When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty!
this post was submitted on 23 Apr 2026
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Hell, if only they made Linux open source so that we could change anything we didn't like about the age verification stuff.
And be denied access to services
If a service requires it they are not worth using.
Yes, freedom requires giving up some things.
Dude can you all stop with this nonsense, all servers are run on linux, they will never be illegal!
The laws generally apply to devices that connect to the internet and run an OS, excluding simple appliances or legacy offline systems. Smartphones and Tablets: (iOS, Android) Personal Computers: (Windows, macOS, ChromeOS, Linux distributions with GUIs that connect to the internet)
Means just use Linux without GUI and you have a bypass smh ππππ
Not for the servers running software for our billionaire overlords. But for you and me?
Fuck 'em.
If I can touch it, I can own it.
Do it. Make the outernet. I'm sure you'll do a much better job of controlling it then
is this hyperbole or is that actually a thing?
Is a bit hyperbole at the moment, where the concrete lawd are basically "os asks user for age on honor system and relays that to websites". Linux distros can add that without much real controversy.
Proven is some are seeking laws that require the os to actually verify age, which in practice means locking things behind something like a Google account and having an online account vendor process your real identity and really validate your age. Under such a regime, Linux desktop as it exists today becomes infeasible. Also Microsoft can say they absolutely cannot allow local accounts anymore by law and force Microsoft accounts...
Tl;Dr: is that age verification laws are being pushed heavily, and Linux users are strongly against that sorta stuff. Most developers openly say they won't comply, thus their software is in violation.
Sir, this is a meme community
nowdays you never know
When Linux becomes illegal, only outlaws will run Linux.
The only way to stop a bad guy with Linux is with a good guy with Linux
I am curious how they will ask for ID for each IOT devices ? Does a ring 0 micro linux need an ID before loading th OS ?
When Linux becomes illegal the internet ceases to exist. Show me 1 Windows or Mac powered network switch, router, edge firewall you've ever known. I'll wait
Aren't they mostly based on some sort of BSD (at least the smaller ones)? Would probably still not be legal in that scenario but I gotta be pedanticβ¦
oh they'll put a clause that allows for that, but only if it's made in America and has a locked down bootloader...
Just realized that would mean FLOCK dies. -several thousand downsides, but that- THAT would be an upside.
You assume Flock was ever legal in the first place
Laws are for the poor, they don't apply to the rich.
Also, Android and Chrome OS are Linux distros.
Come join my outlaw gang. We have pie.
Pi. Raspberry pi.
My raspberry pi is a wifi hotspot. Its SSID is CreamPi
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Sounds like we should cause a bit of mayhem prior to that point π
Finally torrenting linux ISOβs will no longer work as an euphemism for pirating.
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Just sounds like they want to force you to have operating systems that monitor you at every turn.
Palantir is hungry.
Explicitly yes. With a side bonus that their donors are enriched.
Governments can't even effectively tackle drugs, illegal weapons or CSAM. Gl making something as distributed as linux illegal.
More of a reason to use Linux. Fuck the tyrants.
I hear the latest efforts (mainly from the System76 guy) to counter bad bills about age verification/attestation have brought amendments to exempt open source operating systems, in at least one jurisdiction.
So the pedo-cabal's plan to protect our children (by doxing them), has a gaping hole in it.
Oh however will the pedo-cabal manage to protect our children now?
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At least in the US there's precedent that source code is protected speech, so we may see the year of the Gentoo desktop.
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Would be very funny if we manage to eliminate Linux OS distributions on the internet before we eliminate CSAM on the internet.
I'm not holding my breath on either.
The CSAM guys are the very ones attacking Linux.
"When I go to [do normal, totally uncontroversial thing]... and [nonsensical catastrophe that I made up in my head happens]."
There are a lot of bills that threaten privacy and could, if taken to a logical conclusion, result in the criminalizaion of open-source operating systems. This isn't as nonsensical as it was ten years ago. I think it's still very unlikely, but it's been moved into the realm of "reasonable possibility."
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