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Post age-attestation distro migration | Artix vs Void vs endeavorOS vs ??? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 23 hours ago by aReallyCrunchyLeaf@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I want to start feeling out future distros for me once the age attestation makes its way into systemd. I am currently using Fedora on two computers, one I use for gaming (all AMD) and one I use for getting work done (thinkpad x13). I am pretty bummed about this because I feel quite settled in with Fedora, but with all the talk of age attestation happening I will be withdrawing my consent from using distros that intend to comply with these laws.

I have targeted three distros, Artix, Void Linux, and endeavorOS. The first two do not use systemd at all and the third has stated they will not implement age attestation methods.

I am thinking endeavorOS might be a good move, I appreciate an out of the box solution. I can and have installed Arch manually several times, but I prefer to spend my time using my computer, not necessarily going into the "rice" rabbit hole. I will probably use a desktop environment like KDE, GNOME, or XFCE.

I guess the point of this post is: anyone who has experience with systemd-free distros like Void or Artix, what are your thoughts using as a general purpose operating system? how is the learning curve coming from systemd? Can someone who is technologically competent but not particularly interested in deep customization (I am a sysadmin, but I just like my shit to work) thrive in this type of environment? I use Fedora because it's a good mix of being generally unassuming but having sensible defaults and being extraordinarily well supported.

Your thoughts are greatly appreciated. Feel free to give me any thoughts you may have on the subject of age attestation or even suggest distros I might not be aware of.

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[–] digdilem@lemmy.ml 21 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

I think it's too early to be making decisions based on this alone.

[–] mech@feddit.org 7 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

But it's a good time to put /home on a separate partition and make backups of files you edited in /etc so you can switch distros quickly.

[–] BlueSquid0741 2 points 11 hours ago

I've never done those things but I still switch as quickly as I feel like

[–] aReallyCrunchyLeaf@lemmy.ml 17 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

Fair point, but I think at this point it's extremely likely Fedora will comply, and my issue with this is ideological, not practical. I will not use a distribution that complies with this law because I believe it is morally compromised.

[–] pglpm@lemmy.ca 7 points 18 hours ago

💪 🤝

[–] micvil@beehaw.org 3 points 20 hours ago

I agree.

As far as I know, most distros are waiting. I heard debian is doing that (people say their org structure makes them unable to satisfy it), lead dev of pclinuxos said it might be a "nothingburger", the distros who said "no plans" are doing that, etc.

We might get the "stack" in place before distros do anything. Only a few distros refused outright so far, even less are trying to comply.

I think we might linger in this limbo for a long-long time, and the distros might only decide when websites start requiring and API (or when they get taken down by authorities).