SentientNPC@discuss.tchncs.de to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoExemption on age verification for Linux operating systemswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square59linkfedilinkarrow-up1409arrow-down13 cross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldlinux@lemmy.mlopensource@lemmy.ml
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minus-squarewillington@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoIt’s not the same. Linux is unkillable. However the proprietory software purveyors can try to slow down the growth of Linux. It won’t work.
minus-squareA_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·2 months agoIf you marginalize it so its no longer usable on the modern web to do all the things you need to do… Then yes, thats the same as effectively killing it.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoAlthough I’m sure Red Hat and Ubuntu will implement it eventually to keep their enterprise clients compliant.
It’s not the same. Linux is unkillable. However the proprietory software purveyors can try to slow down the growth of Linux.
It won’t work.
If you marginalize it so its no longer usable on the modern web to do all the things you need to do… Then yes, thats the same as effectively killing it.
Although I’m sure Red Hat and Ubuntu will implement it eventually to keep their enterprise clients compliant.
Which compounds the problem.