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Major Outage
- A significant outage occurred on Friday due to a third-party program, CrowdStrike Falcon sensor, impacting Windows PCs worldwide.
- This issue was traced to a misconfiguration or faulty update, resulting in Windows crashing with a blue screen of death (BSOD).
- The problem was resolved by deleting a specific file from the CrowdStrike directory in the System32 drivers on Windows.
CrowdStrike Issue
- CrowdStrike, a prominent cybersecurity firm utilized by many major companies, including 60% of Fortune 500 firms, experienced this critical issue.
- The incident raises concerns about the widespread deployment of a single system across numerous computers with deep-level access to the operating system.
- Notably, the problem was confined to Windows, leaving Linux and Mac OS systems unaffected.
Suse and OpenSUSE
- Suse, the company behind Suse Enterprise Linux, has requested the Open Suse Community to cease using the Suse brand name.
- This request is deemed reasonable as Suse aims to distinguish its Enterprise product from the Community effort. The Open Suse Community is likely to comply with this request.
Solus and Snaps
- Solus, a Linux distribution, has decided to stop supporting Snaps due to maintenance issues with AppArmor. Instead, Solus will encourage users to transition to Flatpaks.
- This decision is not based on ideology but on the maintenance burden of AppArmor patches.
Gnome 47
- Gnome 47 has released its first alpha version, featuring support for accent colors, VR headsets, and improved performance.
- This release is anticipated to be significant, with numerous new features and enhancements.
Linux Kernel 6.10
- The Linux kernel 6.10 has been released, introducing new features such as a system call to prevent changes to specific parts of memory.
- It also includes improved networking performance, enhanced hardware support, and security features.
Gaming News
- PCSX2, a PlayStation 2 emulator, received a major update, offering improved graphics and better controller support.
- Additionally, Wine 9.13 was released, featuring improvements to the command.exe engine and support for ODBC drivers.
