CrowdStrike recently caused a widespread Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) issue on Windows PCs, disrupting various sectors. However, this was not an isolated incident, CrowdStrike affected Linux PCs also.
  • 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠@programming.devEnglish
    688·
    4 months ago

    Nah, but there were some Linux evangelists claiming this couldn’t possibly happen to Linux and it only happened to Windows because Windows is bad. And it was your own fault for getting this BSOD if you’re still running Windows.

    And sure, Windows bad and all, but this one wasn’t really Microsofts fault.

    • rottingleaf@lemmy.worldEnglish
      155·
      4 months ago

      The sane ones of us know well that a faulty driver is a faulty driver, but! Linux culture is different. Which is why this happened so spectacularly with Windows. EDIT: and not with Linux

      • dan@upvote.auEnglish
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        4 months ago

        I’ve had the proprietary Nvidia driver crash my whole system a few times. Hoping their new open-source driver (not nouveau, I mean the new out-of-tree open-source one) is better.

        • rottingleaf@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          4 months ago

          I had X crash due to Nvidia under FreeBSD a few times, and fewer kernel panics due to it. Never used Linux with Nvidia though.

      • vext01@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        17·
        4 months ago

        Yeah, it supports kernel modules, so is also vulnerable to bad third party kernel code.

        • Petter1@lemm.eeEnglish
          102·
          4 months ago

          🤔if nobody makes a third party kernel module, then there is still no risk

    • Ferris@infosec.pubEnglish
      15·
      4 months ago

      if they dont know the boot sequence is a thing maybe their opinion on this doesnt really matter 🤷🏼