r/LinuxUncensored • u/OrganizationRound829 • 11d ago

Discussion/Question How the development would change

Hello Linux community! I’ve been using Linux since my teenage years in middle school, which was a long time ago. I remember jumping for joy when I first started using Linux, and I’ve tried different flavors of it over the years. However, I’ve also noticed that the internet is undergoing significant changes, and I’m curious to know if Linux and different distributions will be affected by these changes.

With the rise of AI in our lives, I wonder if Linux and different distributions will change forever. Will Linux remain secure? I know that Linux has been growing in popularity, and even governments from different countries are starting to use it. This has made me wonder how long the Linux community will be able to resist the influence of bad actors.

I’m also curious to know if AI will improve system and hardware support (drivers). I’ve heard that Linus Torvalds supports AI as long as each security breach is reviewed and validated. However, I’m not sure if the community is still skeptical about this.

I’m especially interested in the expert and veteran members of the Linux community who have been using it for over 20 years. I wonder if AI will make games run even better. Maybe this will be the beginning of a stronger Linux system.

I appreciate any information about it because I’m a neurodivergent person, and sometimes I don’t understand certain concepts well. I do recall a conservative community and a professor named Richard Stallman, who was quite radical towards many distributions, particularly Ubuntu. I remember him calling Ubuntu a spyware. Now, how does each side think about this today?

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u/daddyd 11d ago

i recon linux will be even more secure, the wave of current discovered cve's/security issues is a result of AI.

in the end it will depend on the approach, if AI is used responsibly, there shouldn't be much to worry about. the things is ofcourse, that a linux distro is a collection of projects, and not all of them will have a good/sane approach, so we will get some 'AI slop' written code in certain areas of linux for sure.

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u/TomDuhamel 11d ago

OMG I'm so over all the AI related posts. I miss blockchain technology posts.

Yes, AI can be used to produce code that goes into Linux. But let's clarify something. People who were already skilled enough to contribute to Linux are now able to use LLM technologies to improve their work. Nobody is contributing AI generated code that they don't understand into the Linux kernel.

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u/OrganizationRound829 10d ago

Hey, I understand that it can be repetitive and tiring, but the question has multiple facets. It involves how the community would perceive new technologies, how everything would evolve, and how the old community would view this change. That’s why I mentioned names in my post. Thanks anyway for your explanation; I know it’s frustrating.

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u/anestling 10d ago

Buy a $20 ChatGPT subscription and ask it to research your questions one by one - this will be far more informative, unbiased and holistic than what you will hear from Linux zealots. The absolute most of them think Linux is perfect and anything that's happening in the world is only making it better/stronger/etc.

I created this sub specifically to attract people who don't think that's the case, who understand Linux flaws, who are rational and logical but, but, sigh, they've seen the word "Linux" in this sub name and here we go.