Pirat_Nation 🔴(@Pirat_Nation):Linux users are fighting new United States laws that require computers to ask for your age and share it with apps to keep kids safe online. The laws were made for big companies like Apple and Google but they cause big problems for Linux because it is free open software built by volunteers who care about privacy and freedom. System76 won a special rule in Colorado to skip this, while groups like MX Linux say no and some people have made tools to avoid the age check completely.

2026.05.16 10:01

Linux users are fighting new United States laws that require computers to ask for your age and share it with apps to keep kids safe online. The laws were made for big companies like Apple and Google but they cause big problems for Linux because it is free open software built by volunteers who care about privacy and freedom. System76 won a special rule in Colorado to skip this, while groups like MX Linux say no and some people have made tools to avoid the age check completely.