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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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[+] realitaetsverlust@piefed.zip -6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No. And I think that switching from debian because "Muuuh LLMs bad" is - while obviously your choice to do so - a stupid move.

You can't escape LLMs. The pandoras box is open. They will never disappear again, even if anthropic, openAI, google and meta are sucked into a black hole tomorrow (an event that I would celebrate big time), LLMs would still exists and be here. Instead of trying to avoid anything LLM-made, you should try to escape bad and abusive LLM projects. So no OpenAI, anthropic etc, and no shitty big tech LLMs in general.

At the end of the day, I don't think you will find a distro that is truly AI free. In general, you will most likely not find SOFTWARE that is truly AI free.

[–] Twig@sopuli.xyz 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'd want to avoid the Pandora's box of shit as best I can.

[–] realitaetsverlust@piefed.zip -2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Well, living in a hut somewhere in a forest is probably the only way to actually avoid it lol.

[–] DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Nothing wrong with bushcraft.

[–] realitaetsverlust@piefed.zip 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Shit if it was legal, I'd probably be down ngl.

[–] DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It can be if you own the land or have permission from the owner.

[–] realitaetsverlust@piefed.zip 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Depends on the country I guess. In germany and austria, you can't legally live in a location that doesn't tick certain checkboxes, even if you're living there willingly. You need stuff like sewage, water, electricity and a bunch of other (often nonsensical) things, and even if you own a piece of land in the middle of nowhere and you build a cabin and - somehow - tick all those boxes, if the land isn't zoned for living (meaning it's agricultural, industrial or something like that), living there is legally impossible and you're living in 24/7 threat that your home is taken away. And most european country I'm somewhat familiar with have similar rules.