fedora's declaration that they're officially okay with including "ai" generated code in the project has me shopping around for a new distro. CachyOS seems like it's really soliid choice these days.
Sure... and so is smashing your watch with a hammer while you're still wearing it. But neither of them are a good idea for your apple watch or your health.
I had forgotten that KDE was doing another core showcase distro.
KDE Linux is an “immutable base OS” Linux distro created using Arch Linux packages, but it should not be considered an “Arch-based distro”; Arch is simply a means to an end, and KDE Linux doesn’t even ship with the pacman package manager.
KDE Linux leans on Systemd for a great deal of functionality. Updates are atomic and image-based, with the last 5 OS images cached on disk. Only the Wayland session is supported. Apps primarily come from Flatpak and Snap.
What? This just sounds like a linux fever dream lol. Definitely interested to see what they do though.
Yeah, that was the point I was making in part 2 of the OP... I've just heard that some debian distros (mostly heard about ubuntu) will still just do whatever it feels like. Having trouble finding concrete info if that's still an issue though :/
Also, Mint kinda follows Ubuntu’s release cycle, so I would say it’s as up to date as Ubuntu
They follow Ubuntu LTS... so the core is a every four version which is 2 years between core updates.
Part of the thoughts on kubuntu was that it will be far more up to date with the KDE versions.
The two reasons I prefer Mint over native *buntu is because of Cinnamon
Absolutely. Cinnamon is great. That was the other WM that they liked but eventually decided that they wanted to use KDE.
They may well decide they want to distro hop or settle into a more stable system that doesn't change much in the future, but the semi-annual model of changing to the latest UI/UX while still having a longer testing phase ended up being the most appealing option.
The faster release cycle was something I wanted to keep without committing to rolling release. Debian does what... 2 years per release? I considered Mint but they are more focused on "stable" and I'm hoping for a fresher system (also moving to wayland is definitely a friction point for mint dev).
I see it the same as how steam does the same thing with requiring disclosure of ai use on store pages now. And I treat it the same way if I see it I make a consumer choice to not support the game.
What disturbed me was reading the minutes of the meeting that people seemed genuinely excited to include gen ai code. To me that speaks to an ethos that is highly divergent from what I would like to see and what should be happening. It doesn’t feel like it’s “welp I guess we gotta let people do it” and more “oh boy we can finally use it”. And with all the companies that make llm how long before some back door evil nonsense sneaks in. To say I’m dubious would be an understatement. 🤷
Well sure... the point of a warning label on the side of a product is to allow you to make informed choices if you want to use that product. A warning label saying "we're condoning the use of unethical practices" allows me to decide I would rather seek a different product.
Unfortunate. Announcing this when everyone is migrating from windows... a lot of which is because of the AI bullshit in it... seems like throwing the stick in the spokes move.
I guess it's time to go shopping for a new distro :(
Yeah... I always made sure I had some Idea Channel, VSauce, and Veritasium on tap whenever possible. The latter is the only one that really still does it's thing... and even that's getting a little sus these days with Derek promoting general "ai" usage. :/
Linus vs lie-nus