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System76 tries to talk Colorado down over OS age checks (www.theregister.com)
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[–] mghackerlady@leminal.space 2 points 4 hours ago

Or that an operating system is a broad definition with some "operating systems" not being able to do anything on their own (strictly speaking, Linux is an operating system in the technical sense. it provides calls, interfaces with hardware, and manages memory. Without a userland like GNUs, however, it can't actually ask for an age. Are we suggesting that Linux should prompt for age at compile time? )