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Re: systemctl restart sddm



Looking at: [1](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Rng-tools), and then 
following to: [2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Hardware_random_number_generator), one can think that rng-tools uses: [3]
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RdRand).

But it might not be so, since [2] says: "The RdRand opcode will return values 
from an onboard hardware random number generator. It is present in Intel Ivy 
Bridge processors and AMD64 processors since 2015", and IvyBridge started in 
2012, and rng-tools code is very, very old (but there is some overlapping 
time, possibly).

Therefore believing that rng-tools uses RdRand's CPU hardware random generator 
instruction, might be pure misconception.

Consequently, haveged seeming much newer and maintained, it is in my opinion 
the best choice.

Thanks





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