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by lkdfjlkdfjlg 706 days ago
> ( ... ) experienced significant disruptions as a result of CrowdStrike updates, raising serious concerns about the company's software update and testing procedures

To me the issue isn't CrowdStrike's testing procedures. To me the issue is why does Debian depend on CrowdStrike? Does anyone understand this?
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Sakos 706 days ago
Debian doesn't depend on CrowdStrike. CS provides Linux clients for organizations that want to deploy it with their Linux workstations/servers.

From the article:

> In April, a CrowdStrike update caused all Debian Linux servers in a civic tech lab to crash simultaneously and refuse to boot. The update proved incompatible with the latest stable version of Debian, despite the specific Linux configuration being supposedly supported. The lab's IT team discovered that removing CrowdStrike allowed the machines to boot and reported the incident.

Debian is as at fault for CrowdStrike's incompetence and negligence as Microsoft is. That is to say, not at all.

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lkdfjlkdfjlg 706 days ago
Right, thanks for that. My fault for skipping every other word.

This had really soured my day for a bit there, but you brought it back.

Debian is one of those things that I consider a source of stability in my software life, together with git, wikipedia, and openstreetmap. Believing that it depends on some dodgy company really put me in a bad mood.

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rbanffy 706 days ago
Indeed. Debian is the BSD of the Linux world, CentOS/RHEL being the Solaris.

As usual, this was a self-inflicted pain by companies wishing to check yet another box to externalise liability.

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jccooper 706 days ago
Debian doesn't depend on CrowdStrike. That's about people who installed it on such systems.
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