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Re:Linux 4.20 released by altmind on Monday December 24, 2018 @10:30AM (#18752543)
I would not say its true. Crashed gpu driver on linux will most likely leave you with locked out screen that does not accept any user input.

On the contrary, windows GPU(WDDM) drivers are restartable and can handle crashes even without restarting the user graphical apps. This've been so since at least windows 7.

edit: s/WDM/WDDM/

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Re:Linux 4.20 released by icebraining on Monday December 24, 2018 @01:02PM (#18753307)
I think you two are in agreement :)
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Re:Linux 4.20 released by swinglock on Monday December 24, 2018 @05:09PM (#18754550)
Since Windows Vista even.
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