cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/65292654
For those interested on the question of age verification and GNU/Linux: be aware that Systemd v261-rc1 was recently released. It now implements an optional
birth datefield in the JSON user database (see second item under “Other changes”).The implementation of this field was prompted by age-verification or -attestation laws.
Must be difficult if you judge an OS based on whether other users of it are nice online… how do you get anything done?
Sarcasm aside, I used to mod ad artix community back when I was using it and it was 99% support requests that have already been answered somewhere else… so like most other linux communities. And I’ve seen my share of toxic people in most of them. I mean, maybe it changed for the worst from when I last experienced it, but then, just don’t participate in the community?
The OS itself is alright. Pretty much same as arch, but you hage to tinker more… It gets somewhat annoying writing your own init/unit files for each app that needs systemd, thats why I switched back to plain old arch. I can see the tradeoff being worth it if you dislike the systemd direction/philosophy enough.
And I hate that artix puts it’s flair on KDE, just give me the vanilla experience, I don’t want to manually remove your ugly theme.
LOL If I want to form community or interact with people within said community, them being decent is a requirement…I didn’t judge the distro as bad. As Artix itself is pretty solid if you look at it in a vacuum, a basic base that could be customized to one’s content. There was the weird choice that they decided to go with Xlibre instead of just Xorg, if you had to go with a depreciated display manager (like wayland is right there, why ignore the diva of the hour). I honestly used a lot of flatpaks, so init/unit script weren’t a huge deal. I only needed to write one and it wasn’t terrible in my personal experience before I switched away. As runit was quite straightforward, uncomplicated, it just did what it said on the tin and nothing extra. It was weird that a goose on the loose like me could do it. ROFL
The trade-off is worth it given that I think systemd is just doing a little TOO much in my opinion, becoming a lynch pin and critical in too many parts of distros. To the point that certain programs won’t work without it installed, I just feel something is wrong with that. Technically it works for now, but, it could go to shit if systemd decides to pull a mini-Google maneuver.