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.

  • cerement@slrpnk.net
    8·
    6 hours ago

    Most of it comes down to personally mitigating the damages:

    • start with ElementaryOS and Pantheon/Gnome, then decide which path you want to follow
    • if you’re hardcore, go for NetBSD or MirBSD or 9front/Plan9 instead of Linux
    • on the Linux side: ElementaryOS, Gentoo, Chimera Linux, AerynOS, and Nura/PostmarketOS all have strong LLM policies
      • along those lines: Gnome and Cosmic haven’t gone soft on AI the way KDE has
    • Starlight Network No-AI List is one jumping off point, but there are several other lists including repo-slopscore and Weird Little Guys
    • dusk@piefed.socialEnglish
      7·
      6 hours ago

      Weird little guys is an interesting read, I was surprised to find Jeff Geerling there, I always thought he was just a really crappy youtuber, with really stupid fans. I was half expecting to find Linus SebastiDouche on the list afterwards.

      • shrek_is_love@lemmy.ml
        2·
        5 hours ago

        I liked him a lot. I first learned about Jellyfin from his video just a few years ago. I would’ve bet money that Linus TT would be on such a list before Jeff Geerling. I don’t have a parasocial relationship or idolize YouTubers, but I’m definitely still disappointed. (Maybe I was a stupid fan, but now I’m just stupid 💀)

        • Alex@lemmy.ml
          11·
          3 hours ago

          I do like Jeff’s videos, he comes across as a true engineering nerd. I find his SBC reviews to be pretty thorough and some of his other videos make for an interesting side quest on stuff he’s interested in.

          I certainly don’t view DeVaults purity list as the authority on if I should watch someone’s videos or not.

        • dusk@piefed.socialEnglish
          2·
          5 hours ago

          Jeff never made sense to me, his videos seemed dodgy, the first one I saw he was jumping on the linus screwdriver silly hype train, but his fans just adored him, to the point I assumed some of them were drooling. I didn’t see much more of him over the years, so my view is definitely limited.

    • tumbling4986@lemmy.caOP
      11·
      6 hours ago

      Why don’t kde? Are they also into AI slop? I didn’t used elementaryOS yet. Is elementaryOS a good daily driver? Also what about Arch?