Providing support for a feature doesn’t mean forcefully implementing it. I haven’t seen any info about that all OS will use this feature as intended or use it at all.
Time to boycott systemd. We’re not doing this slippery slope game. This red flag is the last straw!
Not sure but because they follow the law?
U.S. laws just shouldn’t be for everyone.
They aren’t, and this change by systemd doesn’t change that. OP is a dumbass.
Welcome! We’ve prepared a soft landing for you. Prepare to enjoy Linux again!
What’s your distro of choice? Nearly every one has a systemd-less fork.
I recommend to also look at other operating systems. OpenBSD will never do any of that.
What can it run? Is gaming on BSD a thing?
Yes. Steam works on FreeBSD, but most of us just play simpler games.
1970/01/01
The stupid thought I keep having is what stops someone from patching the functionality out?
You do not even need to patch it out. It is basically an extra entry in the user db (think: /etc/passwd). Just don’t fill it in and you are done, just like your location and a ton of other stuff you can put there if you want to.
Nobody can read it outside your system either… it’s a defined place when (not if – not anymore) something wants to store that information. Better have a properly protected defined place ready than have 10 different programs request that info separately and store it all over the place.
Then I guess applications will just ask you to put your date like steam does instead of pulling the number you inputed from the system. Makes me wonder how many people were born on 1/1/1900 according to steam
I’m here wondering if it will be a good time to switch over to Devuan
I’m here wondering if it will be a good time to switch over to Devuan
LOL. Do you really think that because that thing is supported for commercial distros like RHEL, it would have any impact on the Debians etc. of the world?
Yes. But don’t do as I do and try to patch an existing Debian 13.3 to Devuan on a Friday the 13th by following the instructions on the Devuan site. It didn’t pan out and eventually required a reinstall after I tried to fix it all weekend.
Boo
