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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/65555474

Fork time? Maybe all the anti-systemd zealots were right all along...

Edit: To address whether it is likely that this change will affect users: Gnome is planning a stronger dependence on userdb, the part of systemd where this change is being implemented. https://blogs.gnome.org/adrianvovk/2025/06/10/gnome-systemd-dependencies/

Final edit: The PR has been merged into main.

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[–] FishFace@piefed.social 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Age verification is fucking scaremongering for this.

It literally adds a field to record user ages. It doesn't verify anything.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] FishFace@piefed.social -3 points 23 hours ago

Right. And when KDE (and whatever environments going back to time immemorial) added real name fields, that was a slippery fucking slope towards the Gestapo checking your papers every time you log in, was it?

Why can't the conspiracy folks stick to funny stuff like flat earth?