This week Noah takes you through what happened with the Crowdstrike incident, and how you could prevent a similar catastrophe with free and open source software. System76 announces a release date for Cosmic DE alpha. The Immich team is.
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Crowd Strike Outage
Caused by defective updateAffected all Windows computers8.5 Million Windows machines rendered unusableFlights groundedEntire health care sectors shut downKernel vs User modeWHQL CertificationCrowd Strike had a WHQL CertificationAnti-virusExtended Detection and Response (XDR) and/or anticipated threat detectionChannel FilesMicrosoft could have provided an APIEU requires Microsoft to provide the same access WindowsNo checks on the channel fileCrowd Strike Falcon set as "boot-start driver"April 21st 2010 McAfee deleted svchost.exeGeorge Kurtz CEO at both McAfee and Crowd Strike during the incidentsHanding off risk/PCIWe understand less and lessUnderstand your critical paths and have a back upHair shop "crash kit"Cold spare emergency laptops/serversTest on small set up machines then deployDon't push to prod on FridayKeeping up to date is the best defenseHave a roll back planUSE OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARELinux Crash Restoration (The Register)SystemD Automatic Boot AssessmentPhoronixWazuh PostLibreNMSCISA.govTech Crunch38:18 News Wire
OpenMandriva 24.07 - OpenMandriva.org
KaOS Linux 2024.07 - kaosx.us
EXT4 Optimizations - Phoronix
Open Source GPU Drivers - ZDNet
Switzerland Requires Open Source - ZDNet
AI Model Rivaling OpenAI and Google - Washington Post
Groq's Llama AI Tops Leader Board - Venturebeat
39:25 System76 Cosmic Alpha Release
August 8thWhat other company is focused on the Linux desktop?System76 decided to make their own desktop, CosmicConstant friction if forking another DEClean slate approachSystem76 surveySystem76 has been dog foodingModular designEnabling "desktop experiences"Try Cosmic and give polite productive feedbackSystem76 Transmission Log EP 1048:52 Immich
New LicenseIndividual $24.99Server $99.99Immich came from a developer who wanted to replace Google PhotosExperience is better than Google Photos nowFUTO grant allows full time developmentGo fund open source-- The Extra Credit Section --
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