[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for May 21, 2026
The LWN.net Weekly Edition for May 21, 2026, discusses various topics in the Linux community, including a controversial age restriction in openSUSE's terms of service. The restriction, which requires users to be at least 16 years old, has faced backlash from community members who argue it excludes younger contributors. Additionally, the edition covers ongoing developments in Linux storage and memory management.
- ▪A recent change in openSUSE's terms of service requires users to be at least 16 years old.
- ▪This age restriction has raised objections from the Linux community, particularly regarding its impact on younger contributors.
- ▪Dominik George, founder of Teckids, argued that there is no legal reason to ban minors from participating in open source.
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Welcome to the LWN.net Weekly Edition for May 21, 2026 This edition contains the following feature content: OpenSUSE "terms of site" raise complaints about age restrictions: Many Linux users and developers got a start at an early age, so a proposal that could exclude younger people has generated opposition. Ongoing coverage from the 2026 Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory Management, and BPF Summit: Buffered atomic writes, writethrough, and more: a multi-slot session on the path toward buffered atomic writes for PostgreSQL and others Keeping COWs in context (a.k.a. anonymous reverse mapping): an attempt to update and simplify the kernel's reverse-mapping code.
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