I love this sort of guerilla open source activism.
The whole “manifesto” style of the main webpage is extremely well done and makes a compelling argument, even if we don’t choose this as our core distro.
I like that it also serves as a good page to send to even non-Linux folks, to explain why these dystopian cudgel laws must be resisted at every turn.
I don’t agree at all with adding age “verification” parameters to Linux (in reality, the parameters just exist; I don’t think you ever have to interact with them, so they verify nothing, but I hate the creeping surveillance anyway). This “project” nevertheless just seems like impotent dick-wagging preaching exclusively to a tiny choir and doing nothing useful technically. It comes across as petulant prattle from an LLC otherwise uninvolved in the Linux community and selling merchandise.
Dick-wagging to a tiny choir is still better than head-bowing in front of a large crowd.
Tell that to Louis ck
I mean they made some strong arguments for their existence. I don’t think creating a technically novel piece of software was the goal. This is a technical solution to a legal issue that they expect will soon exist. The sheer existence of this acts as a warning and hurdle for politicians and those funding these laws for the next more invasive version of these laws. I don’t expect I’ll ever use this, but I’m glad it exists, as its existence is enough for it to work.
