Comment on Age Verification Laws Are Multiplying Like a Virus, and Your Linux Computer Might be Next
craftrabbit@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
The most practical solution is probably to “not sell Linux in California anymore”. I guess distributions could geofence the iso download page for plausible deniability and then that’s that, right?
Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 day ago
Who the hell is “selling” Linux?
oatscoop@midwest.social 1 day ago
… the offical linux shop I understand that Linyos Torovoltos grew up under communism and originally couldn’t legally sell Lunix – but the Soviets lost the cold war.
I’d rather spend a few bucks for a legitimate copy than risk installing some virus infested illegal version I found on some sketchy website.
KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 hours ago
I went to your second link and I think it gave me a virus. I keep having these verbal tics now.
oatscoop@midwest.social 7 hours ago
I’m afraid that you’re well past any hope of removing Arch from your life. The best that can be done is managing your install. I suggest sequestering Arch to an old Thinkpad to slow its spread.
RamenJunkie@midwest.social 9 hours ago
I have an official Ubuntu CD, but I think it was just a donation, or maybe a “pay shipping” thing.
TehPers@beehaw.org 1 day ago
Red Hat.
The other distros? No idea.
Powderhorn@beehaw.org 21 hours ago
I knew someone was going to come back with Red Hat. I just didn’t expect it to be you!
TehPers@beehaw.org 20 hours ago
Hey even I use Linux daily.
Actually, I’m not really sure why “even I” should be shocking. I write code for a living. Surely I should be using Linux once in a while.
Anyway RHEL is probably the only Linux distro I can think of that costs money and comes with support. The major cloud providers sometimes have their own Linux distros they use as well (looking at you, Amazon) and you can argue they are selling Linux, but not as directly as RHEL does.