Not strictly Linux…
But after reading about SystemD I realised that TempleOS would fall under the laws but there’s no way in hell that’s getting updated. There’s gotta be some amazing way to troll the lawmakers with this.
this new anti-systemd sentiment reminds me of anti-TPM and anti-SecureBoot sentiment
having TPMs and SecureBoot on Linux machines has only ever empowered device owners to ensure that the software on their devices has not been tampered with
there’s never been a case where these technologies were used against Linux device owners
likewise, I predict that Linux device owners may find the age field useful for certain opt-in parental controls, but we’ll otherwise look back on this and shrug at the extreme paranoia
there is no way on hell, but there may be a way in heaven
I’m still super impressed by homie doing this all on his own. Rest in power homie, wish you sought out professional help.
Oh crap, why didn’t you tell me this earlier?
It’s a bit hard for him to comply. Why, you ask? Well, for starter, he’s dead.
The glowies got to him!
“Does anyone else find it weird that all the Linux users were born on Jan 1st, 1970?”
“You wouldn’t ask to put age verification on a Bible would you mister representative?”
If those people actually read the bible, they would never let a child near it.
If they actually read the Bible, they would never
let a child near itgo near a child.ftfy
I don’t think the bible cures pedophilia.
Depends on the velocity of the bible.
Now I’m imagining 9mm bibles flying… thank you for that image.
Yeah, and I’d say it’s a bit questionable whether California even has jurisdiction over revelations from God himself.
Also, I don’t think it does networking and app stores 😄
there is a networking module in the Shrine fork. i think its internal name is “heretic” as it is against god’s will.
I’m getting to old for this age verification bullshit.
Let me guess, you’re 2147483647
Those getting too old for this are the ones who are 14
TempleOS would fall under the laws
So would DOS and Windows 95, but those haven’t had any updates in a couple years. Surely they’ll be updated to comply.
FreeDOS’ latest version is from 2025. Guess they would be required to comply. They don’t even have user accounts…
SystemD is only adding the possibility to store an age for the user, and the PR is being debated still
If I ever find
systemd-ageverificationdon my computer I’m nuking itI think the point people are making here is why does systemd need to store an age for the user.
It can already store location data and other random metadata
Define “location data”.
Systemd stores location data for unit files, it does not store geo lookup data. Again, why does systemd need to store user age?
It can store your location data (i.e City/Address), because this service is specifically a user database. The systemd init isn’t storing your age anytime son.
Why would a glorified scheduling service need to store my birthday? Or age. Am I soon supposed to show/store my ID to all services running on my computer?
An equally valid question is why does a glorified scheduling service want to act as my UEFI boot manager?
The systemd service in question is probably already managing your accounts (if you’ve got systemd, that is)
It may be so, but it doesn’t know my birthday nor my ID 🤷
And it won’t unless something else tells it
Trojan horse, so to speak.
Preemtive capitulation is a loss for everyone but the fascists.
Good way to lose your market share overnight
There are a lot of Linux distros. Capitulation to age verification is a good way to know that a distro is compromised generally. Now I need to figure out how not to use systemd.
If you have some Linux experience, you could try something like void linux , alpine or gentoo. Sadly, systemd is entrenched so deeply on most distros that removing it would be painful.
There is also devuan (debian without systemd) but I can’t recommend it.
