The lasting damage was knowing it could happen at all: that a single contributor with no stated organizational backing could submit compliance infrastructure for surveillance law directly into the software that boots your computer, get it merged by two Microsoft employees, and have the creator of systemd personally block the removal.
Dylan, useful idiot with commit access, pushed age verification PRs to systemd, Ubuntu & Arch, got 2 Microslop employees to merge it, called it 'hilariously pointless' in the PR itself, then watched Lennart personally block the revert.
σεντόνια γράφτηκαν στα φόρουμ arch & eos, συνοπτικά, πριν λίγες μέρες με την κυκλοφορία του Titan από τον Ολλανδό dev leader του eos, endeavouros.com/news/whats-new…
(systemd & με την ταυτότητα στο στόμα!) 😂 Γελοιότητες, αλλά ας δούμε τι θα κάνει και η Canonical/Ubuntu το '27.
@huskerdu νοοτροπία ωραία ... Μπράβο. Συνεχίστε. Μπάσταρδα. Άκου ηλικία στο λειτουργικό. Που δεν έχει κανένα νόημα εν τω μεταξύ, απλώς καλλιεργεί νοοτροπία ελέγχου και μόνο.
@Fou Wrong! use a 2nd persona on linux and keep your personal life outside. Besides systemd is an important component to bolster your OS on most of them around , SELINUX is made by NSA so if you think that this one article makes us vulnerable while we were all the time on all OS believe me since decades. RHEL red hat thing, guess. All distro's and your iMac and your Win pc all. a pi is only untouched so far I know. TOR or onion routing was invented by US Marines then open sourced. all things you use are under eye, google is group 8080 of Israel etc etc.
@zer0unplanned I hate these practices, so if they implement age-verification, instead of searching for a workaround i will abandon #Linuxmint and start using a distro without SystemD and age-verification
@Fou They dont or I never heard of it about age verification on my Fedora which is SELinux and systemd together, that guy may have tried as I did not bothered to read this bs but it is quite not possible but your kernel they have eye on it on all existent OS but Pi as I said.
@Fou There is no age verification on fedora! now I read from 1 january 2027 > ok but Major distributions like Ubuntu, Fedora, and Pop!_OS are planning implementations using self-attestation during setup So just put any age. "Linux is actively implementing age verification features in response to laws like California's AB 1043, effective January 1, 2027." yes but then use a non USA Distro and be in EU.
@Fou It is quit impossible to achieve this on Linux Distro's , I know anon distro's as Kodachi well let them try and how in fact? presenting an id card? ok I don't update nor upgrade before that.
@Fou Linux is actively implementing age verification features in response to laws like California's AB 1043, effective January 1, 2027. orporate-Backed Distributions (Exploring Compliance)
Ubuntu / Canonical: Reviewing internally; no concrete plans yet.
Fedora / Red Hat: Exploring a local /etc/ file and D-Bus API with self-attestation, no telemetry.
Pop!_OS / System76: Opposes mandates; actively lobbying for open-source exemption.
Community & Independent Distributions (Resisting or Refusing)
Debian: Discussing on mailing lists; no official position.
Arch Linux: No response; no infrastructure for compliance.
Artix Linux: Firmly refused: "We'll NEVER require any verification."
NixOS: No response; declarative model complicates enforcement.
Void, Alpine, Devuan: Not using systemd; may need alternative data sources.
Projects Taking Action
MidnightBSD: Excluding users from California and Brazil.
Arch Linux 32: Blocked access from California and Brazil.
Ageless Linux: Actively refusing compliance; building tools to remove age verification.
Omarchy, Adenix: Declared refusal to implement.
The systemd birthDate field (merged March 18, 2026) affects all systemd-based distros, forming a data layer for potential compliance.
Non-systemd distros (e.g., Artix, Void) avoid this by design.
Linux distributions AB 1043 age verification compliance status Corporate-Backed Distributions (Exploring Compliance) Community & Independent Distributions (Resisting or Refusing) Projects Taking Action
Fedora, including Silverblue, is actively discussing compliance with California’s AB 1043.
As of March 2026:
The project is exploring a local, self-attested age bracket system using a file in /etc/ and a D-Bus API.
No enforcement or telemetry is planned; it would be a privacy-preserving, opt-in mechanism.
The goal is to allow apps to query age brackets (e.g., under 13) without exposing exact dates.
No final decision has been made, but upstream systemd now supports birthDate, which Silverblue may use.
Fedora Silverblue 43 age verification AB 1043 Linux Mint
Linux Mint is involved in community discussions about AB 1043 but has not announced any implementation plans.
As a community-driven, non-corporate distro, it faces challenges similar to Debian and Arch: no legal team, no revenue, and no centralized account system.
Mint may resist compliance unless exemptions for open-source projects are introduced.
Some speculate it could follow MidnightBSD’s path and block California access rather than implement verification.
Linux Mint AB 1043 compliance status Fedora Silverblue 43 Linux Mint
αν ψάχνεις για ελληνικούς δεν ξέρω πώς είναι η φάση, για αγγλικούς υπάρχει ένα σκριπτάκι στο ναυτίλο, δεξί κλικ και τους βρίσκει απ'το opensubtitles σχεδόν παντα. Άσε που πλέον είναι συχνά ήδη στα τόρρεντ γιατί τα κατεβάζουν πακέτο από τις πλατφόρμες με 20 υπότιτλους μέσα στο mkv ενσωματωμένους.
Δεν το κάνω endorse, απλά λέω, από εμπειρίες φίλων 😉
@Fou I did not bothered bout using DeepL for your Greek friends's posts but I saw BSD , yes open BSD is a solution if you care about giving your age I think many did not read well what I pasted there> 3 distro's don't use systemd at all and the rest resist it or make it optional and however you put the age you want and you go..
