California lawmakers introduced a new amendment that could exempt most Linux distributions from the state’s upcoming Digital ...

Remember all the ruckus with various US states introducing operating-system level age verification laws? Colorado and California thankfully exempt open source.

If you hear the term "open-source," you might think of Linux. However, Linux distros aren't the only open-source operating systems. There are plenty in use today besides Linux. Some date back to even ...

Laws requiring age verification in operating systems will likely exclude open-source, at least in California and Colorado.

Stevie started out at Laptop Mag writing news and reviews on hardware, gaming, and AI. In January, Colorado lawmakers introduced a proposal to make operating systems collect users’ ages and pass them ...

California lawmakers are pushing a new bill (AB 1856) to exempt open-source projects like Linux from the controversial age-verification law.

California plans to exclude Linux and most other open-source operating systems from its new age verification law, which takes ...

Linux and open-source systems won’t be subject to age-verification checks in the state. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The bill ...