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.

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.

SystemD is only adding the possibility to store an age for the user, and the PR is being debated still

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.

"You wouldn't ask to put age verification on a Bible would you mister representative?"

Good way to lose your market share overnight

It's a bit hard for him to comply. Why, you ask? Well, for starter, he's dead.

FreeDOS' latest version is from 2025. Guess they would be required to comply. They don't even have user accounts...

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?

I'm getting to old for this age verification bullshit.

Those getting too old for this are the ones who are 14

Trojan horse, so to speak.

Preemtive capitulation is a loss for everyone but the fascists.

If those people actually read the bible, they would never let a child near it.

The systemd service in question is probably already managing your accounts (if you've got systemd, that is)

An equally valid question is why does a glorified scheduling service want to act as my UEFI boot manager?

I 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

It may be so, but it doesn't know my birthday nor my ID 🤷

If they actually read the Bible, they would never let a child near it go near a child.

ftfy

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?

Oh crap, why didn't you tell me this earlier?

Let me guess, you're 2147483647

If I ever find systemd-ageverificationd on my computer I'm nuking it

I don't think the bible cures pedophilia.

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.

And it won't unless something else tells it

The glowies got to him!

I'm still super impressed by homie doing this all on his own. Rest in power homie, wish you sought out professional help.

there is no way on hell, but there may be a way in heaven

Depends on the velocity of the bible.

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.

Now I'm imagining 9mm bibles flying... thank you for that image.

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

Well of course it doesn't, God does.