I just don’t see how this is remotely enforceable. It’s a decentralized and open source OS. It’s essentially a hydra, kill one and 10 more distros pop up.
7grims on
Illegal? Explain urself. But yeah fuck ai
JuanDeChuj on
What ? We banning tech now because it’s actually windowsslop free? Fuck that
Commercial-Cod38 on
A wonderful time to learn Linux I guess…
TrashyGames3 on
isn’t linux used in like 90% of servers around the world, and every single android phone? how tf do they think outlawing it is a reasonable decision
Brunci_1 on
What linux is going zo be illegal in the us?
Power_Stone on
There is no realistic way to actually kill Linux.
The server distros are the same as the Desktop distros with just different packages.
Banning Linux as a desktop would also be wild due to the fact that the majority of backend servers run Linux.
There will need to be a carve out for Server OS and even then a normal person could just download the server OS, install Gnome or some other lightweight desktop GUI and call it a day
zerger45 on
You can’t enforce what OS is on your system OP. They can puff their cheeks up all day long there is literally no way to enforce it.
Vaxtez on
Watch as Linux distros comply by technically asking for age data, but by having the data literally do nothing & go nowhere.
SummerParticular6355 on
Then can take my money, they can time my time. BUT THEY WILL NOT TAKE MY LINUX

RicoSour on
Vague posting smh
Lebowski304 on
Please tell me they are not actually trying to ban an operating system. Who is responsible for this?
allofdarknessin1 on
What does Meta have to do with the government trying to enforce age on different platforms? Meta wants your data and everyone knows that but the government is trying the “think of the children” approach.
DefinitionBig4671 on
How doe these twerps figure they can put this “age verification system” on a hard drive’s OS? Or a refrigerator? Or some alarm clocks? Doe they even realize how many things actually have a OS built into them?
why-would-i-do-this on
Sounds like BS, an absolute fuckload of back end shit is ran off Linux, government included
Ziodyne967 on
Wait what…? I just woke up. What did I miss z.z
_Xee on
Illegal where?
gamestar721 on
Am I like the only person in existence that doesn’t have AI and bloatware problems with Windows? I see everyone complaining about it and I have not once encountered this kind of shit with Windows.
mowntandoo on
I highly doubt this will actually happen. So much of the world runs on Linux that the moment congressional leaders (state and federal) stop receiving their paychecks (because, for example, their payroll system’s backend relies on Linux), this would get rolled back. That’s assuming it even reached a point where they tried (emphasis on tried) to enforce it. The companies bankrolling these leaders would be up in arms long before it got that far.
This is why laws shouldn’t be made by people who can’t figure out how to open a PDF or check their email.
eggpoowee on
Linux isn’t illegal,
Rage bait headline,
However, it probably will be outlawed if they refused to push out OS level surveillence software like Microsoft,
Let’s hope not, I’d planned to move on
universaljester on
And I’ll still use Linux, the gov’t can find a short pier
Delyzr on
Linux from scratch is always possible
react-dnb on
‘Merica land of the fee.
zeeblefritz on
TempleOS it is.
Legio_II_Augusta on
Leave it to California to remind everyone why it sucks
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Impossible
I just don’t see how this is remotely enforceable. It’s a decentralized and open source OS. It’s essentially a hydra, kill one and 10 more distros pop up.
Illegal? Explain urself. But yeah fuck ai
What ? We banning tech now because it’s actually windowsslop free? Fuck that
A wonderful time to learn Linux I guess…
isn’t linux used in like 90% of servers around the world, and every single android phone? how tf do they think outlawing it is a reasonable decision
What linux is going zo be illegal in the us?
There is no realistic way to actually kill Linux.
The server distros are the same as the Desktop distros with just different packages.
Banning Linux as a desktop would also be wild due to the fact that the majority of backend servers run Linux.
There will need to be a carve out for Server OS and even then a normal person could just download the server OS, install Gnome or some other lightweight desktop GUI and call it a day
You can’t enforce what OS is on your system OP. They can puff their cheeks up all day long there is literally no way to enforce it.
Watch as Linux distros comply by technically asking for age data, but by having the data literally do nothing & go nowhere.
Then can take my money, they can time my time. BUT THEY WILL NOT TAKE MY LINUX

Vague posting smh
Please tell me they are not actually trying to ban an operating system. Who is responsible for this?
What does Meta have to do with the government trying to enforce age on different platforms? Meta wants your data and everyone knows that but the government is trying the “think of the children” approach.
How doe these twerps figure they can put this “age verification system” on a hard drive’s OS? Or a refrigerator? Or some alarm clocks? Doe they even realize how many things actually have a OS built into them?
Sounds like BS, an absolute fuckload of back end shit is ran off Linux, government included
Wait what…? I just woke up. What did I miss z.z
Illegal where?
Am I like the only person in existence that doesn’t have AI and bloatware problems with Windows? I see everyone complaining about it and I have not once encountered this kind of shit with Windows.
I highly doubt this will actually happen. So much of the world runs on Linux that the moment congressional leaders (state and federal) stop receiving their paychecks (because, for example, their payroll system’s backend relies on Linux), this would get rolled back. That’s assuming it even reached a point where they tried (emphasis on tried) to enforce it. The companies bankrolling these leaders would be up in arms long before it got that far.
This is why laws shouldn’t be made by people who can’t figure out how to open a PDF or check their email.
Linux isn’t illegal,
Rage bait headline,
However, it probably will be outlawed if they refused to push out OS level surveillence software like Microsoft,
Let’s hope not, I’d planned to move on
And I’ll still use Linux, the gov’t can find a short pier
Linux from scratch is always possible
‘Merica land of the fee.
TempleOS it is.
Leave it to California to remind everyone why it sucks