Linux creator Linus Torvalds has unexpectedly come to Microsoft’s defense regarding the jokes about the Windows operating system’s infamous blue screen of death. The whole thing was first noticed by IT’s Foss .

In a new video with Youtuber Linus Tech Tips , he explained that many crashes are unlikely to be due to software errors.

“I’m convinced that all the jokes about how unstable Windows is and about blue screens – I guess it’s not even a blue screen anymore – are largely not about software bugs. In fact, a large percentage of them are due to unreliable hardware,” said Linus Torvalds in the video.

Torvalds also claimed that it’s important to have ECC memory in a computer, as it makes it fundamentally more reliable, and that the lack of

ECC can lead to serious memory problems. Tor

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