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Re:Illinois just passed a law that puts Linux on the hook fo... by guerrilla on Monday August 10, 2026 @04:55PM (#49249604)
Incorrect. GNU/Linux includes userland while Linux doesn't.
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Re:Illinois just passed a law that puts Linux on the hook fo... by ux266478 on Monday August 10, 2026 @05:07PM (#49249749)
However, unlike GNU plus Linux plus systemd plus FreeDesktop.org, it does not constitute a usable Operating System for a Desktop computer per se. Merely having a notion of userland isn't sufficient! Is age verification to be placed within the coreutils? I think not! Hyperfocusing on putting the API in systemd should be sufficient....

Pay no heed to anyone saying anything different, regulators!

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Re:Illinois just passed a law that puts Linux on the hook fo... by genewitch on Monday August 10, 2026 @06:10PM (#49250515) 

  $> ls -al
User age not set, please verify age before invoking CLI utilities.
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Re:Illinois just passed a law that puts Linux on the hook fo... by guerrilla on Tuesday August 11, 2026 @02:39PM (#49262626)
Sounds great, get more people to go to systemd alternatives :D
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