(In reply to Michiel Janssens from comment #33) > 3. boot with kernel parameters: > spectre_v2=off > Transition is smooth > This parameter seems to have the biggest impact of all the tested parameters. > Thanks a LOT for figuring this out. But reading above that only openSUSE is affected - I'd assume that Ubuntu and Fedora are also shipping with these mitigations enabled by default, no?