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/

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userdb: add birthDate field to JSON user records by dylanmtaylor · Pull Request #40954 · systemd/systemd

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. The xdg-desktop-portal project is addi...

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#krita 6 based on Qt6 and many new KDE dependencies seems to need systemd indirectly to function. To build a non-systemd version would take many K-pkgs being rebuilt.

KDE/plasma/Qt platform is so involved in providing a linux-Windows alternative, just like Gnome, that are becoming just a theme alternative to IBM/RH-Windows replacing MS

There are a few Gui projects that totally neglect that there is linux without systemd

"There is so much hate and envy against those that choose NOT to use systemd" Why?

#linux #nosystemd #sysdfree #freeofsystemd #s6 #skarnet #runit #openrc #antiX #void #obarun #alpine #foss