California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law — software distributed under the GPL, MIT, BSD, and Apache licenses are exempt
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AB 1856 excludes open-source operating systems from the upcoming Digital Age Assurance Act.
    • Souvenir@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      11 days ago

      Thanks to smart phones, this generation of kids is roughly as tech literate as boomers.

      I wouldn’t get your hopes up.

    • chronicledmonocle@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 days ago

      While I’m not the average person, my kids have never known anything but Linux or ChromeOS (because school). They game on SteamOS/Bazzite, they use a Linux laptop at home, and they use Android devices. Everything they use, somewhere inside deep down, is powered by Linux.