# The Linux Age verification situation is escalating & Other Linux Weekly News Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/linux-open-source-news-5948837/the-linux-age-verification-situation-is-escalating-other-linux-weekly-news Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/linux-open-source-news-5948837/the-linux-age-verification-situation-is-escalating-other-linux-weekly-news.md Podcast: [Linux & Open Source News](https://stenobird.com/podcast/linux-open-source-news-5948837) Published: 2026-03-28T09:34:35+00:00 Episode link: https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com/@tlenewspodcast/episodes/the-linux-age-verification-situation-is-escalating-and-other-linux-weekly-news Audio file: https://op3.dev/e,pg=e407bff5-dc32-54c1-b1a7-8edd8a885d8f/podcast.thelinuxexp.com/audio/@tlenewspodcast/the-linux-age-verification-situation-is-escalating-and-other-linux-weekly-news.mp3 Processing state: processed JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/linux-open-source-news-5948837/episodes/the-linux-age-verification-situation-is-escalating-other-linux-weekly-news Duration seconds: 1685 ## Resource ๐Ÿ’ป Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, Tuxedo๐Ÿ’ป https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# ๐Ÿ‘ Support the show here: ๐Ÿ‘ Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment Or you can support me with a one time donation: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ ๐Ÿ‘• Buy TLE Merch: ๐Ÿ‘• https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ ๐Ÿ“น Watch Linux videos: ๐Ÿ“น https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Leave your feedback here: ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 01:47 GrapheneOS wonโ€™t comply with age verification laws https://www.tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/grapheneos-refuses-to-comply-with-age-verification-laws 03:27 SystemD adds date of birth field for age verification https://itsfoss.com/news/systemd-age-verification/ 05:13 SystemD forked to remove date of birth field https://itsfoss.com/news/systemd-fork-strips-out-age-verification/ 08:11 Fedora project lead suggests using standard Age check API https://itsfoss.com/news/fedora-leader-suggests-age-verification-api/ https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/a-practical-architectural-solution-to-os-level-age-verification-laws/183387 10:33 SteamOS adds Steam Machine support, Wayland by default https://www.phoronix.com/news/SteamOS-3.8-Preview https://www.techradar.com/gaming/steam-deck/valves-steam-machine-gets-its-first-support-update-ahead-of-launch-via-steamos-preview-3-8-0-and-it-includes-one-major-fix-ive-been-waiting-for 12:16 electron details their work on Wayland support https://www.electronjs.org/blog/tech-talk-wayland 14:03 LibreOffice adds donation banner https://www.phoronix.com/news/LibreOffice-26-Donation-Banner 15:23 Firefox 149 is a big update https://linuxiac.com/firefox-149-now-available-for-downloadโ€ฆ ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/linux-open-source-news-5948837/episodes/the-linux-age-verification-situation-is-escalating-other-linux-weekly-news/transcription-requests` โ€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/linux-open-source-news-5948837/the-linux-age-verification-situation-is-escalating-other-linux-weekly-news.md` โ€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.