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    [–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 110 points 3 days ago (7 children)

    I ain't got time to fuck about with the busted ass packages and random shit breaking while looking after kids and improving my portfolio to get a job that doesn't want to make me kill myself in this fucking global economy. I had NyArch installed on my wifes computer (alongside Mint DE and Regular mint) until it stopped booting for no reason. Allright, whichever version of mint she liked better it is then.

    Stupid catgirls.

    [–] MissesAutumnRains@lemmy.blahaj.zone 57 points 3 days ago (1 children)

    casually searches for the catgirl distro to completely upend my life for a weekend

    [–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 31 points 3 days ago (1 children)

    I literally put the name of it in the post. it's nyarch

    [–] fartographer@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

    Bad kitty! We don't attack people who missed a proper noun within Linux noun & pronoun soup. - sprays screen cleaner on username -

    [–] not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 days ago

    bro knows how to get the catgirls to comment 😏

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    [–] this@sh.itjust.works 75 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (7 children)

    I want to know if docker containers and kubernetes pods count as operating systems. If us plebs are forced to manually age verify, then Google should also be forced to have a human manually verify the age of the owner every time one of their pods spins up. I know it wont happen but imagine how hilarious it would be if we could hold them to that standard.

    [–] horn_e4_beaver@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    LLMs agents should be treated like incorporated individuals. Each agent should be forced to earn income, file accounts and tax returns, and have human directors who are legally liable for its actions (and be disqualified to be future directors if the LLM does something reprehensible).

    At that point we can tax them properly, fight the monopolies that want to own and control everything, and insert some less centralised human control.

    This has nothing to do with your comment, but it made me think it up.

    [–] anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    The owners can just divide the income among enough agents that they fall into the lowest tax bracket. The real solution is to properly tax excessive profits and unrealized gains.

    [–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 days ago

    unrealized gains.

    Yup.

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    [–] bss03 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

    Based, on the analysis by ageless Linux, I'd say probably. Maybe not for images that don't contain an "application that may be run or directed by a user on a computer, a mobile device, or any other general purpose computing device that can access a covered application store or download an application". So, I guess an offline-test-build image might not be.

    [–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 2 points 3 days ago

    Unless you have a minimal docker image, it will have a package manager. And the OS images used in data centers also have a full blown distro more often than not. But I'm pretty sure the definition is going to be tweaked, because the level of chaos it would cause otherwise would be unfathomable.

    [–] CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

    Allowlists are for the owner class only

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    [–] shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works 76 points 3 days ago
    [–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 16 points 3 days ago

    Hannah Montana Linux, anyone who knows Hannah Montana is probably over 18 by now

    [–] sunglocto@lemmy.dbzer0.com 38 points 3 days ago (2 children)

    I installed Debian on a computer when I was 15

    [–] Speculater@lemmy.world 30 points 3 days ago (1 children)

    And got it running by the time you could vote. So the math would work.

    [–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 18 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    And gentoo was still compiling.

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    [–] plateee@piefed.social 5 points 3 days ago

    I did a Debian 2.1 net install over a 56k dial up connection in high school. It was glorious and painful and I never looked back.

    [–] jobbies@lemmy.zip 21 points 3 days ago
    [–] pmk@piefed.ca 24 points 3 days ago (1 children)

    9front is the only OS I know that actually has a minimum age recommendation on their web landing page: "Ages: 5 & Up"

    [–] Virtvirt588@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

    Unlike the state mandated garbage, this OS is more realistic with the capabilities and expectations of its users.

    [–] Dadifer@lemmy.world 25 points 3 days ago (1 children)
    [–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

    It's funny because Debian was the first Linux distro I ever installed and used.

    Very shortly after my 14th birthday.

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    [–] redsand 11 points 3 days ago (11 children)

    Devuan is debian without systemd for those intrested. OpenRC is pretty nice.

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    [–] Digit@lemmy.wtf 4 points 2 days ago

    I got a similar whimsical comment when asking in CRUX's irc chan.

    It's not valid though. That casual ageism. Loads of youngsters use such things. Best time to start. Old dogs learn tricks harder.

    [–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

    Fedora myself, so I'm at least 22 verifiably.

    [–] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

    What about Slackware, LFS or BSD?

    [–] Im_old@lemmy.world 22 points 3 days ago

    Ah, the nursing home stage

    [–] bss03 10 points 3 days ago

    My Debian installation on my desktop is nearly old enough to drink: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=895686 should be accurate for all vim users. πŸ˜…

    [–] bryndos@fedia.io 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

    raspberry pies basically debian, and they used to be aimed at kids back when they were good.

    my first pc was a raspberry pi

    [–] fubarx@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

    "Free Walkers for System V users."

    [–] Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

    So does that mean Arch and Nix should absolutely require age verification?

    [–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

    Arch, no.
    PopOS, yes.

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    [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

    i don't know why y'all whining. just fork your own project and don't do age verification you lazy cunts

    Devuan boutta get an influx of new users

    [–] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 days ago
    [–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 days ago

    What? Slackware ain't good enough for you?

    [–] Marduk73@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago

    I just lift my cap and point to the gray hair

    [–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

    So, me having started with Slackware and a 0.97 kernel should be enough to have earned my retirement.

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