@inference @404zzz @thebiologist1117 The performance is good but it quickly becomes clear that it is a sketchy descendant of Arch Linux with some of the best wallpapers. Performance grows worse as new sketchy applications are installed.

The wallpapers are pretty cool but the system as a whole makes me want to move back to an FSF Approved Distro. God forbid if you want to use it for development. It's a distribution that demonstrates that apt might not be perfect but it is better than pacman.

The strong suit of the distribution is the wallpapers and some of the drivers. It will break on update just like Arch. Security is sketchy and perhaps the worst I've seen. There are many issues but I don't want to ramble on.

@inference @404zzz @dushman @thebiologist1117 That's correct. Not many people would realize that nor what Libre Linux is.

I don't trust the microcode anyway. Perhaps it's safer to use it but if it was designed correctly, we wouldn't have to talk about bandages.

@AmpBenzScientist @404zzz @dushman @thebiologist1117 Microcode is running in proprietary x86 and ARM CPUs whether installed or not. All you're doing by not installing it is not updating it. It's still built into mask ROM on the CPU die itself.

If there's a backdoor, it's unavoidable, but you're at least protecting yourself against typical security issues against normal people, such as Spectre and Meltdown.
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True. You might as well keep it up to date to avoid bugs and vulnerabilities.
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@dushman @thebiologist1117 @inference @404zzz Also to keep up to date with bugs and vulnerabilities. Like my old Fitbit fitness tracker keeping up to date and keeping fresh targeted advertisements. "Hot muscular bottoms dtf in your area." Going to the gym around 2200 every night might have helped the algorithm.

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