This week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

Vendefoul Wolf Linux (Devuan-based) rejects age verification:
https://xcancel.com/vendefoulwolf/status/2035441292520386852#m
(Never heard of this distro before, but it's always good to have some more options to go to, especially distros which reject most of the mainstream stuff which are more prone to age verification and other forms of corruption.)

Qubes will do whatever upstream Fedora does (so likely comply):
https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/10744#issuecomment-3997244349

CachyOS also refuses compliance:
https://discuss.cachyos.org/t/age-verification-systemd/26316

Garuda Linux plans to "comply" in the least invasive way possible, only with some checkboxes:
https://forum.garudalinux.org/t/a-statement-on-age-verification-the-state-of-the-community-discourse/47652

Parrot will only comply if legally forced to, it's implementation will be easy to bypass:
https://parrotsec.org/blog/2026-04-02-our-statement-about-age-verification/
(I wonder what they mean under being forced. When they receive an email from the authorities, or what? 🤔)

OpenMandriva won't implement age verification, but won't remove it from Systemd, stating it can be useful for other things:
https://forum.openmandriva.org/t/systemd-adds-age-verification-are-you-serious/8793/75?u=xseagdc
(The comment right below describes pretty well, what the problem is with this...)

CuerdOS (Debian-based distro) rejects age verification:
https://skyview.social/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbsky.app%2Fprofile%2Fcuerdoslinux.bsky.social%2Fpost%2F3mikopwmbyk2r

HyraxOS (Linux Mint-based distro) also refuses age verification:
https://hyraxos.weebly.com/age.html

Fluff Linux (Arch-based) also says no:
https://xcancel.com/flufflinux/status/2033885428030575025#m

And Athena OS (Arch and NixOS-based ethical hacking distro) too:
https://github.com/BryanLunduke/DoesItAgeVerify/issues/42

Debian Is Figuring Out How Age Verification Laws Will Impact It:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-Undecided-Age-Laws

Freeport project aims to strip Linux packages from age verification:
https://github.com/ryandward/freeport

(more Linux and FOSS news in comments)

#WeeklyNews #News #Linux #LinuxNews #AgeVerification #VendefoulWolf #Qubes #CachyOS #GarudaLinux #ParrotOS #OpenMandriva #CuerdOS #Hyrax #HyraxOS #FluffLinux #AthenaOS #Debian #Freeport #FosseryTech

Eigentlich gibt es genügend Gründe, nicht zu #Debian zu wechseln. Hauptsächlich fehlende Software. Daher habe ich gerade versucht, mein #ArchLinux zu reparieren. Das will aber nicht funktionieren.

Ich habe dazu KEINE LUST mehr! Seit Mitte der 90er waren diese Basteleien viele Jahre wirklich spannend und haben meistens Spaß gemacht. Lehrreich sowieso. Diese Zeiten sind vorbei. Jetzt möchte ich mit einem funktionierenden System einfach nur IN RUHE arbeiten. Und da #Microsoft und #Apple nicht infrage kommen, bleibt nur #Linux übrig. Aufgeblähte Monster wie #KDE sind dabei ausgeschlossen. Und nachdem ich gestern den neusten #Gnome sah, war ich entsetzt, zu welch unbedienbarem Schickmicki sich der entwickelt hat. #XFCE mag ich nicht.

Die #wayland #sway Version von #CuerdOS habe ich eben als Live-System getestet. Fehlende Programme haben den Test gestoppt. Doch vielleicht sollte ich mich noch einmal in neue Werkzeuge einarbeiten und habe dann – hoffentlich – Ruhe?

Im Moment bin ich einfach nur frustriert, genervt und komme nicht weiter, weil ich im Grunde schon zu einer kompletten Neueinrichtung unmotiviert bin. 😞

(Auf verletzende Kommentare, wie zuletzt, werde ich diesmal scharf reagieren!)

Mein nächstes Testobjekt wird morgen #CuerdOS sein. Und zwar in der #wayland #sway Ausführung. Wäre genau das, was mich eh am meisten interessiert. Ich bin daher sehr gespannt.

#Linux

Ah naur! I discovered a new Linux distro...CuerdOS looks pretty and is built based upon Debian 13.

Looks absolutely beautiful, an opinionated but reasonable looking distro. Seems like they chose some very sane defaults, made some great customization to make using one's computer a great experience!

Still actively considering installing CachyOS, however...CuerdOS seems mighty tempting (as it's Debian roots calls to me).

One thing that makes me lean towards not installing CuerdOS is that the Wiki is in Spanish, using a translate feature might miss significant nuance in technical text. This is a distro made by a Spanish dev team, so it makes sense the wiki is written in Spanish by default.

https://cuerdos.github.io

#CuerdOS #Linux

CuerdOS GNU/Linux

Tu Distribucion Ligera ideal basada en Debian Trixie (13)

#CuerdOS reported on Dec 27: #XLibre 25.1.0 has been released for Skycatcher 2.0. The update is mandatory due to major improvements in the system and graphics stack, greatly enhancing stability and performance. The legacy #Nvidia drivers are supported too. https://cuerdos.github.io
I'm currently downloading #CuerdOS in the #Sway version. Are there any undesirable political connections I should be aware of? Having unknowingly dabbled in right-wing extremism once is enough for me. #Debian #Linux
Lade gerade #CuerdOS in der #Sway Version herunter. Gibt es da irgendwelche unerwünschte politischen Hintetgründe von denen ich wissen sollte? Einmal aus Unwissenheit in die rechte Kloake gegriffen zu haben reicht mir. #Debian #Linux
#XLibre became the default Xserver on the #CuerdOS 2.0 #Budgie, #Cinnamon, #LXQt, #MATE, and #Xfce editions. Please read the announcement at https://t.me/CuerdOS_Noticias/145 and learn more about this #Debian derivative at https://cuerdos.github.io. A big thank you to the maintainers!
The #CuerdOS team announced the possible integration of #XLibre into its version 2.0. Find out more about CuerdOS at https://cuerdos.github.io #Xingsday
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El grupo de #CuerdOS ha anunciado que podría incluir #XLibre en su versión 2.0. Por favor, consulte https://t.me/CuerdOS_Noticias/112.
Had a good #kalamazoo #linux users group meeting tonight.
Mostly, I showed off my #freedombox. We talked about #openvpn #lemmy #mastodon #minetest #tor #searx and how to use them.
We also learned that my Chromebook running #cuerdos was not able to play videos well. Cuerdos is still awesome, cuz #debian & #sway.