Joe Maloney

Artix Linux joins the ranks of Linux distributions refusing to comply with Age Verification laws. A developer for the systemd-free distro, based on Arch, stated simply: “We'll NEVER require any verification or identification from the user.” #msg55607" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">forum.artixlinux.org/index.php/topi…

Will FreeDOS implement Age Verification to comply with new laws? Short answer: No. And FreeDOS may be forced to restrict access in areas with such laws. I reached out to Jim Hall, the founder of FreeDOS (the popular, GPL licensed MS-DOS compatible system), to ask what he thought. After discussing it, their team decided that, while laws like California AB-1043 are written in such a way that they apply to all Operating Systems, including FreeDOS… “The consensus is there's no way for DOS (any DOS) to meet [California law] AB-1043 because no DOS has the mechanisms to do that. I know some Linux distributions are discussing the option of putting a notice on their website  to the effect of "if you live in California, you should not use this because of AB-1043." That sucks, but that's also a path we've talked about too, mainly because we don't have a Foundation to cover us, we're just a group of volunteer developers.”

Speaking as PHA Linux's lead maintainer... PHA Linux will NEVER implement Age Verification. In fact, I will personally rip out any of it that shows in my upstream sources, making for a fork of the code. - It's insane to insist on an Embedded Systems OS/Distribution to do, "age verification". - It's a violation of the First Amendment for a US Interest of ANY kind to insist that a project of this nature to make me do this or be fined. - It's a violation of the Fourth Amendment to any users of my OS to insist on this. - It's a violation of the Fifth Amendment's Due Process clause and the Fourteenth Amendment to fine me for something that is a law across State Lines. - I am not a citizen of Brazil. I do not exist in any manner in their country. They can't legally take the position they have on this matter against me. I will not block, at this time, use within Brazil, California, Colorado, or any other State or nation stupid enough to implement this stuff. It is counter to the spirit and intent of FOSS to restrict this way. I will, however, as needed revise this to the extent the licensing will allow me to do this.

people just should *never* use any #systemd-based distro

yet another coffin nail for #systemd and distros based on it. people should use #nonsystemd distro, eg. #Devuan, #Artix, #GhostBSD, etc.

@BrodieOnLinux It certainly does not make much sense.

Tell me again how Debian is not falling apart by the day and they seriously need to rethink how difficult it is to actually participate in the project. Debian is a foundational distro that millions of systems rely on, there is no reason they should be this fucked.

Debian's latest project leader election is starting off strong, they literally have 1 candidate. People have stepped up to possibly create a real election but the nomination period is over

@BrodieOnLinux @kfucne I personally steer clear of derivatives now that are corporate backed. It's one of the reason I've stuck with arch, debian especially after the CentOS debacle. But now artix, devuan are appealing to me more lately for reasons. Although I like Valve.

@kfucne I don't understand how there isn't massive corporate backing of Debian

@vermaden I just remember my first impressions of Linux were this is a nice idea, but it seems like unusable slop I'll just use Windows 2000. Then I tried FreeBSD, read the handbook and I was like wow this is really usable, coherent and it feels like production quality.

- First you fear Linux - Then you install Linux - Then Linux pissed you off - Then You install FreeBSD

@BrodieOnLinux @probonopd @XLibreDev @SonicDesktop For anyone interested in discussing this topic further see #tuxlibre on Libera IRC

@BrodieOnLinux @probonopd I think we should align with @XLibreDev @SonicDesktop and as many as we can to make a better foundation for our preservation of working solutions and finished software.

If you want to go and remove Wayland support from an DE, it's your project, do what you want with it, but do keep in mind that by doing so you're never going to see widespread adoption on Linux. If you want to change the direction from Wayland, going back to X11 is not it.

@vermaden Agreed. The interplay titles were much better. Every new game Bethesda releases is more bland and boring than the last.

Would like to see Fallout 1 and Fallout 2 remastered instead.

@verbose5432 @BrodieOnLinux I do know a few people in real life like this, but at least most of the friends I have are not like this. So it's not "all Americans". Most of my tech friends do not even read these threads. I stayed off social media for almost 20 years myself.

@malco2001 @BrodieOnLinux true it's not an exclusively american thing but it's extremely blatantly prevalent in the us moreso than other places as far as I can see then again slavs if anything are pretty good at knowing propaganda when we see it even if we do nothing about it

There are some people in my comments about OS age verification and attestation video saying: I hate all those republicans pushing these laws Next to another comment saying: I hate all those democrats pushing these laws Consider for a second that it's not a partisan issue.

For the last few months I have stopped using AI completely. It has felt good to develop again without it. But now I’m thinking to spin it up again long enough to build “TuxLibre” to host my own models and things to develop Gershwin faster.

@ishowcybersec My distro. That exists as a concept in my head. Rust disabled. Built with clang. Open sound system. ZSH by default.

What's your favourite distro ??

@GaryHTech @YouTube I don’t know if I will commit but after I watching this it makes me want to automate a Linux from scratch ISO, with rust disabled in kernel built with clang and my own preferences to mess with local AI. I could call it “TuxLibre”.

Running AI on FreeBSD (The CUDA Problem) youtu.be/SXevnsbSAAk?si… via @YouTube

@BrodieOnLinux If you just google Canadian politics sometime you will find it’s a lot of the same issues where both parties slander each other to applause like Jerry Springer.

@BrodieOnLinux I think the “Americans” part is unfair because the breakdown of society is also happening other places. True however people don’t realize heritage foundation and meta may have also played a part in this.