ylai@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agoLinux's New DRM Panic "Blue Screen of Death" In Actionwww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareverstra@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoWhat’s DRM in this context? Surely linux kernel doesn’t do digital rights management?
minus-squareffhein@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoIt ought to be mandatory to write this out whenever talking about Linux. I’ve seen more than one person bash Linux in a public forum “because it has digital rights management built into the kernel” after they’ve misinterpreted some news headline.
What’s DRM in this context? Surely linux kernel doesn’t do digital rights management?
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It ought to be mandatory to write this out whenever talking about Linux. I’ve seen more than one person bash Linux in a public forum “because it has digital rights management built into the kernel” after they’ve misinterpreted some news headline.