Ubuntu Linux is planning to comply with Age Verification law.

[janpio@hachyderm.io]

@nixCraft Are they planning that, did they really announce that? Or did a discussion about this topic happen on a mailing list?

[gentlemantech@cyberplace.social]

@nixCraft utterly pointless because anyone can lie about their age.

But then I guess that’s the point. First they make us lie about it. Then they say “too many people are lying about their age so we have to do ID checks” and then it’s “we need to tie the ID check to everything you do online”

Meanwhile the actual crooks have run rings round the whole system and stolen someone else’s identity.

Result: everyone is less safe but “something was done about the kids looking at pron”

[rhew@gulp.cafe]

@nixCraft
Seriously? Not even gonna try and push back...
Fine, roll belly up Ubuntu

[m@martinh.net]

@mms @nixCraft UEFI age verification game has entered the chat

Play Games In UEFI…to Access Your Computer

These days, bootstrapping a computer is a pretty straight forward process, at least as far as the user is concerned. But in the olden days, one would have to manually flick switches entering binary…

Hackaday (hackaday.com)

[lexinova@cyberplace.social]

@nixCraft cool will remove that crap of my remaining server

[ferricoxide@blahaj.zone]

@thejessiekirk@ohai.social @nixCraft@mastodon.social

Ultimately, "swap OS" (to escape it) will mean one of "roll your own distro", use a really obscure distro or run an out-of-date distro.

[thejessiekirk@ohai.social]

@ferricoxide I shall keep fighting and I shall do what I must for as long as I can, rather than give up/obey in advance like you seem to want me to do. This is wrong. @nixCraft

[derpderpington@fosstodon.org]

@Sassinake @nixCraft Seeing as if they don't they face $7500 per violation, their hands are tied at this point. People are blaming the developers when they cannot do anything about it. These walking dinosaurs need to be removed from power and replaced with people who actually understand technology and why this is a terrible idea.

[derpderpington@fosstodon.org]

@ingonymous @nixCraft Not anymore, more and more kids are moving to Linux now. My nephew is 10, seen my distro and said he wants that. Will be installing it for him next week lol.

[ferricoxide@blahaj.zone]

@thejessiekirk@ohai.social @nixCraft@mastodon.social

Much like the evil corporations you think you're fighting, I don't give a fuck what you do. I'm just pointing out that the amount of work you'll need to put in to try to avoid it is likely going to mean that you're going to spend more time maintaining than using …and, that when you do use, you're likely to be cut off from a lot of things at any rate.

You do you. If that's tilting at windmills, be my guest.

[ciela@mastodon.ie]

@nixCraft @lashman fuck Ubuntu

[lashman@mastodon.social]

@Ciela @nixCraft yes

[derpderpington@fosstodon.org]

@petealexharris @Sassinake @nixCraft If they want to continue to be allowed in the US and soon the EU, they absolutely will.

[catraxx@tech.lgbt]

@nixCraft No, they are discussing it. There is no clear plan yet at all.

[jik@federate.social]

@nixCraft as noted in https://masto.bike/@stephavelo/116171037808417595 , the statement in your post is not accurate. Please update your post to correct the misinformation or take it down.

[fsinn@mas.to]

@jik Thanks, Jonathan.

@nixCraft

[sassinake@mastodon.social]

@noahm @nixCraft

fuck.

how close are we to mandatory brain chips now.

[sassinake@mastodon.social]

@DerpDerpington @nixCraft

Privacy is a fucking HUMAN RIGHT, and includes anonymity.

[thibaultmol@en.osm.town]

@nixCraft oh, I thought this was a joke...

[noahm@chaos.social]

@nixCraft So many people in this thread picking on Ubuntu for this, but it’s certainly not limited to them, or even just to commercial distros. Here’s the #Debian discussion on the matter. https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2026/03/msg00016.html

Yes, this requirement is bullshit. No, pretending it doesn’t exist is not a viable response.