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		santoshalper on July 19, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: CrowdStrike fixes start at "reboot up to 15 times"... Literally every OS allows you to install 3rd party kernel modules or plugins. If Microsoft banned them, people would be up in arms about them being a controlling walled garden. There is no winning.

arcxi on July 20, 2024 [–]

> Literally every OS allows you to install 3rd party kernel modules or plugins

I know for sure at least macOS and OpenBSD don't

rightbyte on July 20, 2024 | [–]

You can compile OpenBSD yourself though.

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