On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 11:44 +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: > Also, we should mention somewhere (the install documentation?) that > non-free should be enabled to install microcode fixes which may be > critical to maintain the system stability. Could you elaborate on this please? I have been running systems just fine even though microcode.ctl (and corresponding microcode) was not installed and a look at microcode.ctl's popcon [0] confirms that a majority of users do the same. If system stability does, in fact, depend *critically* on the presence of microcode does this also mean that everybody should install it? What are the implications of not installing it? [0] http://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=microcode.ctl -- Wolodja <debian@babilen5.org> 4096R/CAF14EFC 081C B7CD FF04 2BA9 94EA 36B2 8B7F 7D30 CAF1 4EFC
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