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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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CrowdStrike’s Falcon Sensor linked to Linux crashes, too • The Register (www.theregister.com)

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[–] Cyber 21 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Not sure if it's the devs to blame when there's statements like:

Kurtz therefore has the possibly unique and almost-certainly-unwanted distinction of having presided over two major global outage events caused by bad software updates.

So, I'm guessing it's the business that's not supporting good dev->test->release practices.

But, I agree with your point; their overall software quality is terrible.

[–] rem26_art@fedia.io 4 points 4 months ago

true true. If the general business pressures are not conducive to proper software release practices, no amount of programming skill can help them.