Im preaching to the choir with this, but I think its relevant for context: The reasons Im not using windows are ads, tracking, forced updates, AI "features", automatic reversion of your uninstalls/settings after updates, slow/buggy/bloated/vibe coded. These things are enough of an issue for me to the point that if an alternative didnt exist, I would not have a PC. That means linux and its future are a pretty big deal to me. Weve already seen some give into age attestation (shoutout to agelesslinux.org), there are debates being had about development practices (vibe coding), debates about incorporating AI slop features (weve already lost firefox there), hardware attestation would regretfully see some compliance given how age attestation went, etc. Does anyone else worry about the path linux could be on?

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[–] 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Linux is fine.

If you wanna avoid LLM's all up in your kernel then leave, Linus has put his foot down on this months back and the kernel is knee deep in llm's, and powering much of the ecosystem.

If operating systems need verification the linux ecosystem seems well placed to avoid this with LFS, Gentoo, Toybox and many more being kits to build your own.

If Linux does get drowned in twats and turns into some kinda IBM powered Steam machine then the BSD's are waiting.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    if you wanna avoid LLMs then leave

    how very tech bro of you
    i bet quite a lot of people would leave if it were an option. in fact, isn't that why most of us are here on the Fediverse

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