[wlug] Re: New systemd update will bring Windows’ infamous Blue Screen of Death to Linux

On Fri, 8 Dec 2023 11:04:25 +1300, Peter Reutemann quoted:

'Windows' infamous "Blue Screen of Death" is a bit of a punchline.'

Apropos that, I just discovered this entertaining little gem <https://www.osnews.com/story/138395/bugcheck2linux-run-linux-in-a-tiny-risc-v-emulator-during-a-windows-bsod/> called “BugCheck2Linux”: during a Windows “Blue Screen” crash, it starts up a tiny RISC-V emulator running a very bare-bones Linux installation, with an extremely limited shell. Could, in principle, be useful for gathering diagnostics on what caused Windows to crash ... or just for running Doom ...