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   Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Dec-2024 20:54:00 JST Christine Lemmer-Webber

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   • Klara! ❤️

   @boo_ @mekeor well the main reason to load the microcode blobs is sadly it's the only way to get CPU security updates RN :(

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     Klara! ❤️ (boo_@im-in.space)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Dec-2024 20:54:02 JST Klara! ❤️

     @mekeor @cwebber That might be true for some devices, but I have compared booting with and without microcode and it has made no difference on my CPU. The only time I've seen it bump version numbers is when I upgrade my UEFI. This is also on a system which I have run many different distros on, and I have tried it on multiple ones, so I doubt it's that any one of them are applying them wrong.

     For reference I specifically compared version numbers, because I know that Linux mitigates these issues in other (less performant ways) if it detects old firmware.