Linux Graphics Plagued by Microsoft SystemD
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Fudzilla ☛ Linux finally gets a blue screen of death [Ed: Microsoft versus Linux from inside Linux]
After mocking Windows Blue Screens of Death for decades, it seems that Linux fanboys actually wanted one—and now Linux 6.10 will finally bring them one.
For all the mock, the Blue Screen of Death did have its uses for Linux especially when building a kernel without VT/FBCON support where viewing the kernel panic message was not easily available
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Linux gets its own blue screen of death
Linux 6.10 introduces a new type of notification for displaying errors in DRM (Direct Rendering Manager) drivers, similar to the blue screen of death for critical errors in Windows. This was reported by Phoronix.
One of Red Hat’s engineers published a photo on Mastodon of how a similar error looks like on a BeaglePlay single-board computer.
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Web Pro News ☛ Linux Gets Its Very Own Blue Screen of Death
News broke in January 2024 that developers were preparing to add a blue screen of death to Linux, and that change has now been made.
The blue screen of death first debuted on Microsoft Windows where it gained notoriety for being painfully unhelpful. Despite that dubious past—or perhaps specifically to make fun of it—Linux devs have decided to co-opt the idea to alert the user when a kernel panic occurs.
Javier Martinez Canillas, a Red Hat and Fedora Linux dev, announced that the change has made its way to Linux (note “DRM panic” refers to “Direct Rendering Manager,” not “Digital Rights Management”).
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GamingOnLinux ☛ NVIDIA exploring ways to support an upstream kernel mode GPU driver
Time to get your popcorn out, as it seems NVIDIA are continuing their steps to further improve their Linux support on their GPUs.
Update
From IDG:
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Linux gets its own Windows-style Blue Screen of Death
Linux now has a barebones BSOD that'll eventually provide precise details whenever a "kernel panic" occurs.
Linuxiac:
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Systemd’s systemd-tmpfiles Command Can Put in Danger Your Home Directory
Systemd is software that has sparked much debate in the Linux community for many years. Despite this, it has become a standard and essential part of nearly all Linux distributions.
Besides its well-known role as a system and service manager for Linux, it also provides many other possibilities. One such feature is the systemd-tmpfiles command. According to its man page, it briefly states, “Creates, deletes and cleans up volatile and temporary files and directories.“
A couple more (late):
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Linux is getting Blue Screen of Death for kernel panic
A Red Hat developer has shown the first images of what a Blue Screen of Death could look like under Linux in the event of a kernel error. The error screen does not necessarily have to be blue, as we know it from Windows.
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B in BSOD Could Also be Black: Panicked Linux Users! [Ed: systemd as Microsoft Trojan horse]
We are all too familiar with the prospect of systemd bringing the blue screen of death to Linux, with it focusing on boot failures, and other related problems.