Because media propaganda makes it seem as if the majority have certain views. People don't like to be on the outside so if the media can trick people into conforming then they will try that.

I already got BSD on a spare laptop. Granted it was freeBSD and I think I might switch to OpenBSD since the latter's foundation is Canadian and not US based.

But yeah if they go through with this I will be uninstalling it off my gaming machine and switching to Arch 100%. I really appreciated that line about it "not being April fools" when it was introduced in their github thread.

If youre not picky and want to use the default setups, arch install is so easy now. The script is very easy to follow and takes like 10 mins to install depending on your network speed. The only "hard" part during the install is connect to the internet. But iwctl takes care of that

It's a lot easier to use than one would guessed it at first. Much easier, than wrestling with getting the right cmake/gcc versions every time on Debian the moment you don't want to use not a 2+ years old version of something.

I didn't see it until you pointed it out. Imo looks unintentional, just an unfortunate result of the circuit traces being arranged as they are.

Yeahhhh

We use Debian and ripped out systemd (replaced it with openrc) a bit before all this happened. Feeling really good about that choice now.

(unrelated: plural gang! :3)

-- Frost

That's not enough. Just like with systemd, you will be made to care about what the corporatist Microsoft-garglers at Red Hat do, whether you use it or not.

I would wait and be very vocal about not wanting it in the forums and stuff first.

This isn't decided and nothing has been added yet at the time of me writing this.

It deserves to be ridiculed and shot down through so that it never makes it through but the problem is Red Hat is an American company.

So I always knew this was going to happen to fedora. Still though, let's see what happens.

At least with my Core i7-4702MQ, it worked without much of a hassle on Manjaro.

Accounts already require your “full name” but we don’t consider that “full name verification”.

They don't require anything. You can leave that empty or just put John Doe. All that is required for an account on a Linux system is a username and a password.

Ah yes, the beginning of history.

The antix linux call gets stronger and stronger for me everyday. I have it on a 23 year old laptop and it runs quite well, although it isn't as clean as a using a full DE. While I do like running an enterprise grade OS, I'm happy to ditch any weak-willed organization that won't stand up for itself or it's users and become a radical antifascist communist cypherpunk hippie anarchist (on the outside).

Sure I can chime in here.

You did actually read the post correct? Not just the title? The original poster, Jef, is talking about implementing a Unix socket or a dbus protocol similar to what apple already has. They are literally just referencing their definition for a struct.

So no this will not be ID verification, it won't ask for face scans, and it won't necessarily send the data anywhere.

The article is just using the big A word as some boogeyman to generate clicks and further rile up the community.

The systemd change is benign and this is not proof of your slippery slope theory.

Edit: I swear literacy rates in the linux community must be dropping.

MX Linux (Debian based) has a KDE version, and lets you choose a non-systemd init during the install.

I’m honestly okay with leaving KDE. Cosmic is surprisingly good.

https://itsfoss.com/systemd-free-distros/

I've been going down there same rabbit hole. Right now, I'm trying to learn Slackware. Happy for other suggestions though

What problem does this even solve? On Linux, what app would even be asking how old you are? Web browsers for sure, and maybe electron apps like Discord? But what else is there?

I'm on Bazzite (based on Fedora). I'm comfy

well, the app catalog, steam, certain games, ...

tbh parental controls would be useful to have. you can't be watching every minute if they are doing something inappropriate. usage time limits are also useful.

why are people so much against tools? we are so afraid of the slippery slope that we don't even consider to accept legitimately useful optional tools

can we acknowledge that what happens on the internet today is harmful to children? now, you either properly set up limits for them, or cut their access, if you want any good.

Please don't mix Bill&Ted with that asshole

the whole point of age verification is control of adults. Kids are always just excuse, people who spout "think of the children!!" style rethoric always couldnt care less about kids. Those who do dont yell about it and actually do stuff to help kids, so its easy to tell them apart.

I know this is tongue in cheek but kids should be able to use the internet. It's important that kids become digitally literate and the wonders of the internet are great.

It's so obvious that social media has made the world an objectively worse place and this is just another extension of that. Social media companies should face consequences when they harm children, full stop. Personally, I'd be fine with banning social media outright but I understand some may have free speech concerns. However, I don't see how the interests of corporate capital and the attention economy can be squared inside this circle. Corpos will always want to maximize screen-time and they don't give a hot fuck who's brain they melt. Unfortuantely we live in a world where even the president of the US is a demented pedophile rapist so I don't have much hope for people like Zuck seeing the consequences of his actions.

Social media is a societal disease and until we actually deal with the root of the problem, which honestly doesn't have anything to do with kids at all and really boils down to capitalist incentives and their relation to the attention economy, we will continue to see harms inflicted upon the digital citizens of the world.

I've never verified my age for any operating system or website. I use YouTube logged out with an ad blocker