Posted on 11/03/2025 6:15:04 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
I didn’t have h/w exposure to SUN until the mid-90s cross-compiling on SPARC workstation. Years later, had access to SUN servers, but they were eventually e-wasted due to lack of use. The adoption of XEN hypervisors effectively obsoleted the older server platforms and changed how the compute infrastructure was capitalized. I certainly don’t miss having to resurrect h/w components — knock on wood... lol
unfortunately, the equipment was disposed many weeks ago
Trusted Platform Modules are cryptographic subsystems. They exist to perform complex cryptographic operations in a secured environment with very few, controlled APIs. They're not spying on you. They have no mechanism to spy. They're used for performing cryptography based around hashes that are unique to the chip itself.
Can they be used to identify a system? Yes, if the OPERATING SYSTEM is configured to do so. They are being used by Microsoft to reduce piracy and to perform cryptographic operations locally on the system to reduce integrity-based attacks (Man-in-the-middle). They are used by BitLocker to encrypt the hard drive. This means if the hard drive is ever stolen or you take it out to upgrade it and forget to wipe it, the data on it is unreadable. Their primary purpose in cybersecurity is to help prevent advanced malware from completely taking over your system without your knowledge, and I can tell you with 100% certainty, there is commodity malware out there that absolutely does this!
This is at best misinformation. At worst, this is a fear tactic. TPMs have been in laptops, INCLUDING APPLE DEVICES, for decades. The technology is not new. This is FUD as ragebait against Microsoft, and you all should be ashamed for propagating this nonsense!
yeah i figured- was joking- but woulda been great ot squirrel a few of them away for linux machines-
you would have liked the enterprise rack servers, but the shipping costs and power consumption not so much... lol
LOL- prolly not-
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As long as it's Linux and not WinBLOWS, all good.
Signed,
Linux User (Ubuntu 25.04)
Kicked Microsoft out of my home 10+ years ago and never looked back.
WinBLOWS is one nasty, stinky, pile of shiznit of an OS and no longer allowed in my home.
“Ubuntu Noble, codenamed Noble Numbat, is the 24.04 Long-Term Support (LTS) release of Ubuntu, officially launched on April 25, 2024”
Apparently the base of Mint 22.x...
My hardware is all so old that none of the latest updates are likely to make a whit of difference.
I don’t seem to need anything beyond 1080P Support...
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