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		rini17 on July 19, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Lo... Unlike Windows, there is at least the option to use curated software distributions such as Debian or RH that won't apply random stuff from upstream repositories.

2-3-7-43-1807 on July 19, 2024 | [–]

I'm talking about all sorts of software projects implemented using especially Python, Ruby, node.js etc.

lmz on July 19, 2024 | [–]

I like Debian but it's not like they need random upstream repositories when they can make random patches themselves e.g. the OpenSSL Purify issue.

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