Plus, CrowdStrike runs on Linux as well. _This time_ they only crashed Windows devices, but there's no guarantee that switching to Linux would prevent any of it.
You can switch away from CrowdStrike but I doubt you'll be able to convince whoever mandated CS to be installed to not install an alternative that carries exactly the same risks.
>CrowdStrike runs on Linux as well. _This time_ they only crashed Windows devices, but there's no guarantee that switching to Linux would prevent any of it.
In fact there was a recent CrowdStrike-related crash in RHEL:
At least on Linux it runs on eBPF sniffing so the chances of fudging something are lower. There are some supported Linux distributions where they also have a kernel module and there might a higher chance of that exploding.
You can switch away from CrowdStrike but I doubt you'll be able to convince whoever mandated CS to be installed to not install an alternative that carries exactly the same risks.