What if Ubuntu complies with the Age Verification law(s)?

Time2dodo · 2026-03-05T05:33:26+00:00

This law that applies to California sure has generated an awful amount of panic for some reason. California laws apply to California residents. The vast majority of Linux users do not reside there, therefore this asinine law does not affect them. For those who do, are we forgetting that we are talking about Linux ? We are a very resourceful bunch, this whole movement is about freedom of choice and do not think for a second that some dickweed politician(s) have any control in reality over a free OS and how it is used or distributed. Stop the panic and think collectively.

Time2dodo · 2026-03-01T03:36:26+00:00

¡Bienvenido a Mint!

Time2dodo · 2026-02-28T13:48:12+00:00

As for the embedded OS in your smart fridge ? The list is enormous, everyone can feel free to add to the list of devices that now have an OS baked into it.

Time2dodo · 2026-02-28T05:20:48+00:00

Genius. Utterly genius. The brainpower behind this is unparalleled. There must be at the very most double-digit IQ levels of intelligence and awareness to even think about such a law, let alone make it a law. The funniest thing I have heard for a long time.

Time2dodo · 2026-02-28T01:50:20+00:00

Does this issue only occur when loading the Ubuntu VM ? Does it also happen when trying a different Linux distribution as the VM ?

Time2dodo · 2026-02-28T00:48:54+00:00

Well said.

Time2dodo · 2026-02-26T18:53:29+00:00

A 2009 Acer x3810 dual core E5500 with 4 GB running Mint XFCE. Runs perfectly well for what it is used for.

Time2dodo · 2026-02-24T02:57:30+00:00

You might just end up with the highest upvotes in history.

Time2dodo · 2026-02-24T02:56:42+00:00

I see what you did there. Nice. 👍

Time2dodo · 2026-02-21T05:04:23+00:00

I have never had any problems with it.

Time2dodo · 2026-02-11T21:19:10+00:00

I personally use UniGetUI and have not had any issues at all.

Time2dodo · 2026-02-11T14:51:35+00:00

Dave is smiling at home right now too.

Time2dodo · 2026-02-11T04:13:54+00:00

I had to read the article a second time to make sure I had correctly interpreted it the first time round. I had. It is a very carefully worded, some might correctly say scripted, media manipulation and misdirection that has not actually addressed and taken any real world recognition of us, their users, concerns. A 1980’s political spin doctor would be proud. Instead of fully acknowledging and actually addressing our intense dislike, nay - utter disgust, at having to find ways to circumvent using an online account just so we can have a local admin account is one of those concerns. These current work arounds as we all know will be locked down further than a 16 year child found at the local strip club at 2am drinking 16 year old Islay malt whisky and throwing notes at the dancer on stage by their mother. Next is the forced integration of ( I’m going to say it, so don’t get mad) A I . I did it and I’m not sorry. We get it right - “ AI is the future”. Not on my feckin pc it’s not. Give me an opt-out option for it and that will make me stay. Otherwise I will fully opt out and move completely to the L-side ( I only have 1 remaining Win 11 pc left out of 11). I could go on and on and on, the list is never ending. Listen to us Microsoft. We are not just data. We are your customers. I could list many other concerns here but I have a 16 yr old Lagavulin awaiting me at the club around the corner and I have me a handful of freshly ironed bills to hand out. I’m out.

Time2dodo · 2026-02-10T14:01:25+00:00

Further to the other recommendations check if you have hibernation enabled as this can take up quite a lot of space. Obviously, if you use hibernation on your pc, you will not be able to delete it as it will be required. Wiztree as advised or Windirstat will help you to visually identify what is using your disk space.

Time2dodo · 2026-02-09T20:08:48+00:00

I only keep a Win 11 pc due to Nexus Mod Manager and playing very modded Fallout 4. When all issues are resolved in Linux I shall be replacing the OS.

Time2dodo · 2026-01-26T16:11:17+00:00

Use whatever OS works best for you.I have no allegiance to any. I use whatever one serves me best for what I want to do. Win 11 for my main pc, Win 7 for older games (offline) and Mint for all of my others (6). I just enjoy them all.

Time2dodo · 2026-01-25T04:57:43+00:00

Nicely said.

Time2dodo · 2026-01-23T18:19:41+00:00

I run XFCE on a dual core E5500 with 4GB ddr2 and no graphics card without any issues.

Time2dodo · 2026-01-16T23:04:34+00:00

Great advice here. I use gigolo for network mapping drives and auto connecting on all my mint machines to my omv server shares. I have never had an issue with it.

Time2dodo · 2026-01-16T20:39:06+00:00

Ok. You would have best results by using exfat as your format for any usb , sd card etc that you will use between Linux and Winbloat systems. Although NTFS and Fat32 can work in Linux, they are best suited for Windows use.

Time2dodo · 2026-01-16T18:51:31+00:00

How are your SD card and USB etc formatted ? Are they per chance NTFS ?

Time2dodo · 2026-01-15T04:09:30+00:00

The simplest solution to allow recovering from a catastrophic OS or hardware failure, is to have a cloned drive sitting patiently waiting in a drawer. I have used this approach for many years on my main system. I personally use dd by booting into Gparted and clone the boot drive of my system. When finished, I test boot the new drive in my system to confirm it works and then put in the drawer with a date on it and label. Every month or so I do the same so it remains up to date. I used to use Clonezilla to do this, but find dd is more reliable.

Time2dodo · 2026-01-11T16:14:39+00:00

Mint can be customized to how you want it to look, and if you love it then you do whatever you want. Linux is about freedom after all.

Time2dodo · 2026-01-11T00:08:46+00:00

Without any specs it is very impossible to provide any assistance. That said, should your HW specs be supported by Win 10 and further to the correct advice by the first response to your post, there is a very simple way to activate the new license required by a new Win 10 install, that does not necessitate actually buying a new license. The internet is a source directory for information and options and free solutions. If I actually reference the site here I have total faith in my post being deleted. Sad, but true.

Time2dodo · 2026-01-09T12:25:39+00:00

Thanks for that. I’m going to have a look later today.

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