Ageless Linux.

[jwz@mastodon.social]

Ageless Linux.

The Ageless Device: A physical computing device designed to satisfy every element of the California Digital Age Assurance Act's regulatory scope while deliberately refusing to comply with its requirements. The device costs less than...
https://jwz.org/b/yk43

[nblr@chaos.social]

@jwz I see… "one laptop per child".

[ben@mast.bcoop.dev]

@nblr @jwz The point is civil disobedience, not to provide utility to children.

[jwz@mastodon.social]

@ben @nblr Why not both

[ben@mast.bcoop.dev]

@jwz @nblr That's true. If this initiative also happens to get some kids interested in coding/FOSS, all the better.

[marinheiro@ciberlandia.pt]

@jwz AntiX is another choice for an aggressively non-systemd Linux.
For years I have given random birthdates to sites that demand to know; I wonder if that will come back to bite me now? "Your known birthdate does not match the date on your citizen's card; please correct your citizen's card"

[humbird0@mstdn.party]

@jwz
So does that mean a Commodore 64 is somehow illegal now?

[simonzerafa@infosec.exchange]

@jwz

Handing a Commodore 64 or a BBC Micro to a child would be illegal under this ridiculous California Legislation, it seems.

I learned to program on a BBC Micro (6502 assembler) and my age at the time was never an issue. It was an exam requirement to create software for it! ‍️