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Comment by johnebgd

2 days ago

I switched to Ubuntu last week for my desktop. First time in my 25+ year career I’ve felt like Microsoft was wasting my time more than administering a Linux desktop would take. The slop effect is real.

You won't regret. I have been using debian for last 25 years on and off and for last 8 years non stop. I have no complains.

I've used Kubuntu for several years, wife too now which is an official, supported flavor of Ubuntu using KDE desktop instead of Gnome. It gives a more Windows like or CDE (Common Desktop Environment - from UNIX systems) feel than Gnome which gives a more Mac feel.

  • Also a pretty heavy Kubuntu user. After spending my formative years tweaking Linux installs, this distro "just works" for me.

You might want to change to Debian or some other distro more radical.

https://ubuntu.com/ai

  • I am not getting what that linked url is supposed to mean. It is a very decent business page where ubuntu is selling consulting for "your" projects and telling why ubuntu is great for developing AI systems.

Linux kernels will all eventually be permeated with AI-gen code as well. It will just take longer to see and feel the effects.

  • I'm sure there are a bunch of "Rust is better" people spending all their tokens on rewriting the Linux kernel as we speak.

  • Your argument is in bad faith because you are using false equivalence bias.

    • I wasn't making an argument. It was a prediction that all major software, (including the major linux distros) will eventually be majority (>50%) AI generated. Software that is 100% human generated will be like getting a hand knitted sweater at a farmers market. Available, but expensive and only produced at very small scale.

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