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Are Anti-AI Linux distributions practical? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 2 days ago by Crumpled6273@lemmy.ca to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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I have been using Linux for over 8 months now, and my primary distribution of choice was Debian.

Debian recently conducted a community vote on allowing AI contributions, and it ended up allowing responsible AI contributions.

What is this responsible? How can AI commits be responsible? There are thousands of reasons to not use AI, and the primary reason is AI is a thief.

How did you react to Debian's decision? Did you switch distros? Which one was your option, and why?

Also, when the Linux kernel itself allows AI commits, is there any practicality in a Linux distribution strictly limiting or restricting AI commits?

I have no serious usability issue with Debian now but am concerned about the use of AI even in my Linux distribution. Should I keep going with Debian or consider any other distribution, as I only have 8+ months of experience as a daily Linux user? I tried almost all Linux distros and am comfortable with everything except Void Linux and highly complex ones like Gentoo.

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[-] dawcas@scribe.disroot.org 1 points 1 day ago

Wait... WHAT!?

[-] medem@lemmy.wtf 1 points 1 day ago

Yea, apparently AS is now being heavily used in its development. I need to look up the reference, but I read a while ago that AS-assisted 'coding' was used for making SMP work in Hurd.

I've spent quite some time pondering my options now that OpenBSD, my former OS of choice, has been slowly but surely giving in to the hype, and I can tell you that currently the most sensible option seems to be (I'm not joking) 9Front.

[-] strawberry_enjoyer42@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

tf is "AS"?

also, how does 9Front compare to NetBSD?

[-] medem@lemmy.wtf 1 points 15 hours ago

Artificial Stupidity.

9front is not UNIX (but its predecessor was also created at Bell Labs). It is 'many of the ideas surrounding UNIX, on steroids'. The user experience is waaaaaay more integrated because the whole system is developed by the same small team.

On the flip side: forget about browsers and many 'modern' programming languages.

[-] strawberry_enjoyer42@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 hours ago

Omg artifical stupidity is so fire!

Interesting... I'm tempted to try it out.

Are the BSDs any better in regard to browsers and stuff?

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