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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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How to safely manually trigger a kernel panic? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 6 days ago by ColdWater@lemmy.ca to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I've been using Linux for 1.5 year now one of the reason is the number tux represented how many CPU core I have on boot, but I'm disappointed because they don't do that anymore, another reason is to experience kernel panic and I never got one how can I manually and safety trigger it?

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[–] savvywolf@pawb.social 28 points 6 days ago (2 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key

Alt+SysRq+C, although your distro may have it disabled by default.

A fair warning though, safety is relative and crashing the kernel can be destructive. Make sure you have backups when breaking things.

[–] ColdWater@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 days ago

Thanks you, I got a Linux VM so I'm gonna try that

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