When Linux becomes illegal, only outlaws will run Linux.
When Linux becomes illegal the internet ceases to exist. Show me 1 Windows or Mac powered network switch, router, edge firewall you’ve ever known. I’ll wait
Laws are for the poor, they don’t apply to the rich.
oh they’ll put a clause that allows for that, but only if it’s made in America and has a locked down bootloader…
Just realized that would mean FLOCK dies. -several thousand downsides, but that- THAT would be an upside.
More of a reason to use Linux. Fuck the tyrants.
Fuck em.
Thats the spirit.
Governments can’t even effectively tackle drugs, illegal weapons or CSAM. Gl making something as distributed as linux illegal.
At least in the US there’s precedent that source code is protected speech, so we may see the year of the Gentoo desktop.
Compiled code ought to be too then tbh.
Just sounds like they want to force you to have operating systems that monitor you at every turn.
“When I go to [do normal, totally uncontroversial thing]… and [nonsensical catastrophe that I made up in my head happens].”
Finally torrenting linux ISO’s will no longer work as an euphemism for pirating.
Torrenting “LLM training data”
I seed so Gen Ai can reach AGI sooner! /s
Has that been considered working?
No it’s not.
Jokes on them. I’m a pirate who likes Linux.
Arrgh! Me matey! It’s off to Antarctica with us, then! Penguins ho!
Would be very funny if we manage to eliminate Linux OS distributions on the internet before we eliminate CSAM on the internet.
I’m not holding my breath on either.
Then I’ll die an outlaw
I hear the latest efforts (mainly from the System76 guy) to counter bad bills about age verification/attestation have brought amendments to exempt open source operating systems, in at least one jurisdiction.
So the pedo-cabal’s plan to protect our children (by doxing them), has a gaping hole in it.
Oh however will the pedo-cabal manage to protect our children now?
:3
then you move to gentoo, BSD or retro computing using existing cds/floppies/usbs
They can pry it out of my solid state drives 😤
Unwise invite.
