minus-squareAcornTickler@sh.itjust.workstoTechnology@lemmy.world•Age checks creep into Linux as systemd gets a DOB fieldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down8·3 days agoIt doesn’t need to know your age. It just provides a way to take a note of your birth date, only if you want to. The system already has a place to write your name and home address. All are optional and practically nobody uses them. linkfedilink
minus-squareAcornTickler@sh.itjust.workstoTechnology@lemmy.world•Age checks creep into Linux as systemd gets a DOB fieldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46arrow-down10·3 days agoSystemd isn’t an init system. Systemd-init is an init system and it is a part of the systemd suite. linkfedilink
It doesn’t need to know your age. It just provides a way to take a note of your birth date, only if you want to. The system already has a place to write your name and home address. All are optional and practically nobody uses them.