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.
You're completely right.
The problem is with the model of automatic and forced updates, where users have no process of "acceptance testing" (and no practical mechanism to roll back if a version fails the test).
Unfortunately, I see it creeping into the world of Linux users, too.
For example, Ubuntu seemed pretty good about 10 years ago when I started using it, but it migrated to a model of forced updates (also switching to the snap package manager, which also brings with it some other problems). (I ran the same version of Ubuntu for 10 years before switching to LMDE6 this year.)
Daniël Franke 🏳️🌈
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