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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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I Spoke To The Developer Of The Systemd Birth Date PR - YouTube (www.youtube.com)

submitted 3 days ago by Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Some of you need to watch this video, and hang your head in shame.

Dylan Taylor has been receiving constant harassment, including threats to his life and safety, for actions done collectively by SystemD. The article by Sam Bent was explictly mentioned as part of the harassment campaign, and rightfully so.

I don't think enough people realize that this is catastrophically bad. It'll discourage people from becoming open source developers, it'll discourage people from using Linux, and it'll discourage legislators from taking the Linux community seriously.

If you ever wished ill upon another human being for complying with a relatively inconsequential law, you are better off never touching a computer again. The Linux community has collectively gone so far beyond what is acceptable here.

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[–] Kuma@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Can someone explain why it isn't just a boolean that say is adult or something like that? Maybe I misunderstood but it seems like the new California law would approve that.

But I would rather the parents to use parent control.

[–] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

If the system stores the actual age, that means they could automatically change said boolean.

Also the California law requires users be divided into one of four age brackets. Not just adult/not-adult.

And besides it's just common sense that systemD have an age field. They already have a name field.