Time to boycott systemd. We’re not doing this slippery slope game. This red flag is the last straw!
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What’s your distro of choice? Nearly every one has a systemd-less fork.
1970/01/01
people get so upset but I Im fine with anyone knowing my birthdate. Its 12/03/04 im proud to be um millenial? Z? what one was that year?
Seriously, no one would just lie to their own operating system. Just the good honest truth that I was born on 1/1/1900 for my OS!
its like my microwave going back to november 11th 2011 every time there is a power outage. can’t wait to use it but 18+11 is 29. so just a few more years as thats the gold standard of lazy.
The stupid thought I keep having is what stops someone from patching the functionality out?
Nobody has to patch it out. The OS just doesn’t have to use them.
As long as the OS doesn’t implement age verification, that field in systemd means nothing. Some OS will have to do that - especially commercial distros based in murica. So the change within systemd is largely inconsequential, but people are freaking out about it - most likely because they don’t understand systemd and what it does.
If it means nothing, then why adding it?
Because some OS vendors based in the US might have to comply with the law, if you like it or not. System76 or RedHat will not have a choice unless the laws will get repelled.
Or people realise it’s the thin edge of the wedge.
Look how much governments abuse data retention for law enforcement when the reason for storing the data is not for law enforcement.
If the functionality is already in the system then what is stopping more governments requiring it or expanding it.
If the functionality is already in the system then what is stopping more governments requiring it or expanding it.
Because having direct access to your system is something that would be incompatible with the constitution of most civilized countries and would therefore require massive legislative change. If a government is planning to do that, an additional field in systemd won’t be the change that tips the scales.
Then I guess applications will just ask you to put your date like steam does instead of pulling the number you inputed from the system. Makes me wonder how many people were born on 1/1/1900 according to steam
I’m here wondering if it will be a good time to switch over to Devuan
Yes. But don’t do as I do and try to patch an existing Debian 13.3 to Devuan on a Friday the 13th by following the instructions on the Devuan site. It didn’t pan out and eventually required a reinstall after I tried to fix it all weekend.
I’m here wondering if it will be a good time to switch over to Devuan
LOL. Do you really think that because that thing is supported for commercial distros like RHEL, it would have any impact on the Debians etc. of the world?
Boo
