This week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

elementaryOS dev announces to comply with California law to avoid fines:
https://mastodon.online/@danirabbit/116250765623660340
(I mean, losing a source of income is a valid concern on her part, but it doesn't justify that she risks the privacy of the users. Even though she says in a reply that asking for ID is different, I wouldn't be so sure at this point that she won't consider implementing that too, just to stay in business)

Fedora Project Leader Suggests Linux Distros Could Adopt Apple's Age Verification API:
https://itsfoss.com/news/fedora-leader-suggests-age-verification-api/
(Adopting a big tech corp's API? What the hell did he smoke? It's even worse than the Systemd stuff. I already had some trust issues with Fedora, but now it becomes pretty obvious, that they shouldn't be trusted)

Devuan rejects compliance:
https://xcancel.com/jaromil/status/2034694340249821329
(Now this is great to see. I'm considering getting away from Systemd due to their attitude to comply, Devuan is the primary distro I consider, because it would let me keep the Debian base but get rid of Systemd at the same time)

Slackware also rejects compliance:
https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/how-is-ab-1043-going-to-impact-slackware-4175762747/page15.html#post6626190
(3 Systemd-free distros not complying at this point, there are quite a few distros to go to.)

And ZorinOS too:
https://forum.zorin.com/t/statement-about-age-verification-laws/61052
(A really good summary of this whole age nonsense, a worthy read)

And MX Linux also joins the camp:
https://mxlinux.org/blog/mx-news-week-ending-march-28-2026/

Kicksecure/Whonix changes plan, "unlikely" to comply, after user backlash:
https://www.kicksecure.com/wiki/Age-api#status

Inside the Systemd Age Verification Debate: Developer Responds to Criticism:
https://itsfoss.com/dylan-taylor-systemd-controversy/
(I think he isn't the one to blame here, but rather the Systemd project. If he didn't do it, someone else would do it. That's what we get from a corporate-backed project I guess. Harrassing him won't do anything, it's just naive, childish behavior.)

Someone Forked Systemd to Strip Out Its Age Verification Support:
https://itsfoss.com/news/systemd-fork-strips-out-age-verification/

(more Linux and FOSS news in comments)

#News #Linux #LinuxNews #AgeVerification #elementaryOS #Devuan #ZorinOS #Whonix #Systemd

Honestly.. at first i was surprised (and disappointed) at some major Linux distributions not having a clear answer to age verification laws after weeks of their announcement, but then lots of them started discussing them. really! discussing them! what's there to be discussed?

"maybe we can implement age checks in a privacy respecting manner? 👉👈"

And it's just so happens this serves the corporation that you work for best interests! Big tech "Foss devs" have a clear conflict of interest here

#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

#QubesOS reached "EOL" for R4.2. Get R4.3.0 RPM gpg key
into Dom0 without qubes-dist-update (which never was finished).
Otherwise, you can get the #Whonix Gateway and Workstation upgrade
with a fresh install.

Also of note, the #Kicksecure download page offers a range of #CPU Architectures.
How about a #RISC-V #IOMMU with Kicksecure and a #Rust environment? Might be pretty sweet.

@Linux_Is_Best

Meine Lieblingswikis:
Whonix-Wiki
Arch-Wiki
wikipedia.org

#whonix #archlinux

Whonix
Updates broken. Error message:

following signatures were invalid: EXPKEYSIG CB8D50BB77BB3C48 Patrick Schleizer <[email protected]>

How to get and install a new one on the gateway ?
No internet access, no real useful instructions found.
Getting the key via gpg: "Operation not permitted" ?
Yes, using "sudo".
The fix I did yesterday on a diferent instance (virtualbox) does no longer work.
#whonix #kicksecure

Ich nutze nun in meiner Arbeit drei verschiedene Systeme. #GrapheneOS auf meine Geschäftssmartphone, #Tails meist nur zu Anschauenungszwecken und #Whonix für alles was mit https://q3.social zu tun hat.

Das spannende ist, dass die Systeme primär für die Soziale Arbeit genutzt werden. #Streetwork #Flucht #aidshilfe #Migration #SozialeArbeit
Normale Klienten mit speziellen Systemen betreut.

Ich müsste eigentlich noch #nextcloud nennen.

Knowledge is part of security.
Whonix offers detailed documentation and guides to help users understand and maintain anonymity.

#Whonix #PrivacyEducation #AnonymityGuides #OpenDocumentation #CyberAwareness