Linux Age Verification: FOSS in the Brave New World

How will Linux distros be impacted by legislation that requires operating systems to record and report the age of users? REFERENCES: Carl Richell blog post “System76 on Age Verification Laws”: https://blog.system76.com/post/system... Canonical response to California Act: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu... Ageless Linux website: https://agelesslinux.org/index.html Adendix Homepage: https://www.adenixgnulinux.org MidnightBSD GitHub page: https://github.com/MidnightBSD/src?ta... The Periodic Table of Distros on DistroWatch: https://distrowatch.com/images/other/... Carl Richell tweet on open source and Colorado bill: https://x.com/carlrichell/status/2031... LEGISLATION: California Assembly Bill No.1043: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/fa... Colorado Senate Bill 26-051: https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/1... Brazil Digital Statute of the Child and Adolescent (ECA Digital - Law No. 15,211/2025): https://www.gov.br/mdh/pt-br/assuntos... UK Online Safety Act -- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/... Australia Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act 2024: https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2024A... You can find all of the ExplainingComputers Linux episodes on this page: https://explainingcomputers.com/linux... More videos on computing and related topics can be found at:    / @explainingcomputers   And more videos on film and other making, plus retro tech, can be found on my Christopher Barnatt channel:    / @christopherbarnatt   Chapters: 00:00 Titles & Intro 01:10 Rising Legislation 05:18 Compliance Practicalities 07:44 The Linux Response 12:12 The Road Ahead #Linux #Age #Verification #California #Brazil #Legislation #ExplainingComputers