Hey fellow #Linux users, despite the #CrowdStrike problem only affecting #Windows, this is not a windows problem.

This is an "automatic update that got forced onto everyone with insufficient testing while also having way too many permissions" problem.

If you think big corps wouldn't run something similar on Linux, I have a an NFT of a bridge to sell you.

@ainmosni I mean if anyone uses linux as their main, they know how kernel updates can break the entire OSes ability to do certain things. This is an automatic, forced update, to something that has core control of so much stuff inside of the operating system of a lot of critical infrastructure as a security measure. Sure you can leave your headless Debian server not updated for years and it'll be just fine, but with this software, you dont have that choice, on windows or linux or macos or anything. It just does it. And you have no say. It could have easily affected linux computers like this instead of windows. I mean yeah you could have disabled automatic updates, but you'd fail any security audit that came your way.
@RedCyberPandaz Not if you're using an immutable distro, you can always boot with the last working image.
@joe9nf even in the niche of linux, immutable distros are a niche of a niche. You're just splitting already split hairs at this point.
@RedCyberPandaz
1. Niche or not, it works, it is more secure and more reliable compared to the common OS model we have now.
2. It's the future of desktop, server and mobile OS.
Android and iOS are already immutable, Fedora, nixOS, OpenSUSE, Ubuntu and others already started it for the Linux desktop and server, Apple is already making MacOS immutable gradually, Linux mobile OSs like PostmarketOS are planning to become immutable too.