alt.hn

3/20/2026 at 4:23:35 PM

Systemd Introduces Birth Date Support for Upcoming Linux Desktop Age Controls

 https://linuxiac.com/systemd-introduces-birth-date-support-for-upcoming-linux-desktop-age-controls/

by akyuu

3/20/2026 at 6:01:31 PM

WTF. What's the best option for an actual free operating system these days? I should be able to tell each app any birthday I want.

by 00N8

3/20/2026 at 6:09:31 PM

First 2 I can think of is FreeBSD for BSD and Artix for Linux (Arch without systemd)

by workfromspace

3/20/2026 at 4:32:55 PM

Please god let this be the reason systemd finally dies

by razingeden

3/20/2026 at 4:46:34 PM

XDG is also doing it. Which Linux distro doesn't follow XDG spec?

by OsrsNeedsf2P

3/20/2026 at 5:27:23 PM

Plenty, if you remove all the software that follows XDG :)

by helterskelter

3/20/2026 at 5:55:33 PM

It won't because none of the alternative inits are better

by burtness

3/20/2026 at 4:47:28 PM

I don’t know why this would kill systemd

by superb_dev

3/20/2026 at 4:57:25 PM

Most distos have already made the choice to accept systemd knowing it'd be filled with feature creep and bloat, this is basically just getting more of what they asked for. Nearly everyone is going to have to find someplace to implement this bullshit age verification nonsense though. I don't expect saner minds to prevail anytime soon.

by autoexec

3/20/2026 at 5:54:51 PM

A reminder that there are still valid escape options for us systemd haters. Probably the best if you're not a heavy desktop environment user is Alpine. I ran Devuan for a couple years with only minor issues. And there's always Gentoo. I find it very comforting that I can control the init system just by editing shell scripts.

by Fwirt