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stravanasu ( pglpm@lemmy.ca )  to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 6 months ago

Ageless Linux Emerges to Protest OS-Level Age Verification Laws

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stravanasu ( pglpm@lemmy.ca )  to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 6 months ago
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And thankfully, it's more than just a Linux distro without age verification.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.zip/c/privacy/p/1261651/ageless-linux-emerges-to-protest-os-level-age-verification-laws

And thankfully, it’s more than just a Linux distro without age verification.

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  • magikmw ( magikmw@piefed.social ) 
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    I mean, it will work out the same as browser DRM. It just wont work and wont allow you to connect. I for one can’t wait to not be able to access facebook on os level.

    • stravanasu ( pglpm@lemmy.ca ) OP
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      🤝

    • u/CaperGrrl79 ( CaperGrrl79@lemmy.ca ) 
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      Ah, but what else won’t you be able to access?

  • j_elgato ( j_elgato@leminal.space ) 
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    “Ageless Linux Emerges” sounds all cosmic-horror for some reason?

    …In the house of R’lyeh, Dead Tux lies dreaming

    • Maki ( randamumaki@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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      I would honestly love to see a non-Euclidean desktop.

    • stravanasu ( pglpm@lemmy.ca ) OP
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      😂 That’s true! Cthulhu rules! 🐙

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      @randamumaki@lemmy.blahaj.zone @barbarian@sh.itjust.works @j_elgato@leminal.space

      Damn, thank you. Reminded it’s time to re-read!

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    Meanwhile the enlightened will protest it by… Not filling in the age field accurately.

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      ^creating a script to periodically change it to a random number between 25 and 120.

      We have to fuck with the jackasses using it for fingerprinting too.

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    Had installed it yesterday, but then later Ubuntu told me that ageless Linux has crashed. Anyone with the same issue?

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