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by foobarian 693 days ago
And why are they running windows? And why are they running Crowdstrike? WTF
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consp 693 days ago
If they are offline it should not matter which OS they run, maybe a RTOS for the control software but anything goes for the ux.

If they are online, well...

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sameerds 692 days ago
It's probably the remote computer that's running Windows and currently affected by Crowdstrike.
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MangoCoffee 693 days ago
Not sure what the OS has to do with CrowdStrike's fuckup. CrowdStrike also runs on Linux and macOS.
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gradyfps 693 days ago
The boot loop / BSOD issues are Windows specific.
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lend000 693 days ago
And yet, of course it happens to Windows.
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skrebbel 693 days ago
This thread has multiple anecdotes of the same happening on their Linux version earlier.
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