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New US Congress bill proposal requires all operating system providers to verify ages (www.gamingonlinux.com)
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[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 26 points 3 days ago (2 children)

uh...wat? Like...are we going to start having illegal linux distros?

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 19 points 3 days ago

And I am fucking here for it.

[–] XLE@piefed.social 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I believe Ageless Linux is a meme distro to do exactly that.

[–] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yes, except it isn't a meme distro.

[–] XLE@piefed.social 4 points 3 days ago

I respect what the guys who made it are doing, but if you read the description, it's pretty clear they just made Debian + a script and called it something else.

Maybe "meme distro" isn't accurate, it's meant to be intentionally inflammatory.

Just read their homepage

If you flash Ageless Linux onto a USB drive and hand it to a ten-year-old, you are an operating system provider distributing an operating system to a child.

Or this

Instead of an API, flagrant mode installs a file at /etc/ageless/REFUSAL that explains, in plain English, that this operating system provider declines to comply and invites enforcement action.

Flagrant mode is intended for devices that will be physically placed into a child's hands.

Or this

John McCardle... I am the covered application store. I am the person who curates the catalog. I am the person who will hand the device to a child. If the California Attorney General would like to discuss any of this, I am easy to find.