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Public Blue Screens Of Death

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Public Blue Screens Of Death

Public displays and digital infrastructure software failing to do their job because of blue screens, crashes or other problems

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[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 40 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They have golden arches btw

[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 8 points 20 hours ago
[–] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 6 points 23 hours ago
[–] Jinarched@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago
[–] klu9@piefed.social 7 points 1 day ago

Over 1 billion packages served

[–] ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

i would immediately stop and buy something

[–] lnxtx@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Debian GNU is free, isn't it?

[–] ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 day ago

you can still sell it, you just have to provide the source code

[–] motor_spirit@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Found Jason Biggs!

[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

"Hey, you were advertising Debian on your sign, so... one of those, please."

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.

Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called Linux, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.

There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called Linux distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux!

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Did you know windows has a built kn CALCULATOR though???

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 day ago

I wonder how much McD’s (or rather their sign supplier) has donated to the Debian project…

[–] the_q@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 day ago

I'm lovin' it.

[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Ba da ba ba ba. McDebian.