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This is a proper nerdy article which has slithered onto el Reg. Me: I absolutely love it. You can try and use terms like "Linux supremo" to try and sound a little bit user friendly but in the end this is a complex subject that will have many readers glazing over before line three. STIBP THBIS NONBSEPNSE is close to genius (OK: I spat wine on my screen!) Well researched and documented article - thanks.
Now as to the meat: Spectre and Meltdown have yet to really *be* compromises as far as most of us civilians are concerned. We don't yet hear of any S&M compromises but they surely exist and will be deployed by the clever mob. The not so clever mob (the usual non govt haaxxor nob ends) will eventually come up with something and become a pain.
Keep patching, kids.