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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Linux's New DRM Panic "Blue Screen of Death" In Action (www.phoronix.com)

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

I'd suggest some kind of "press this key to view debug information" text (or make it documented but not visible, to avoid people just pressing whatever button is written on the screen)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Why? People aren't idiots. If they don't know what it means they can look it up or ask for help.

[–] kitnaht 16 points 5 months ago

People aren't idiots. If they don't know what it means they can look it up or ask for help.

Flip that. People are idiots. If they don't know what something means, they won't look it up. Not Desktop Linux users today but, definitely normies if Linux ever comes on a system they buy in the future.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Because for the bulk of users, unless they are power users, all they need to know is that things didn't work.

Things actually useful to have on the BSOD:

distro-specific instructions for submitting a bug report
option to reboot
option to show debug info
option to show a qr code that submits a bug report
and, if configured by the distro or system admin, debug info

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

How are you going to use your computer when the kernel panics. That's kind of the problem, it panicked. It would be nice if it rebooted after a minute or two

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Any information given would obviously be for use with another device.

QR code, for example. These are instructions or information about the crash, not links (except the QR code, which would obviously be read by another device).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

How would a kernel that has already crashed handle keypresses?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I'm not an OS dev, I have no idea how stuff this low-level works.