Ageless Arch
Arch for humans of indeterminate age. Coming Soon.
Stay free, stay private, stay secure. Your system should not need your identity to function.
These packages give users a simple way to keep an Arch system age free without manually patching components. Choose one depending on how strongly you want to resist age reporting and storage.
agelessd
Malicious compliance. A more conservative option that limits what is surrendered while still resisting identity creep.
paru -S agelessdagelessd-flagrant
Flagrantly non-compliant. Refuses age reporting and storage outright for users who do not want their system participating in that model at all.
paru -S agelessd-flagrantSee agelesslinux.org for the full difference before choosing one.
This project is currently maintained and kept age free. That matters because privacy tools only protect users while they stay current with upstream changes.
More contributors are very appreciated. Extra help with packaging, testing, and review makes it much easier to keep these protections in place long term.
This fork keeps one of the most important parts of the Linux stack ageless. Since systemd sits so deep in the system, keeping it clean helps prevent age-related behavior from becoming normalized at the core.
The fork is currently installable and being kept ageless, but packaging is not finished yet.
It is also still awaiting a better name.
This is planned next to keep the desktop-facing layer age free too. The goal is to stop age-verification behavior from quietly entering normal app and portal flows.
Custom repositories will make the safer path easier to keep updated. Instead of relying on one-off scripts, users will be able to stay age free through normal pacman updates.
The custom ISO is meant to provide a clean starting point with ageless components included from the beginning, making setup easier and reducing exposure to age-related behavior during install.