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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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Linus Torvalds Working On A Hefty Linux Kernel Improvement With Claude Code (www.phoronix.com)

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It seems Linus's position is very clear now

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[–] stsquad@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I can absolutely understand some of the objections and I understand why writers and artists are pissed. My code has always been free software so I don't object to it being in the training sets because that seems fair use according to the four freedoms.

The power usage is definitely a concern but that holds up for all computing. I don't see people up in arms about inefficient CI loops retesting the whole world for a single line change. Think of savings that could be made!

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 7 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

My code has always been free software so I don't object to it being in the training sets because that seems fair use according to the four freedoms.

But what about the output of an LLM that was trained on free software, then being used in closed source, commercial software? 🙁

inefficient CI loops retesting the whole world for a single line change. Think of savings that could be made!

Oh yeah, I'm definitely with you there. Oh gosh.

They probably should be up in arms! Both are bad things, simultaneously, as two things can be!