Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Linux hits a snag as Intel employees maintaining some of its drivers are laid off Date: 14 Aug 2025 20:45:57 GMT Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net BdkWXZEoIyRdtU946AdZ5g6lrCzxFzREnwWlbjfQGI/eroW2v4 Cancel-Lock: sha1:4f2NlckdXGHlnV+eCrfnUg0DmVI= sha256:CPs/7lysIiouj9nikVqilp3NZDqZc3rv3D8mbw2cIAY= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:71111 On Thu, 14 Aug 2025 03:08:07 -0400, c186282 wrote: > On 8/14/25 12:58 AM, rbowman wrote: >> https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-trouble-intel-employees-drivers- laid- >> off/ >> >> I've got a couple of Intel processors but they're 4th generation or >> older so I doubt I'll see a problem. When I did the Patch Tuesday >> update on my company laptop yesterday I did notice it was flashing a >> new Intel update. >> >> I've always favored AMD and my newest boxes are Ryzen 7s. With Intel >> seemingly trying to commit suicide in a very messy fashion I wouldn't >> buy a new machine with 'Intel Inside'. > > I'd always had ISSUES with AMD - and thus avoid them to this day. > They are ALMOST Intel compatible ... almost .... I did run into an issue with the early Athlons that didn't implement some of the SSE extensions but that was years ago and even then the current AMD processors were okay.