Lemmy MichaelSasser
  • Communities
  • Create Post
  • heart
    Support Lemmy
  • search
    Search
  • Login
  • Sign Up
SentientNPC@discuss.tchncs.de to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours ago

Exemption on age verification for Linux operating systems

www.tomshardware.com

external-link
message-square
36
link
fedilink
  • cross-posted to:
  • linux@lemmy.ml
264
external-link

Exemption on age verification for Linux operating systems

www.tomshardware.com

SentientNPC@discuss.tchncs.de to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours ago
message-square
36
link
fedilink
  • cross-posted to:
  • linux@lemmy.ml
California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law — software distributed under the GPL, MIT, BSD, and Apache licenses are exempt
www.tomshardware.com
external-link
AB 1856 excludes open-source operating systems from the upcoming Digital Age Assurance Act.
  • RobotToaster@mander.xyz
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    86
    ·
    10 hours ago

    Guess GNU/Linux is about to get popular with kids.

    • Souvenir@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      30
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      7 hours ago

      Thanks to smart phones, this generation of kids is roughly as tech literate as boomers.

      I wouldn’t get your hopes up.

      • MagicShel@lemmy.zip
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        16
        ·
        7 hours ago

        My 14yo is on Linux and has been troubleshooting the VR setup. Not going to say she knows Linux well or better than me, but motivation is the key.

        • 🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          2 hours ago

          That you and your daughter rock aside, anecdata alas does not trump statistics.

        • Axolotl@feddit.it
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          3 hours ago

          Are they the avarage teen ij the avarage family tho? I feel like we cannot call that avarage if the parent uses the Fediverse xD

    • Kirp123@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      70
      ·
      10 hours ago

      Good. Maybe then future generations won’t be as tech illiterate.

Technology@lemmy.world

technology@lemmy.world

Subscribe from Remote Instance

Create a post
You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: !technology@lemmy.world

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.


Our Rules


  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related news or articles.
  3. Be excellent to each other!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
  10. Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots


  • @L4s@lemmy.world
  • @autotldr@lemmings.world
  • @PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks
  • @wikibot@lemmy.world
Visibility: Public
globe

This community can be federated to other instances and be posted/commented in by their users.

  • 6.39K users / day
  • 9.92K users / week
  • 16.3K users / month
  • 30.6K users / 6 months
  • 1 local subscriber
  • 87.8K subscribers
  • 17.7K Posts
  • 690K Comments
  • Modlog
  • mods:
  • L3s@lemmy.world
  • enu@lemmy.world
  • Technopagan@lemmy.world
  • L4sBot@lemmy.worldB
  • L3s@hackingne.ws
  • BE: 0.19.20
  • Modlog
  • Legal
  • Instances
  • Docs
  • Code
  • join-lemmy.org