snek_boi@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agoTo what extent, if at all, would have CrowdStrike's faulty update have been easier to deal with with an immutable distro?message-squaremessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareTo what extent, if at all, would have CrowdStrike's faulty update have been easier to deal with with an immutable distro?snek_boi@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square44fedilink
minus-squareshortwavesurfer@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoPrimarily it’s different because you would not have had to boot into any safe mode. You would have just booted from the last good image from like a day ago and deleted the current image and kept using the computer.
minus-squareLodra@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 months agoWhat’s the user experience like there? Are you prompted to do it if the system fails to boot “happily”?
minus-squareshortwavesurfer@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoHonestly, I’m actually not sure as I never had the system break that badly while I was using it.
Primarily it’s different because you would not have had to boot into any safe mode. You would have just booted from the last good image from like a day ago and deleted the current image and kept using the computer.
What’s the user experience like there? Are you prompted to do it if the system fails to boot “happily”?
Honestly, I’m actually not sure as I never had the system break that badly while I was using it.