Random Public Windows Error Screen

[Variant_S]

It's interesting how often I see a Windows error screen - well, OK, a bluescreen - displayed to the public. I used to see them on the occasional Arrival or Departure display at an airport, or sometimes at the car rental counter. This one is of note in that nobody seems to be in a hurry to fix it. It's been like this for at least a week. That's a long time to wait for it to collect some error info.

 

[wwillson]

When was the last time you saw a Linux kernel panic?

 

[rijndael]

Does sitting at the grub prompt count? I’ve seen it once.

 

[wwillson]

Does sitting at the grub prompt count? I’ve seen it once.

Nope that's not a kernel problem. That's is usually a PEBKAC problem, at least in my case it is when I mess up my UEFI configuration by doing something that I thought was a great idea.

 

[Pew]

BUT DID YOU PUT IN A TICKET?!?!?! NO TICKET NO WORK.

 

[Variant_S]

When was the last time you saw a Linux kernel panic?

Um, uh, never.

I did see a macOS panic once. It was due to a failing hard drive.

 

[PandaBear]

When was the last time you saw a Linux kernel panic?

All the time. It depends on whether the hardware underneath is durable and how often you see people build things on top of it. It is cheaper to build on a Windows platform (some cheap Dell boxes) than to go out of the way to buy something that has a complete Linux "package" (some industrial stuff).

Most of these public windows errors are due to worn out parts like a bad HDD or a dead stick of ram.

 

[PandaBear]

Um, uh, never.

I did see a macOS panic once. It was due to a failing hard drive.

Slightly off topic. I think Mac at least put decent quality components in their systems whereas anyone can build a PC to the cheapest spec. Dell and HP especially. Lenovo seems to be slightly better than the other big 2. I have never run into a hardware problem when I am using SuperMicro motherboard but those are not cheap stuff like Dell and HP.

 

[wwillson]

All the time.

Yikes! are you getting your hardware out of the dumpster?

Let me put it this way, when you have known reliable hardware, you won't see a kernel panic. No OS can survive bad hardware, except for IBM mainframes (Z-Series) that are designed to not only survive hardware going bad, but keep running and make the failure transparent. Z-Series are in a different world compared to most other system, as is the price of Z-Series.

 

[Plumb Bob]

Yikes! are you getting your hardware out of the dumpster?

Let me put it this way, when you have known reliable hardware, you won't see a kernel panic. No OS can survive bad hardware, except for IBM mainframes (Z-Series) that are designed to not only survive hardware going bad, but keep running and make the failure transparent. Z-Series are in a different world compared to most other system, as is the price of Z-Series.

Yep. If lives depend on it - as in traffic lights - Z-Series.

*nix panics are hard to come by, unless hardware related.

 

[earlyre]

a couple times in the last year, the Electronic menu board ( 2 tv's hooked to a PC) at the local Casey's has just been "warnings" about the end of support for Windows 10, and the need to upgrade to Windows 11.

and it will be that way for a few days each time.

 

[PandaBear]

a couple times in the last year, the Electronic menu board ( 2 tv's hooked to a PC) at the local Casey's has just been "warnings" about the end of support for Windows 10, and the need to upgrade to Windows 11.

and it will be that way for a few days each time.

If you pay MS enough they will keep things around like the XP till very recently.

 

[Variant_S]

To be fair, it's not just Windows machines. Saw this at Costco this morning. On a Chrome display screen next to some appliances this morning:

 

[wwillson]

To be fair, it's not just Windows machines. Saw this at Costco this morning. On a Chrome display screen next to some appliances this morning:

It looks like the application failed, not the OS.

 

[Variant_S]

It looks like the application failed, not the OS.

Yes, point taken.