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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.

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[–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This is nonsense. Do you feel like having a "user name" field brings "real ID one step closer"? Just don't fill that field or enter some bogus data - nobody is checking this.

[–] Digit@lemmy.wtf 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

nobody is checking this.

I bet pedos will be very interested in that field.

Unless you're calling them nobodies. But then that's a bit too "I see nothing" complicity.

[–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Mate, it's an optional field on your local OS. If a paedo has access to this, it also means they have access to everything else, so there are plenty other opportunities for them to check whether or not they're interested in you.