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

  • ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca
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    5 months ago

    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
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      5 months ago

      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

        • mghackerlady@leminal.space
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          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