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Are Anti-AI Linux distributions practical? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 day 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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[–] tabular@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's many new words for me, seems some groups of people also have no usage of words that others use!

I value software freedom; basically being in control of your own computing. I dislike others taking my code and then denying their users the same freedoms they enjoyed. If not for that I could do without most of Copyright as it is today.

[–] m532@lemmy.ml 0 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

You don't get what copyright is at all. The bourgie propaganda seems to have convinced you that "copyright protects you from copyright and if it weren't there nothing would protect you from copyright"

For some people, it's easier to imagine the end of the world, than to imagine the end of ~~capitalism~~ the copyright system.

[–] tabular@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

People sue companies that take our code and redistribute it while denying their users freedoms we indended for them in the software license. We call it GPL enforcement, or copyleft license enforcement. https://sfconservancy.org/news/2015/oct/01/compliance-principles/