• Norgur@fedia.io
    1081·
    4 months ago

    Na, nothing. Did an update today. Nothing bad happened at al, Because why would it?

    • nexussapphire@lemm.eeEnglish
      8·
      4 months ago

      Firefox kept crashing because of explicit sync. Nothing new for an nvidia user such as myself. Still never going back to xorg.

        • nexussapphire@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          4 months ago

          Thanks, I wish the same for you friend! I use arch so they’re pretty fast at fixing stuff. Yesterday they pushed an update that minimized the crashing but it’ll probably be totally fixed by today or tomorrow unless it’s a driver bug.

          I was a terrible citizen and ignored the problem instead of reporting the bug. I just wanted to get some coding done so I just clicked the restart Firefox button over and over. That minor fix did wonders though! It only crashed two more times to my recollection.

  • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
    485·
    4 months ago

    I’ve found it funny how many people think they need to defend windows by saying " this could’ve happened to Linux too!!"

    Okay, sure. Yeah you’re right about Linux being just as insecure as windows too 😉

            • madcaesar@lemmy.world
              191·
              4 months ago

              Noone needs to defend Windows. We need to defend the truth. And the truth is that this was not a Windows issue. It’s a Crowdstrike issue.

              • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
                218·
                4 months ago

                Windows being an insecure shit show is no one else’s fault though. Not sure why that draws an argument. It’s well known

      • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
        123·
        4 months ago

        To those many Linux users who took a look at their circumstances and said “I definitely need antivirus software!”

        • PainInTheAES@lemmy.world
          221·
          4 months ago

          CrowdStrike does more than anti-virus and yes enterprise Linux installations need a lot of security controls that average Linux users don’t need.

          • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
            321·
            4 months ago

            Ok fine simps, Linux is exactly as shitty as windows this was totally only a coincidence

            • PainInTheAES@lemmy.world
              221·
              4 months ago

              Bruh, I’ve used Linux for over 10 years. I run Arch on my laptop and have a homelab powered by Proxmox, Debian, and OPNSense. I don’t run any AV in my lab but do follow other security practices.

              At work it’s a different story. Products like CrowdStrike also collect logs, scan for vulnerabilities, provide graphing and dashboarding capabilities, provide integrations into ticketing platforms for investigation and remediation by security teams, and more. AV is often required because Windows users can upload infected files to Linux-run SMB shares. Products like CrowdStrike often satisfy requirements set by cybersecurity insurance.

              This is not simping, this is not Linux vs Windows. You just clearly have no experience in the enterprise Linux space and business security requirements.

              • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
                117·
                4 months ago

                I don’t need to argue about windows vs Linux. You’re overcomplicating and misinterpreting my point and it’s no longer worth it to me because you clearly are prioritizing defense

                Edit: let’s see if we can get to 100 downvotes here. I mean this shit is just so offensive right?

          • Psythik@lemmy.world
            5·
            4 months ago

            Nobody but the most hardcore AMD enthusiasts used Bulldozer. The 2010s was a tough decade for AMD, to say the least. It wasn’t until AM5 came out that I finally switched back to Team Red. Got too used to LGA sockets.

            • twei@discuss.tchncs.de
              3·
              4 months ago

              I still don’t know why they thought sticking with PGA was a good idea… The amount of processors that were ripped out of their sockets is insane

          • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
            2·
            4 months ago

            not familiar. Their processors tend to last me ~5 years so it’s not like I bought every model available

    • proton_lynx@lemmy.world
      13·
      4 months ago

      I think people are missing the point here. The biggest problem was not that the update was bricking the machines, that could’ve happened to Linux/macOS/BSD etc. The problem is that the solution to the problem is to MANUALLY access the machine, get into safe mode and type some commands. This is insane. And you should be able to EASILY disable automatic updates for apps like that on Windows Server.

      • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
        8·
        4 months ago

        I dunno, I’d say them deploying an update that bricked machines at the scale they did shows they didn’t test it very well at smaller scales. They could have even still used their users as beta testers, just needed to do a subset of them first.

      • kelargo@lemmy.world
        3·
        4 months ago

        Crowdstrike exists for Linux. Are their reports their update affected Linux servers? I have not read that anywhere.

  • renrenPDX@lemmy.world
    11·
    4 months ago

    I’ve been driving Linux as my main for just about a month now and I didn’t think anything of it until I booted into Windows and had to deal with forced updates. Almost Done? JFC.

      • bluewing@lemm.ee
        3·
        4 months ago

        Welcome to the Dark Side! Mint is a very good choice in disto. I admire the stability, usability, and having just enough wiggle room to let me set things up to my taste. You are going to like Mint!