really? nobody's talking about this? fine.
archinstall is adding age verification.
https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4290

i do recommend you use artix with openrc anyway since systemd has already implemented a birthdate field to user records
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/40954

and also since the arch linux maintainers are being particularly hush-hush about this (see first link, locked as "too heated" when there was basically zero heat, apart from CelestifyX making that final meaningless quip)

read all about it... okay time to do the tags
#arch_linux #archlinux #archinstall #linux #arch

user: add required birth date field to user creation by dylanmtaylor · Pull Request #4290 · archlinux/archinstall

Add a required birth date prompt (YYYY-MM-DD) to the user creation flow, stored as a systemd userdb JSON drop-in at /etc/userdb/<user>.user on the target system. Motivation Recent age verific...

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OH ALSO
the creator of both of these prs uses ai (see https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite/pull/4320, end of second sentence)
feat: integrate bazzite-dx into main repository by dylanmtaylor · Pull Request #4320 · ublue-os/bazzite

This PR integrates bazzite-dx into the main bazzite repository, removing the need for a separate repository. This PR was created with the help of Claude Opus 4.6. Changes Add 4 DX variants to buil...

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