{"id":1209563,"date":"2023-12-07T14:22:44","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T19:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1209563"},"modified":"2023-12-07T14:22:44","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T19:22:44","slug":"linux-distros-are-about-to-get-a-killer-windows-feature-the-blue-screen-of-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1209563","title":{"rendered":"Linux distros are about to get a killer Windows feature: The Blue Screen of Death"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Windows’ infamous “Blue Screen of Death<\/a>” is a bit of a punchline. People have made a hobby of<\/a> spotting them out in the wild, and in some circles, they remain a byword for the supposed flakiness and instability of PCs. To this day, networked PCs in macOS are represented by<\/a> beige CRT monitors displaying a BSOD.<\/p>\n

But the BSOD is supposed to be a diagnostic tool, an informational screen that technicians can use to begin homing in on the problem that caused the crash in the first place; that old Windows’ BSOD error codes were often so broad and vague as to be useless doesn’t make the idea<\/em> a bad one. Today, version 255 of the Linux systemd<\/code> project<\/a> honors that original intent by adding a systemd-bsod<\/code> component that generates a full-screen display of some error messages when a Linux system crashes.<\/p>\n

The systemd-bsod<\/code> component is currently listed as “experimental” and “subject to change.” But the functionality is simple: any logged error message that reaches the LOG_EMERG<\/code> level will be displayed full-screen to allow people to take a photo or write it down. Phoronix reports<\/a> that, as with BSODs in modern Windows, the Linux version will also generate a QR code to make it easier to look up information on your phone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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