Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderThe GRUB parameters that appear on Make-Linux-Fast-Again.com apparently disable Spectre/Meltdown mitigations: https://gist.github.com/rizalp/ff74fd9ededb076e6102fc0b636bd... https://securitronlinux.com/bejiitaswrath/how-to-get-a-nice-... https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Spectre-...
Saving your time, so you don't have to search what each parameter do: https://transformingembedded.sigmatechnology.se/insight-post...
Could anybody explain? They look like bootloader options and I see how Spectre mitigations slow down systems. But what about the rest?
Are all these really need? According to this https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux... to me sounds like only "mitigations=off" is the one is needed, no?
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 521
- Total comments
- 388
100+ points or 50+ comments
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-11-20 | Make Linux Fast Again | jcelerier | 4 | 1 |
| 2019-05-16 | Make Linux Fast Again | Tomte | 11 | 11 |
| 2019-05-17 | Make Linux Fast Again | O_H_E | 12 | 4 |
| 2019-05-19 | Make Linux Fast Again: Disable All Mitigations | Jerry2 | 13 | 0 |
| 2019-05-21 | Make Linux fast again: when you don't need sidechannel vulnerability protection | fanf2 | 4 | 2 |
| 2020-04-10 | Make Linux Fast Again (2019)First breakout · Best thread | laurentdc | 368 | 314 |
| 2022-06-14 | Make Linux Fast AgainHall induction · Latest 20+ point return | ecliptik | 105 | 56 |
| 2026-01-22 | Make Linux fast again: when you don't need sidechannel vulnerability protection | fanf2 | 4 | 0 |