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lets push updates on a Friday, surely nothing could go wrong (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by cannedtuna@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Should have used Linux!

[-] CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.ml 49 points 2 months ago

Should have not trusted a third party to install proprietary code into the kernel. It's not a Windows issue directly, they have a Linux version too, but anything that allows third parties to put proprietary code into your kernel and automatically update it without your approval is untrustworthy.

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago

Counterpoint: Windows bad.

[-] CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.ml 26 points 2 months ago

I can't disagree with you there.

[-] Damage@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 months ago

They have a Linux version, but this happened only to the Windows one... Coincidence?!

[-] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 13 points 2 months ago

Probably coincidence? It sounds (???) like this is a pretty simple fix on Windows.

The number of times I have borked my Linux machines so they wouldn't boot is, well, greater than zero for sure. Any operating system can be bricked to the point of requiring manual intervention by software with elevated privileges.

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

The simple fix: turn it off and on up to 15 times

The simple fix 2: delete system32

[-] CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

Yes, coincidence.

[-] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 4 points 2 months ago

It's not like they haven't caused Linux outages in the past.

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 22 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The cause is a malfunction of the Crowdstrike monitoring solution, which employees use to spy at anything ever done on company hardware. They do have a Linux version and it has been reported to cause kernel panics (not ~~sure if~~ during this incident).

But yes, Windows on public information displays is dumb.
Infamous "Let's finish setting up your PC" screen

[-] Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 months ago

it was because crowdstrike themselves notified that this specific instance did not affect their linux nor osx distributions of security, and was windows specific.