Windows-Style Blue Screen of Death Coming to Linux

Linux users are about to get a dubious upgrade, with a blue screen of death in the works....
Windows-Style Blue Screen of Death Coming to Linux
Written by Matt Milano
  • Linux users are about to get a dubious upgrade, with a blue screen of death in the works.

    The blue screen of death was made infamous by Microsoft Windows. The screen appeared when the OS experienced a major error, but the messages and information included were notoriously unhelpful.

    According to Phoronix , an update to systemd is poised to bring a similar message to Linux:

    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.

    There’s still a lot unknown about exactly how the feature will work, but hopefully it is much more useful than the Windows version… If it is actually implemented.

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