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  2. Dirty COW - Wikipedia

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    Dirty COW (Dirty copy-on-write) is a computer security vulnerability of the Linux kernel that affected all Linux-based operating systems, including Android devices, that used older versions of the Linux kernel created before 2018.

  3. Linux kernel oops - Wikipedia

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    kdump (Linux) – Linux kernel's crash dump mechanism, which internally uses kexec System.map – contains mappings between symbol names and their addresses in memory, used to interpret oopses References

  4. Linux Mint - Wikipedia

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    Linux Mint 2.0 'Barbara' was the first version to use Ubuntu as its codebase and its GNOME interface. It had few users until the release of Linux Mint 3.0, 'Cassandra'. [14] [15] Linux Mint 2.0 was based on Ubuntu 6.10, [citation needed] using Ubuntu's package repositories and using it as a codebase. It then followed its own codebase, building ...

  5. Booting process of Linux - Wikipedia

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    IBM PC compatible hardware is one architecture Linux is commonly used on; on these systems, the BIOS or UEFI firmware plays an important role. In BIOS systems, the BIOS will respectively perform power-on self test (POST), which is to check the system hardware, then enumerate local device and finally initialize the system. [ 7 ]

  6. Criticism of desktop Linux - Wikipedia

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    Criticism of desktop Linux is a history of comment on the perceived shortcomings of the Linux operating system when installed on desktop computers.These criticisms have been aimed at the plethora of issues and lack of consistency between Linux distributions, their usefulness and ease of use as desktop systems for general end users, driver support and issues with multi-media playback and audio ...

  7. CRIU - Wikipedia

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    Checkpoint/Restore In Userspace (CRIU) (pronounced kree-oo, /kriu/), is a software tool for the Linux operating system. Using this tool, it is possible to freeze a running application (or part of it) and checkpoint it to persistent storage as a collection of files. One can then use the files to restore and run the application from the point it ...

  8. Kernel panic - Wikipedia

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    Prior to 10.2, a more traditional Unix-style panic message was displayed; in 10.8 and later, the computer automatically reboots and the message is only displayed as a skippable warning afterward. The format of the message varies from version to version: [17]

  9. Safe mode - Wikipedia

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    Safe mode is a diagnostic mode of a computer operating system (OS). It can also refer to a mode of operation by application software. Safe mode is intended to help fix most, if not all, problems within an operating system. It is also widely used for removing rogue security software.