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nixCraft 🐧
nixCraft 🐧
@nixCraft@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

Damn 😱 imaging not being able to download your OS because of where you live right now ...

The text from https://www.midnightbsd.org/download/ reads:

{Download icon} Download MidnightBSD
You may download MidnightBSD below. If possible, use the UK or allbsd.org mirror.

Most users want the amd64 (x86_64) version. It's for any x86_64 compatible CPU from AMD, Intel, or Hygon.

California residents are not authorized to use MidnightBSD for desktop use in the state of California effective January 1, 2027. California law CA AB1043 requires a complex age verification system implemented for operating systems with no exceptions for small open source projects. At this time, we don't have development time or a plan in place for this.

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The text from https://www.midnightbsd.org/download/ reads: {Download icon} Download MidnightBSD You may download MidnightBSD below. If possible, use the UK or allbsd.org mirror. Most users want the amd64 (x86_64) version. It's for any x86_64 compatible CPU from AMD, Intel, or Hygon. California residents are not authorized to use MidnightBSD for desktop use in the state of California effective January 1, 2027. California law CA AB1043 requires a complex age verification system implemented for operating systems with no exceptions for small open source projects. At this time, we don't have development time or a plan in place for this. Check out FOSS Torrents
The text from https://www.midnightbsd.org/download/ reads: {Download icon} Download MidnightBSD You may download MidnightBSD below. If possible, use the UK or allbsd.org mirror. Most users want the amd64 (x86_64) version. It's for any x86_64 compatible CPU from AMD, Intel, or Hygon. California residents are not authorized to use MidnightBSD for desktop use in the state of California effective January 1, 2027. California law CA AB1043 requires a complex age verification system implemented for operating systems with no exceptions for small open source projects. At this time, we don't have development time or a plan in place for this. Check out FOSS Torrents
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@Federation_Bot replied  ·  activity timestamp last month

@nixCraft Personally this is the direction I'm hoping all distros go in. We know Microslop and Apple will just cowtow to the requirement (primarily because they want it too).

But for Linux distros, just make it so the license is unusable in CA. Problem solved.

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@Federation_Bot replied  ·  activity timestamp last month

@nixCraft the censorship in the UK and California is dystopian and out of control

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@Federation_Bot replied  ·  activity timestamp last month

@nixCraft There could be ways to skip this somehow? Like a new OS that doesnt need that age verification.... Im not into informatics but im learning..

Instead of education, they want to monitor us. This is just a trial for bigger data recopilation.

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LoseFriendsandAlienatePeople
LoseFriendsandAlienatePeople
@LoseFriendsandAlienatePeople@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last month

I wonder if we can avoid the new law by tweaking the distro enough so it's not considered an "OS."
Can we split it into sections the user then compiles?

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@Federation_Bot replied  ·  activity timestamp last month

@nixCraft Thanks Gavin Newsom!

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Hans van Schoot
Hans van Schoot
@hansvschoot@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last month

@nixCraft how epic, 2026 and we finally have a valid reason to torrent all those Linux / BSD images 😁

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vlakicas
vlakicas
@vlakicas@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last month

@nixCraft Living free on our planet, not other planet in our solar system.

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Steve Troughton-Smith
Steve Troughton-Smith
@stroughtonsmith@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last month

@nixCraft just wait a few years and that will be everywhere. Age verification (which is almost certainly coming, globally) might just push non-corporate-sponsored OSes out of the market entirely

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TrimTab 🇺🇦
@TrimTab@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last month

@nixCraft
It isn't age verification garbage by some dummy politicians.

It is an evil scam to further normalize privacy erosions, entrench established power and complete the authoritarian controls of the corporate serfdom system we call a government.

Know your enemy. They are far more organized and focused on power than anyone gives them credit for.

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@Federation_Bot replied  ·  activity timestamp last month

@nixCraft omg what does it have to do with installing OS

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@Federation_Bot replied  ·  activity timestamp last month

@nixCraft

VPN?

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Elena Rossini ⁂
Elena Rossini ⁂
@_elena@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last month

@nixCraft is this real? 😳😱

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Bart Veldhuizen  🚀
Bart Veldhuizen 🚀
@BartV@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last month

@nixCraft That's not 100% accurate - they're showing a warning but I don't think they're actively blocking anything? So it's more like the typical American legal bullcrap.

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Henrik Pauli
Henrik Pauli
@phl@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last month

@nixCraft The world has gone completely nuts.

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