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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Systemd preparing to comply with age verification laws (github.com)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) by skyline2@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Fork time? Maybe all the anti-systemd zealots were right all along...

Edit: To address whether it is likely that this change will affect users: Gnome is planning a stronger dependence on userdb, the part of systemd where this change is being implemented. https://blogs.gnome.org/adrianvovk/2025/06/10/gnome-systemd-dependencies/

Final Edit: The PR has been merged into main.

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[–] kieron115@startrek.website 2 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

mine doesn't appear to be? it says installed but disabled. unless i'm looking at the wrong service which is entirely possible.

[–] atk007@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

It appears to be active (running)

[–] kieron115@startrek.website 1 points 1 minute ago* (last edited 1 minute ago)

this is what i was going off of. i'm running cachyos (arch)

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/763290/what-is-the-preset-field-in-systemctl-status

preset is whether your distribution is configured to have it enabled by default. With debain-based distributions, when you install a service, it is enabled automatically. With Arch or Red Hat (been a while since I used those), services are/were not enabled unless the user took action to enable it. So if you have disabled; preset: enabled, then it probably means the system admin took actions to disable that service. – Stewart Commented Dec 7, 2023 at 13:28