#Artix #Linux 2026.04, released this week, makes XLibre its default X server and PipeWire its default audio stack, replacing Xorg and PulseAudio. Artix Linux is basically Arch without systemd; an Arch‑compatible, rolling distro that gives you multiple lightweight init systems instead of systemd, while keeping the Arch-style simplicity, pacman tooling, and ecosystem.

https://www.linux.org/threads/linuxiac-arch-based-artix-linux-2026-04-released-with-xlibre-as-default-x-serve.64695/#post-302544

🐧Arch-Based Artix Linux 2026.04 Released With XLibre as Default X Server https://linuxiac.com/artix-linux-2026-04-released-with-xlibre-as-default-x-serve/

#artix #xlibre #x11 #opensource

Artix Linux 2026.04 porta XLibre, PipeWire e tante novità per chi ama un controllo totale sul proprio sistema. #Linux #Artix #OpenSource #ArchBased

https://www.linuxeasy.org/artix-linux-2026-04-include-xlibre-e-pipewire/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

https://files.catbox.moe/gttklc.webm

Giving Artix Linux a go, and decided to rework my Arch Linux installer script to work with Artix instead.

Code can be found here:

https://codeberg.org/matty_r/lazy-artix

#artix #Linux

Systemd is preparing for age verification

https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/40954

> Stores the user's birth date for age verification, as required by recent laws
> in California (AB-1043), Colorado (SB26-051), Brazil (Lei 15.211/2025), etc.

https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/1ryptnu/systemd_is_preparing_for_age_verification/

#joborun #sysdfree #nosystemd #skarnet #runit #s6 #66 #openrc #obarun #artix #void #antiX #alpine

In an effort to push even deeper into GNU/ #Linux Nerd-dom, I've been considering my options for going #Systemd-less so I can be just a little bit more snooty about my #OSS software choices. `/s`

- convert existing #Arch install to #Artix
- go real old school with #Slackware
- #void #voidlinux

As much as I have a soft spot for the nostalgia of slackware, I think pacman and the Arch repos have really spoiled me.

I may wind up on Artix, but I'm going to at least give void a try and see.

Okay, I'm down to it here. I need to decide which non-#systemd OS I'm switching to (for the next five minutes, anyway; curse my DistroHopper nature...)

Here's the list I'm down to, although I am open to suggestions:

* **#Alpine**: PRO - Super fast and lightweight, I'm fairly familiar with the toolset; CON: Limited package set and support, no easy path for Noctalia/Dank install
* **#Artix**: PRO: Based on Arch with Arch tooling including Pacman and AUR access. Easy install. CON: Embracing #xLibre, which is run by a... fellow of questionable beliefs, let's be nice. Would have to do extra work to run Wayland instead with uncertain future

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Dylan "I read the law and I'm here to implement it" M. Tylor gets up in the morning and decides to write age verification code that he himself calls "hilariously pointless and ineffective", within a week strikes 4 repos off his list, and i bet the Linux Kernel is going to be next (I'm joking... mostly)

It's worth noting that the first people who approved the PR on systemd repo are 2 big tech employees - Mircoslop and Redhat/IBM (why I'm i not surprised!!), someone then opened a revert PR, Lennart Poettering (systemd creator) closed it.. thus blocking the removal

And this is why you now have Liberated Systemd, a fork of systemd without Age verification.. which IS 'hilariously pointless and ineffective' at saving children

when engineers starts reading the law like a specification, this is what you get.. useful idiots.

#ageverification #authoritarianism #SaveTheChildren #thinkofthechildren #epstein #surveillance #bigtech #government #privacy #anonymity #humanrights #FreeSoftware #freespeech #ubuntu #linux #fedora #arch #archlinux #agelesslinux #artix #whonix #tails #systemd #opensource #openknowledge #openaccess #cyberlaw #infosec