cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/76421889
Linux doesn't deserve this
Imagine taking the lightweight, privacy-focused appeal of Linux and completely ruining it by hardwiring AI models straight into the OS. Nobody is switching from Windows for more forced AI features.
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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).
Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.
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Obviously the sarcasm is coming through as intended but it betrays a strange notion of a common attitude towards computers amongst all people as a whole. For it to read as sarcasm one has to accept the premise that people like using computers generally, or if they don't, they don't use them. This would make an operating system for people who hate using computers a redundant and laughable concept. Except, a lot of people have no particular love for computers and use them because they're mandatory aspect of everyday life, so a system that genuinely did market itself as for 'people who hate using their own computer' would probably be very appealing which would rather undermine the whole implied message of this post.
Whether such an OS would deliver the goods here an actually work well and reduce friction for users and not catastrophically break or be so inefficient it becomes useless is another matter.
Then again, old ladies and children prefer iPhones because the phone decides what you're allowed to do.