The latest changes implemented in the Systemd repo, related to or prompted by age-verification laws, have made many people unhappy (I suppose links about this aren’t necessary). This has led to a surge in Systemd forks during the last days (“surge” because there have always been plenty of forks). Here are some forks that explicitly mention those changes as their reason for forking (rough time ordering taken from the fork page):

Hopefully the energy of this reaction won’t be scattered among too many alternatives, although some amount of scattering is always good.

  • Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
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    7 hours ago

    Systemd has not implemented age verification

    Also, you should absolutely tell your local government rep that you don’t support age verification. Don’t get mad at Linux distros for following the law.

    • curbstickle@anarchist.nexus
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      7 hours ago

      systemd is not a distribution.

      Its also not under Californian, Coloradan, or Brazilian jurisdiction.

      systemd has merged a PR specifically for this use, so yes, they have implemented it.

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        4 hours ago

        Systemd is used by a lot of organizations and companies including those who want to operate in jurisdictions with the BS verification laws.

        This doesn’t impact anyone outside of those places

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          The field is added regardless of your country, therefore all users are impacted.

          Why the fuck are you defending this shit so much?

          You are all over the place pushing a complete fabrication about what has happened.