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MidnightBSD Bans Users in Brazil and California, Warns More Regions Could Follow (itsfoss.com)
submitted 5 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world
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MidnightBSD, a FreeBSD-based desktop operating system, has quietly updated its README to reflect a new geographic restriction. The project has added a clause that bars residents of any country, state, or territory with OS-level age verification mandates from using MidnightBSD

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[–] ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Good. I'm glad they're standing up to this insanity.

It's ironic though because it's a California based OS.

By the way, anyone tried gaming on BSD?

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Gaming on BSD isn't as bad as you'd expect. There are Linux compatibility tools that let you run proton/wine on FreeBSD

Random shit breaks sometimes but once you get past the steep learning curve you can play a lot of titles

[–] BennyTheExplorer@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Genuinely asking, why would you use FreeBSD when there already is Linux?

[–] mghackerlady@leminal.space 1 points 5 months ago

"Linux" is like 12 different software projects in a trench coat. Like people in a trenchcoat, the whole thing falls apart if one of them goes missing. The BSDs (and most other sane operating systems, for that matter) are a monolith developed together for each other