I see a lot of Linux users being flippant about the age restriction laws requiring age verification at the operating system level.

"Ha ha, good luck enforcing that on every Linux distro out there!" they gleefully post. They should stop and think for a second. No one needs to "enforce" anything on Linux to get people to comply if they want full access to the internet.

Carl Richell at system76 put it most succinctly:

>"Should this method of age attestation become the standard, apps and websites will not assume liability when a signal is not provided and assume the lowest age bracket. Any Linux distribution that does not provide an age bracket signal will result in a nerfed internet for their users."<

https://blog.system76.com/post/system76-on-age-verification

#linux #ageVerification

I think the best case scenario we can hope for and may get on at least some linux distros, is a system setting that says, "Which age bracket do you want the OS to report?" and we can choose either "do not report age bracket" or one of the age brackets.

Unfortunately some of the proposed laws are considering forcing age verification through a third party like Persona, which collects a lot of invasive personal info. I think it's likely that will happen eventually, because the real reason behind these laws is tracking people, not "protecting children".

#linux #ageVerification

Episode 7 of Dark Blue Weekly released

https://darkblueraven.com/sites/news/dbw-e7.php

#darkblueweekly #darkblueproject #opensource #freesoftware #linux #linuxfromscratch #grapheneos #budgiedesktop #cinnamondesktop #linuxmint #libvirt

Incredibly few responses to this, none satisfactory

#Linux

https://eigenmagic.net/@arichtman/116187675997132091

I changed my root user shell from bash to fish.

What could possibly go wrong?

#Kubuntu #Linux #bash #history #fish

RE: https://mastodon.online/@jchyip/116176791660236896

This post explains the value of enforcing a one week pause between a new package is published and when most people can install it.

The practice follows the "safe by default" principle, allowing a smaller group of people a week to notice if the package contains an exploit before wide distribution.

Much like how beta releases have been used or other kinds of phased rollouts.

#Linux

It's #Kubernetes running a live website feed running inside of a backpack!

#Linux @siderolabs #Scale23x

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Kubernetes in a backpack

Beefy miracle lives - on #Bazzite!

#Linux #Scale23x #Fedora #cowsay

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Beefy miracle cowsay

OH: Flathub has had 21.6% year over year growth!

#scale23x #flatpak #Linux

In case you missed my earlier talk about my smart cabin in the woods, don't worry! You have another chance to hear me speak today at SCALE23x! At 6:15pm this evening (last slot of the day). I'll be in Ballroom H speaking about UI Lessons from Antique Computers!

Come learn how to perform multiplication and division with this vintage Monroe calculator!

https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23x/presentations/ui-lessons-antique-computers

#scale23x #foss #linux

Huston: Revisiting time

https://lwn.net/Articles/1061930/ #LWN #Linux #security

We're back in the expo hall again with the retro modem running #Fedora #Linux.

#retrocomputing #Scale23x @juggler1

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Terminal with crt emulation

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Fedora running inside a Hayes modem

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Retro modem on display

Good morning SCALE23x! After the keynote this morning I will be giving my talk: My Smart Cabin in the Woods about how I used Home Assistant to monitor and manage my cabin while I wasn't there. Come see me in room 105 at 11:15.

https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23x/presentations/my-smart-cabin-woods

#scale23x #HomeAssistant #linux #foss

Wine 11.4 released with DirectSound and MSXML improvements https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/wine-11-4-released-with-directsound-and-msxml-improvements/

#Wine #Linux #OpenSource #LinuxGaming

Confused why configuration files for things don't have like a top-level version or schema identifier. It seems like a no-brainer to allow evolution of the config API but even Docker compose had one and *removed* it.

What's the deal?

#Linux

Come to the #Fedora #Linux booth at #Scale23x to see a retro modem demo!

#retrocomputing #socallinuxexpo @juggler1

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Retro modem and laptop display of retro modem info

Heya folks! It's sync day, and that means it's time for the weekly Solus roundup! Read all about it on our forums: https://discuss.getsol.us/d/12510-week-10-2026

#FOSS #Linux #Solus #OpenSource

- Evan

Who else brought their portable computers with them to #scale23x ? If you want to find out what this has to do with Linux, come to my talk UI Lessons from Antique Computers on Saturday at 6:15pm at Ballroom H!

#calculators #vintage #linux

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A vintage Monroe mechanical calculator. It has a full keyboard and cranks on the side.

Yooooo, this is exciting. I've always written off #arm #chomebook as un-saveable since they can't be jailbroken with MrChomebox.

