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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>Yes. <a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-engineers-linux-patch-would-alert-users-of-outdated-microcode-flagging-the-system-as-vulnerable" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">this</a> is a good thing for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ITsec</span></a> to let end-users know if their system runs <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/outdated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outdated</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/vulnerable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vulnerable</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Microcode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microcode</span></a> <em>and</em> have <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> update it.</p><ul><li>OFC this can't fix the systemic issues <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ix86" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ix86</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/amd64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amd64</span></a> have, but I do think this is such a vital thing that I do want to integrate it into <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>OS1337</span></a></span> as having some low-level diagnostics and means to fix things is literally the point of said distro!</li></ul><p>Consider it a more streamlined "Rescue Linux" which is intended to be <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/reprpduceable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reprpduceable</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/auditable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auditable</span></a> and small enough to fit on a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BootROM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BootROM</span></a>! </p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Intel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Intel</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ITsec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Updates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Updates</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://girlboss.gaslight.love/users/eemmaa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>eemmaa</span></a></span> personally, I do intent to copy that with <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>OS1337</span></a></span> because <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ReproduceableBuilds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproduceableBuilds</span></a> are as much of an important step in having an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/auditable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auditable</span></a> system as having unrestricted (<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> licensed!) <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/sourcecode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sourcecode</span></a> availability &amp; access...</p>
OS/1337<p>Tangents aside, people are free to create forks and even branches that include <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SystemD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SystemD</span></a> or use <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BusyBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BusyBox</span></a>: </p><p>That is the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Freedom</span></a> of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FLOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FLOSS</span></a> and in fact for anything outside the 1440kB target we'd accept <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SystemD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SystemD</span></a> since it works and solves a lot of issues... <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_AIw9bGogo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=o_AIw9bGog</span><span class="invisible">o</span></a></p><p>Granted OS/1337 isn't a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/demo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demo</span></a> first but rather tries to take the concept of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/tomsrtbt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tomsrtbt</span></a> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@w84death" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>w84death</span></a></span> 's <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Floppinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Floppinux</span></a> and tries to make it something that is useable and can be extended to arbitrary complexity if one desires to...</p><p>It's about making a tiny <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> distro that is <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/reproduceable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reproduceable</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/auditable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auditable</span></a>...</p><p>It won't replace <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ubuntu.social/@ubuntu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ubuntu</span></a></span> or any other big distro, likely it won't even replace <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/mkroot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mkroot</span></a> from <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/toybox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toybox</span></a> but it should be a clean and level foundation for small <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IoT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IoT</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EmbeddedSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmbeddedSystems</span></a> projects and products...</p><p>Something that is easy to build and customize and port to other platforms...</p><p>And we're open for contributions:<br><a href="https://github.com/OS-1337/OS1337/blob/main/docu/ideas/architectures.tsv" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/OS-1337/OS1337/blob</span><span class="invisible">/main/docu/ideas/architectures.tsv</span></a></p>