Linux May Be the Best Way to Avoid the AI Nightmare \ stacker news ~tech

Linux May Be the Best Way to Avoid the AI Nightmare www.lifewire.com/install-linux-avoid-ai-8655664

333 sats \ 12 comments \ @chowwiwang 1 Jun tech

I’m wondering if I can use it alongside macOS on a 2015 MacBook?

In my experience the sweet spot for Macbooks are the pre-2017 Macbook Air, they can run Linux distros and are easy to upgrade for more storage space. Also possible for Macbook Pro but harder to tinker than the Air series

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @cristaiji 2 Jun

Thanks. 🙏

121 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 1 Jun

@InsanelyFree wrote a pretty detailed guide: #251438

But it looks like the answer is maybe.

I then tried installing Manjaro as the primary OS on my MacBook but those efforts ended in frustration. Modern MacBooks come with T2 security chips and System Integrity Protections that prevent you from installing non-Apple operating systems. And even if you bypass all that, you may still run into driver compatibility issues. In my case the track-pad didn’t work.

10 sats \ 4 replies \ @026180d3a3 1 Jun

Part of that depends on whether AI generated code gets merged into the Linux packaging system/kernel.

5 sats \ 2 replies \ @chowwiwang OP 2 Jun

There will always be Slackware

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nikotsla 2 Jun

When you know... you know.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @026180d3a3 2 Jun

Have they banned AI contributions?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Zenul_Abidin 2 Jun

In my opinion, code that was generated with the help of AI isn't inherently bad if it was used to fix bugs and design issues.

What should be forbidden is code that was obviously AI-generated 100% from a prompt.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @kingzing131 2 Jun

The whole web will be flooded with AI. It's unavoidable. The content you consume will be with AI in some ways.

Using Linux to avoid AI is like building a garden wall and you are immune to the nuclear plant next to your house.

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 1 Jun

This might be the single biggest opportunity for Linux. If corporate OSs can't help but overdo AI integrations, the non-corporate alternative is the only option left.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @om 2 Jun

If ads in the start menu were not enough to make normies switch to Linux, then mere AI won't be enough either. The normies will love their new AI assistants.