New California law forces operating systems to ask for your age

California AB 1043 signed. Mandatory os-level, device-level, app store, and even developer-required age verification for all computing devices.

https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/13/governor-newsom-signs-bills-to-further-strengthen-californias-leadership-in-protecting-children-online/

My concern: Since Microsoft/Google/Apple will most likely be the ones deciding on the standard (bill doesn't specify one) I'm concerned it could end up being some trusted computing bullshit that will exclude Linux and other open source, not locked down, OS, for casual users. California is only the start, it will be copied elsewhere.

What do you think? Should we be concerned or is it a nothingburger?

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[sxwm] my school phone | sxwm v1.7 release!
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first time on linux
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Just got into linux having fun

my pc can't support windows 11 and with all the spyware in it and the updates that break ssds the huge amount of bloat and ADS IN THE FREAKING OS! My only option was get a new pc witch i didn't want to do because mine works perfectly fine. it's a 5800x with a 7900xtx it's the drives that are outdated in the wrong partition (MBR) for 11 so no uefi. So I installed Linux mint cinnamon on an old macbook and I love this! It made computers fun again there's so much customization i can control everything, I love using the terminal and messing around. I haven't tested gaming yet witch I'll do when i eventually get this on my main pc but DAMN where has this been all my life I love it so much, all of the programs I need to use like blender and davinchi resolve are natively supported it's great. Hopefully i can finally be rid of windows, I don't play any anti cheat games so I should be mostly fine I think and I heard amd cards work right out of the box on linux so another W

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How I open my Wayland compositor
https://gist.github.com/timeopochin/d9d9aa3328d3ebec8027bd71594d8f29

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what is the purpose of wayland session management in chrome browsers? the default is "disabled". is it for remembering the open windows and tabs for restoration when you relaunch the browser?
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Surely Ubuntu is still better than Windows?

I'm a fairly new Linux user (just under a year or so) and I've seen that Ubuntu (my first distro) gets a lot of (undeserved?) flak. I know no distro is perfect (and Ubuntu has it's own baggage) but surely as a community we should still encourage newcomers even if they choose Ubuntu as it still grows the community base and gets them away from Windows? Apologies if I come across as naive, but sometime I think the Linux community is its own worst enemy.

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Alright. Who else noticed this in Tron: Ares?
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Intel Lands Big Linux GPU Driver Fix: Fixing Rendering Issues & Game Hangs/Crashes
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Fixes-Long-GPU-Mesa-Issue

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LMDE 7 "Gigi" released!
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Mint-LMDE-7

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Super smash tux
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Why is it that USB file transfer speeds just get buffed all the time

So something I have realized is that on linux, all my USB file transfers starts from around 50% done, while on windows they normally start from 0% on the same USB drive and I would like to know if anyone has any idea as to why this is happening (The transfer on linux doesn't take longer to start, I mention this because maybe someone says that the transfer takes longer to start and thats why)

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Important update on Chat Control in Europe:
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Linux Mint LMDE 7 Officially Released – Based on Debian 13
https://linuxmint.com/download_lmde.php

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Zorin OS 18 has been released to coincide with the end of Windows 10
https://blog.zorin.com/2025/10/14/zorin-os-18-has-arrived/

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Linux Package Managers Compared: APT, DNF, Pacman and Zypper
https://linuxblog.io/linux-package-managers-apt-dnf-pacman-zypper/

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What desktop environment you all use?

I'm curious to know what desktop environment do you guys use and why?
My favorite desktop environment is Cosmic just cuz I like the fact that it feels like you're using hyprland if hyprland had a desktop. I'm a fan of their style of tiling windows:)

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Done with Windows! Every one of these guys will be running Linux at the end of the day.
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Oops! It's a kernel stack use-after-free: Exploiting NVIDIA's GPU Linux drivers
https://blog.quarkslab.com/nvidia_gpu_kernel_vmalloc_exploit.html

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Wayland + Sway + multiple TUI apps on 512MB Raspberry pi
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Linux on a Surface Laptop Studio
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