This page is a running list of Open Source Operating Systems (Linux & *BSD distributions, etc.) and what their current status is regarding age verification.
There are several locales which have laws (in various stages) which require Operating Systems themselves to perform some level of age verification and reporting.
Passed OS-Level Age Verification Laws: Brazil, & California.
Proposed OS-Level Age Verification Laws: U.S. Federal Law, Colorado, Illinois, & New York.
Withdrawn OS-Level Age Verification Laws: Michigan House Bill 4429, Michigan Senate Bill 284
The developers or publishers of these open source Operating Systems have decided to not implement Age Verification, or are currently restricting access in regions with Age Verification laws.
| Operating System | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| ⛔ | Omarchy Linux | Developer statement |
| ⛔ | Devuan Linux | Developer statement |
| ⛔ | Slackware Linux | Developer statement |
| ⛔ | Vendefoul Wolf Linux | Developer statement 1, 2 |
| ⛔ | GrapheneOS | Android-based mobile OS, Developer statement |
| ⛔ | FreeDOS | Developer statement |
| ⛔ | Artix Linux | Developer statement |
| ⛔ | DB48X | Calculator firmware, Developer statement |
| ⛔ | Arch Linux 32 | Developer forbids usage in Brazil, California |
| ⛔ | Ageless Linux | Debian fork created to protest Age Verification |
| ⛔ | Garuda Linux | Developer statement |
| ⛔ | EndeavorOS | Developer statement |
| ⛔ | GhostBSD | Developer statement |
| ⛔ | Parrot OS | Developer statement |
| ⛔ | Vipnix Linux | Developer statement |
| ⛔ | Rocky Linux | Developer statement |
The developers or publishers of these Open Source Operating Systems have made plans and/or statements that they intend to comply with new Age Verification laws. But, as yet, that Age Verfication functionality is not fully implemented.
| Operating System | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| 🏗️ | Ubuntu | Planning Discussion, Ubuntu VP Statement |
| 🏗️ | Pop!_OS | System76 Statement opposing, but planning to implement |
| 🏗️ | elementary OS | Founder Statement planning to implement |
| 🏗️ | Fedora | Planning Discussion |
| 🏗️ | Debian | Will help downstream distros to implement |
| 🏗️ | Manjaro | Planning Discussion |
The developers or publishers of these open source Operating Systems have made statements which are confusing, nebulous, or suggest that they may (or may not) ship with Age Verification in the future.
| Operating System | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| ❓ | CachyOS | Developer statement |
| ❓ | MX Linux | Developer statement |
| ❓ | Solus | Developer statement |
| ❓ | AlmaLinux | Developer statement |
| ❓ | Linux Mint | userdbctl isn't installed on Mint by default, so systemd birth date field is not consumed. No statement has been made by Mint maintainers yet. |
| ❓ | Bazzite | No statement regarding age verification, but heavily dependent on Red Hat-adjacent components. |
| ❓ | Q4OS | Developer statement |
| ❓ | Void Linux | Developer statement |
| ❓ | Zorin OS | Developer statement |
| ❓ | Whonix | Founder Statement |
The following Operating Systems have officially added default Age Verification (or Age Attestation) functionality to their primary released released version.
| Operating System | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| 🪪 | Midnight BSD | License temporarily forbids usage in Brazil, California, but Age Attestation added by default |
Other repositories of information regarding age verification, anti-surveillance, and ownership rights in general