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To what extent, if at all, would have CrowdStrike's faulty update have been easier to deal with with an immutable distro? (lemmy.ml)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Immutable, not really a difference. Bad updates can still break the OS.

AB root, however, it would be much easier to fix, but would still be a manual process.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Turn off computer boot from previous day's image, wipe current day's image, continue using computer.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

That's all well and good, but many of these Windows machines were headless or used by extremely non-technical people - think tills at your supermarket or airport check-in desks. Worse, some of these installations were running in the cloud, so console access would have been tricky.