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Okay, now we just have to fork it to strip out the systemd.

#systemd #Unix #UnixPhilosophy #LennartPoettering #s6 #init #Linux #BSD

Systemd adds a birthDate field for age verification. Learn what PR #40954 does, why it matters, and why users are worried about privacy.

Full details here: https://ostechnix.com/systemd-userdb-birthdate-age-verification/

#Systemd #Ageverification #LennartPoettering #Linux #Privacy #California #Brazil #Compliancelaws

Systemd supremo Lennart Poettering leaves Red Hat for Microsoft

To considerable amusement in the Linux community, the infamous lead developer of systemd has a new job – at Microsoft.

The news surfaced on a Fedora mailing list when someone found that they were unable to tag Poettering in a bug report because his Red Hat Bugzilla account was disabled, to which Poettering responded that he had created a personal account. ..

https://www.theregister.com/2022/07/07/lennart_poettering_red_hat_microsoft/

From about a week ago, though I'd missed it at the time.

This has resonance for those engaged in the Linux community. I've long been strongly leery of systemd, in roughly equal parts based on its design, on Poettering's own exceptionally abrasive personality and disregard for valid technical complaints, and a remarkably (and unpleasantly) fanboi-ish cult which grew up around the system. It's all but entirely dominated Linux distributions, including Debian, which has considerably cooled my own enthusiasm (for both Linux and Debian) over the past few years.

#LennartPoettering #Microsoft #RedHat #Systemd #Linux