I just drew a rock hyrax. 🙂

#hyrax #Klippschliefer

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

Watch out, as Microsoft has uncovered a Storm-2561 campaign using SEO poisoning to push fake Fortinet and Ivanti VPN sites that deliver #Hyrax infostealer malware.

Read: https://hackread.com/storm-2561-fake-fortinet-ivanti-vpn-sites-hyrax-infostealer/

#CyberSecurity #Malware #Infostealer #VPN #Fortinet #Ivanti

#Hyrax #Animals #Wildlife

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZhTtp5Zu4A

January 2026 Sticker Club Design: Hyrax!

https://ko-fi.com/s/2a3bcc3b30

Just a lil sticker to convey that they're trendy animals on the social media, but please don't steal wild animals from their environment to keep as pets!

Will be printing and cutting these soon to mail out in early February, snowstorm is cutting into my schedule 👍

#art #hyrax #animalart

Working on a hyrax design for sticker club during the snow storm. Felt very strongly against people wanting to poach wild animals cuz they see them "trending" and being prodded to make noises on social media... DO NOT MAKE ME INTO A PET!!!

https://ko-fi.com/i/IO4O81SXTTV

#art #hyrax

Though it may look like a close relative of rabbits or mice, the bush hyrax (Heterohyrax brucei) is actually more closely related to manatees and elephants! All three animals are members of the clade Paenungulata. And just as in elephants, the hyrax’s front incisors grow continuously to form tusks. Unlike its larger cousins, this small mammal only weighs about 10 lbs (4.5 kg).

Photo: Mike G. Rutherford, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist

via amnhnyc

#photography
#hyrax