▲ 769 ▼ The Quiet Revolution: GNU/Linux Crosses 6% Desktop Market Share—And It’s Just the Beginning (puri.sm) submitted 1 year ago by Sunshine@piefed.ca to c/linux@programming.dev 187 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 year ago (8 children) What Windows outage? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] AdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.org 33 points 1 year ago (6 children) Maybe the CrowdStrike outage last year permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 15 points 1 year ago Yep permalink fedilink source parent [–] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago I just wish it could have been longer, and affected my company (it didn't). A day or two off would have gone down a treat permalink fedilink source parent [–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 year ago* (3 children) That is was a Crowdstike issue not a Windows issue. They have borked Linux updates as well. Microsoft has had their far share of bad updates but none of them were outage level assuming companies properly tested updates. A lot of these large companies are terrible at multiple levels. It is great to pay premium dollar for junk. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] AdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 1 year ago (1 child) That is was a Crowdstike issue not a Windows issue. From my understanding, it's true that CrowdStrike wrote the faulty code and submitted it to Microsoft. Microsoft shares blame in that they didn't properly vet and test the kernel-level patch CrowdStrike had submitted. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago Microsoft doesn't vet the code. All code is required to be signed but that is it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Badabinski@kbin.earth 4 points 1 year ago Yep, my org had a Falcon sensor outage take out tens of thousands of Linux servers. Fuck Crowdstrike. Also, fuck Windows and fuck Microsoft. permalink fedilink source parent [–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 8 points 1 year ago Not certain what others experienced, but in my company, a bad Windows Update knocked out most of our computers for a full day. It was so bad, you can see it in like monthly financial reports when it happened. It was one of the motivators for why my job dropped Microsoft. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.org 33 points 1 year ago (6 children) Maybe the CrowdStrike outage last year permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 15 points 1 year ago Yep permalink fedilink source parent [–] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago I just wish it could have been longer, and affected my company (it didn't). A day or two off would have gone down a treat permalink fedilink source parent [–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 year ago* (3 children) That is was a Crowdstike issue not a Windows issue. They have borked Linux updates as well. Microsoft has had their far share of bad updates but none of them were outage level assuming companies properly tested updates. A lot of these large companies are terrible at multiple levels. It is great to pay premium dollar for junk. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] AdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 1 year ago (1 child) That is was a Crowdstike issue not a Windows issue. From my understanding, it's true that CrowdStrike wrote the faulty code and submitted it to Microsoft. Microsoft shares blame in that they didn't properly vet and test the kernel-level patch CrowdStrike had submitted. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago Microsoft doesn't vet the code. All code is required to be signed but that is it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Badabinski@kbin.earth 4 points 1 year ago Yep, my org had a Falcon sensor outage take out tens of thousands of Linux servers. Fuck Crowdstrike. Also, fuck Windows and fuck Microsoft. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago I just wish it could have been longer, and affected my company (it didn't). A day or two off would have gone down a treat permalink fedilink source parent
[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 year ago* (3 children) That is was a Crowdstike issue not a Windows issue. They have borked Linux updates as well. Microsoft has had their far share of bad updates but none of them were outage level assuming companies properly tested updates. A lot of these large companies are terrible at multiple levels. It is great to pay premium dollar for junk. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] AdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 1 year ago (1 child) That is was a Crowdstike issue not a Windows issue. From my understanding, it's true that CrowdStrike wrote the faulty code and submitted it to Microsoft. Microsoft shares blame in that they didn't properly vet and test the kernel-level patch CrowdStrike had submitted. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago Microsoft doesn't vet the code. All code is required to be signed but that is it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Badabinski@kbin.earth 4 points 1 year ago Yep, my org had a Falcon sensor outage take out tens of thousands of Linux servers. Fuck Crowdstrike. Also, fuck Windows and fuck Microsoft. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 1 year ago (1 child) That is was a Crowdstike issue not a Windows issue. From my understanding, it's true that CrowdStrike wrote the faulty code and submitted it to Microsoft. Microsoft shares blame in that they didn't properly vet and test the kernel-level patch CrowdStrike had submitted. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago Microsoft doesn't vet the code. All code is required to be signed but that is it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago Microsoft doesn't vet the code. All code is required to be signed but that is it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Badabinski@kbin.earth 4 points 1 year ago Yep, my org had a Falcon sensor outage take out tens of thousands of Linux servers. Fuck Crowdstrike. Also, fuck Windows and fuck Microsoft. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 8 points 1 year ago Not certain what others experienced, but in my company, a bad Windows Update knocked out most of our computers for a full day. It was so bad, you can see it in like monthly financial reports when it happened. It was one of the motivators for why my job dropped Microsoft. permalink fedilink source parent