@Fou Let us say you are 12 year old and want to access the sites you just put like you are 18 and that is it as there is no verification method. Once we talk ID there we get to a whole other point and subject. In chaos there is opportunity but as well false prophecies and talks. No one should care about this issue.
Fou
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in reply to Fou • • •σεντόνια γράφτηκαν στα φόρουμ arch & eos, συνοπτικά, πριν λίγες μέρες με την κυκλοφορία του Titan από τον Ολλανδό dev leader του eos,
endeavouros.com/news/whats-new…
(systemd & με την ταυτότητα στο στόμα!)
😂
Γελοιότητες, αλλά ας δούμε τι θα κάνει και η Canonical/Ubuntu το '27.
What's New in EndeavourOS Titan Release? - EndeavourOS
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in reply to Fou • • •Plan-A
in reply to Fou • — (0.0.0.0) •Besides systemd is an important component to bolster your OS on most of them around , SELINUX is made by NSA so if you think that this one article makes us vulnerable while we were all the time on all OS believe me since decades.
RHEL red hat thing, guess. All distro's and your iMac and your Win pc all.
a pi is only untouched so far I know.
TOR or onion routing was invented by US Marines then open sourced. all things you use are under eye, google is group 8080 of Israel etc etc.
Fou
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in reply to Fou • — (0.0.0.0) •Major distributions like Ubuntu, Fedora, and Pop!_OS are planning implementations using self-attestation during setup
So just put any age.
"Linux is actively implementing age verification features in response to laws like California's AB 1043, effective January 1, 2027."
yes but then use a non USA Distro and be in EU.
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Fou
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in reply to Fou • •Plan-A
in reply to Fou • •@Fou
Linux is actively implementing age verification features in response to laws like California's AB 1043, effective January 1, 2027.
orporate-Backed Distributions (Exploring Compliance)
Ubuntu / Canonical: Reviewing internally; no concrete plans yet.
Fedora / Red Hat: Exploring a local /etc/ file and D-Bus API with self-attestation, no telemetry.
Pop!_OS / System76: Opposes mandates; actively lobbying for open-source exemption.
Elementary OS: Publicly considering implementation.
Community & Independent Distributions (Resisting or Refusing)
Debian: Discussing on mailing lists; no official position.
Arch Linux: No response; no infrastructure for compliance.
Artix Linux: Firmly refused: "We'll NEVER require any verification."
NixOS: No response; declarative model complicates enforcement.
Void, Alpine, Devuan: Not using systemd; may need alternative data sources.
Projects Taking Action
MidnightBSD: Excluding users from California and Brazil.
Arch Linux 32: Blocked access from California and Brazil.
Ageless Linux: Actively refusing compliance; building tools to remove age verification.
Omarchy, Adenix: Declared refusal to implement.
The systemd birthDate field (merged March 18, 2026) affects all systemd-based distros, forming a data layer for potential compliance.
Non-systemd distros (e.g., Artix, Void) avoid this by design.
Linux distributions AB 1043 age verification compliance status
Corporate-Backed Distributions (Exploring Compliance)
Community & Independent Distributions (Resisting or Refusing)
Projects Taking Action
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in reply to Fou • •@Fou Fedora Silverblue 43
Fedora, including Silverblue, is actively discussing compliance with California’s AB 1043.
As of March 2026:
The project is exploring a local, self-attested age bracket system using a file in /etc/ and a D-Bus API.
No enforcement or telemetry is planned; it would be a privacy-preserving, opt-in mechanism.
The goal is to allow apps to query age brackets (e.g., under 13) without exposing exact dates.
No final decision has been made, but upstream systemd now supports birthDate, which Silverblue may use.
Fedora Silverblue 43 age verification AB 1043
Linux Mint
Linux Mint is involved in community discussions about AB 1043 but has not announced any implementation plans.
As a community-driven, non-corporate distro, it faces challenges similar to Debian and Arch: no legal team, no revenue, and no centralized account system.
Mint may resist compliance unless exemptions for open-source projects are introduced.
Some speculate it could follow MidnightBSD’s path and block California access rather than implement verification.
Linux Mint AB 1043 compliance status
Fedora Silverblue 43
Linux Mint
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qwazix
in reply to Fou • • •άμα είναι να μπεις στον κόπο, καλύτερα κανένα bsd. Το linux έχει corporatoποιηθεί πλήρως.
Το σκέφτομαι κι εγώ σιγά σιγά.
Fou
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in reply to qwazix • • •qwazix
in reply to Fou • • •αν ψάχνεις για ελληνικούς δεν ξέρω πώς είναι η φάση, για αγγλικούς υπάρχει ένα σκριπτάκι στο ναυτίλο, δεξί κλικ και τους βρίσκει απ'το opensubtitles σχεδόν παντα. Άσε που πλέον είναι συχνά ήδη στα τόρρεντ γιατί τα κατεβάζουν πακέτο από τις πλατφόρμες με 20 υπότιτλους μέσα στο mkv ενσωματωμένους.
Δεν το κάνω endorse, απλά λέω, από εμπειρίες φίλων 😉
Fou
in reply to qwazix • • •Plan-A
in reply to Fou • — (0.0.0.0) •@Fou I did not bothered bout using DeepL for your Greek friends's posts but I saw BSD , yes open BSD is a solution if you care about giving your age I think many did not read well what I pasted there> 3 distro's don't use systemd at all and the rest resist it or make it optional and however you put the age you want and you go..
THERE IS NO VERIFICATION
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Plan-A
in reply to Fou • — (0.0.0.0) •Once we talk ID there we get to a whole other point and subject.
In chaos there is opportunity but as well false prophecies and talks. No one should care about this issue.
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