I love this! Not only for the comedic value, but throwing kernel oopses on-screen when they can’t be easily captured when unprepared would be of great help in solving system problems. Unlike the cryptic messages Windows displays, Linux kernel messages are quite useful.
Isn’t this the default behavior of all(?) modern *nix init? Maybe not SysV, i don’t know.
Is it? I’ve been on Debian/Ubuntu since 2005 and I’ve never seen anything on-screen whenever I’ve gotten a kernel oops.
They use Systemd, so there.
I hope this isn’t going to be the default. I know, the average granny might prefer to have a BSOD with a QR code, but I think a lot of the people who are more tech-savvy, like me, would prefer to see log messages when booting because then you could see which service failed and why or why it’s all of a sudden taking so long to boot. That’s also why I choose not to have a splash screen when booting.
Anyways, this BSOD thing doesn’t apply to me because I use Gentoo with OpenRC.
I’m honestly fine if this is the default for beginner distros, as long as it’s easy to disable and there is still a way to get to the logs
Just let me hit ESC and see the panic.
Came here to say this. Let them toggle the logs or the QR code.
Good idea, stupid name.
Excellent for causing FUD.
No, this will not increase the amount of kernel panics you see. It just makes them more informational to the average person. Technical folks can disable it, non-technical folks won’t know how to enable it, so on by default it is.
Some Highlights:
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A new component “systemd-bsod” has been added to show logged error messages full-screen if they have a “LOG_EMERG” log level. This is intended as a tool for displaying emergency log messages full-screen on boot failures. Yes, BSOD in this case short for “Blue Screen of Death”. This was worked on as part of Outreachy 2023. The systemd-bsod will also display a QR code for getting more information on the error causing the boot failure.
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Hibernation into swap files backed by Btrfs are now supported.
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Support for split-usr has been removed.
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At least make it pink or smth
Maybe it can be the “brown screen of death”. To indicate that it shit itself.
- Hibernation into swap files backed by Btrfs are now supported.
So, with btrfs on ssd, is there any use case for a swap partition?
Use case is not having enough RAM?
I think what they mean is that you can just make a swap FILE instead, which you can grow and shrink as needed. No need to mess with partitioning.
Swap is not “disk RAM”.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_memory
What would you describe it as? With virtual memory it pretty much functions that way, no?
Seems like some kind of sacrilege.
i totally understand if they named it bsod just for the meme, it’s funny also they could make an option to change de color :b
They could have gone with the “Red Screen of Wrath” or something.
Mauve Screen of Suffering
Lilac of Log Level 1
I’m giving you bonus points for the alliteration.
Tosca Screen of Wailing
Fuchsia Screen of Disappointment
Phantastic! Can we have ads in the task bar next?
