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Now that Debian is embracing AI anyone have any anti-AI distro recommendations? (feddit.online)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by WorkingPie@feddit.online to c/linux@programming.dev

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Been a long time Debian user but with the recent AI decision I am planning on moving on so anyone have an anti-AI recommendations? I understand its being used in the kernel as well but are there any distros taking a full anti-AI approach to the parts of the code they control?

Since folks seem a little confused on what I am referring to here is the mailing list page regarding the use of gen ai without disclosure vote: https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2026/08/msg00360.html

Phoronix article on it: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-Votes-Responsible-AI-Use

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Maybe this is the push you need to . . . Yes, maybe it’s time for . . . FreeBSD.

Search your feelings. You know it to be true.

[–] WorkingPie@feddit.online 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I've been tempted to give it a go a few times. Mainly for fun tbh. Appreciate the recommendation!

[–] korthrun@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I believe that there is now LLM generated code in the Linux kernel, so BSD is probably going to be where this path leads you. Solaris or AIX maybe ;p

[–] Shadow_Glider@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

FreeBSD has been slop for a while, the only slopfree BSD remaining is NetBSD, but that's probably not practical to actually use.

[–] provectus@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

What about openBSD? I doubt the most secure OS would want llm code.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

FreeBSD does not include AI features in its core operating system, but the FreeBSD community and Foundation have explored AI-assisted tools for specific tasks like vulnerability discovery and driver development.

https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/freebsd-ai-assisted-vulnerability-discovery-project-launch/

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I've been meaning to revisit FreeBSD for a while, I just haven't gotten around to it.

I used FreeBSD extensively from versi9n 3.3 to 5something and barely touched linux back then. Only reason why I moved to linux was the larger community.

Then suddenly Linux became a good desktop OS without much hazzle at all, so it replaced both desktop and server-side use for me.

How is FreeBSD as a desktop OS these days? I vaguely remember compiling xfree86 from /usr/ports some 25 years ago, and dicking around with monitor sync rates to get Gnome to display properly.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

To be honest that was sort of my story too - played around 15-20 years ago with it, then Debian (and the rest) Got Good and I just haven’t gone back.

Maybe I was just talking to myself.

Hmm.

[–] morto@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

In purely utilitarian terms, are there any interesting differences in using freebsd or other bsds instead of linux?

[–] provectus@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

NetBSD is more portable than Linux and supports a lot of CPU architectures. OpenBSD is secure by default. I think the BSD'S have jails, which are better containers, but I do not know much about it.

For desktop daily use, it only matters if you really want that Unix taste.

[–] morto@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

Thank you!

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Well, back in the day the guy who was really into it would bug out his eyes at you and go “Oh YES! There’s . . . “ and he’d immediately list two or three huge differences and then downshift to a bunch of reasons why that’s better™ and then you’d go home and not remember a single one very well.

These days I don’t really know. Is there a little red devil in the house?