I just got like 50 of these Asus C100P arm chromebooks that are "expired". Digging around, it looks like #postmarketOS will run on this!

Still stuff to figure out but DAMN this is promising. Being able to save even ARM chromebooks is epic. Dammit I love #linux and #openSource

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Asus Chromebook booting up to Postmarket OS

One thing I don't like about Qalculate! is distance conversion.

Converting from imperial to metric gives a decimal result.

EG: 5.93 miles to km = 9.54340992 km

But converting from metric to imperial gives an overly complicated result.

EG: 9.53 km to miles = 5 mi + 1622 yd + 0.4041994751 ft

Is there is a way for it to return "5.921667 mi" instead?

#linux

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Screenshot of Qalculate!

👉 Dinit, the init system systemd should have been // Unixdigest

｢ Besides the fact that the real motivation behind systemd was "political" more than anything, systemd has evolved into a behemoth of a monster with it's tentacles so deeply entrenched into the Linux environment that only few software products haven't been affected by it ｣

https://unixdigest.com/articles/dinit-the-init-system-systemd-should-have-been.html

#dinit #systemd #unix #bsd #linux #opensource

Running #Forgejo is cool. 😎
Forgejo on an IBM #S390X CPU running #Linux is even cooler. 🪭
https://snapcraft.io/forgejo

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A screenshot of the server configuration screen from Forgejo. It shows we're running 14.0.2 of Forgejo on this system.

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A screenshot of a terminal showing neofetch from an IBM S390X CPU based system, running Ubuntu Linux. Also we're running 'snap run forgejo --version` to show the forgejo build running on this IBM machine.

[$] Fedora shares strategy updates and "weird research university" model

In early February, members of the Fedora Council met in Tirana, Albania to discuss and set the strategic direction for the Fedora Project. The council has published summaries from [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1060190/ #LWN #Linux #RedHat

OpenWrt 25.12.0 released

https://lwn.net/Articles/1061746/ #LWN #Linux

Security updates for Friday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1061738/ #LWN #Linux #security

Curious to hear from folks that manage small deployments of #Linux laptops in business settings. My small window perception tells me that #Fedora is often the go to for situations like this, but it's also the ecosystem I'm least familiar with. Curious to hear others opinions on this or if you are aware of resources that speak to this topic, I'd appreciate the pointer. Thanks!

I love the idea of using #Linux instead of Windows on our laptops, and it __might__ be possible for us to do that. I need to find some time to test some things out. I would love to limit any money given to Microsoft, but I fear that might be tricky with how integrated we can get with some large corporate clients that more or less require interfacing with Microsoft products.

Transport Fever 3 confirmed for Linux and macOS support https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/transport-fever-3-confirmed-for-linux-and-macos-support/

#TransportFever3 #TransportFever #Gaming #Linux #PCGaming

This week, you get the #Linux and #OpenSource News earlier, because I have yet another #Warhammer tournament to get to tomorrow!

In this one, we talk about the age verification law thing, KDE dropping X11 sooner than expected, and Graphene OS getting a new hardware partner!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9Y-t6AwAtI

Found that #NVIDIA released new #Beta Branch of their #drivers 595.45.04.

For #FreeBSD:
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/265311/

#Linux counterparts:
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/265309/

Note that this won't appear in #FreeBSD #ports, as it's "Beta".
"-devel" variants in ports are for whichever the newer of "New Feature Branch (NFB)" or "Production Branch (PB)" of drivers.

Investigating for future NFB or PB upgrades, FreeBSD native driver ports should work by overriding version as usual.
But Linux counterparts (installed by overriding version of x11/linux-nvidia-libs{-devel}) need some fixes.

Beware! This version does NOT work on pre-Turing generations of GPUs, just as 590 series.

The excellent fusion of Balatro and chess in Gambonanza releases May 1 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/the-excellent-fusion-of-balatro-and-chess-in-gambonanza-releases-may-1/

#Gambonanza #IndieGames #Linux #Demo #Gaming

Many more US states are planning or already have operating system age verification laws https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/many-more-us-states-are-planning-or-already-have-operating-system-age-verification-laws/

#Linux #Windows #AgeAssurance

That #Apple #MacBook #Neo looks interesting.
Is there a working #Linux distribution for it? Or do I need to wait?

Welcome to Luminance, and say hello to Lumina

#linux #aurora #universalblue

Our CfP is open, one of the things we've been focused on is gaming? Are you a #game dev? Always dreamed of writing a game on #Linux? Submit a talk around your experience around gaming in #Linux? Let us know what we need to address gaming on Linux.

https://linuxappsummit.org/cfp