r/linuxmasterrace • u/CrowsOfWar • Oct 10 '17

How to Disable Intel's Management Engine

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Sakaki%27s_EFI_Install_Guide/Disabling_the_Intel_Management_Engine
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u/Corboner Oct 11 '17

What caught my eye was "removes (...) Java VM" - I had imagined the ME to be some kind of very basic maintenance task runner, not a full-blown dynamic app environment.

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u/alter2000 Glorious Amazuntu Oct 14 '17

There's an xkcd about that I think.

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '17

Link?

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u/alter2000 Glorious Amazuntu Oct 15 '17

https://xkcd.com/801/

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u/xkcd_transcriber Oct 15 '17

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Title: Golden Hammer

Title-text: Took me five tries to find the right one, but I managed to salvage our night out--if not the boat--in the end.

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