive way too late for me...
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     Johnny Peligro (mischievoustomato@marsey.moe)'s status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2023 11:00:50 JST Johnny Peligro

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     @succucirno @charlie_root @Suiseiseki i would worry but nothing acrually scary seems to have happened and i am too poor and dependant on x86 for gaymen to like get a mac
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     :archer: Cirno (succucirno@bae.st)'s status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2023 11:00:51 JST :archer: Cirno
     @charlie_root @Suiseiseki
     
     Though I think most people worry about bus memory access. However, this can be mitigated with proper IOMMU protection.
     
     They should be more worried about Intel ME, and to a limited extent, AMD PSP, if they wanna be that tinfoil about it.