just-a-husk
2 weeks ago
Nevermind, i double-checked and runit is not actually developed by Void, so it's not subject to its no-AI policy. OpenRC, s6 and dinit do actually have anti-AI policies
krongulus
1 week ago
I can +2 Void linux. Its a bit more manual and hands on, like an Arch, But is very stable and well tested. They just orphaned over 100 packages that had AI involved. They are also independent and not based on anything. I have had only good experiences with Void.
just-a-husk
2 weeks ago
After succesfully bricking and unbricking my laptop by being a dumbass, here are my first impressions on CachyOS, a self-proclaimed and often-praised gaming distro based on Arch Linux.
toribytez
2 weeks ago
from what i'm seeing (digdeeper.neocities.org), it's your typical cryptic babble, mostly mentioning software and darknet related things
just-a-husk
2 weeks ago
Not quite typical. Dude's a hard right conspiracy theorist who believes covid vaccines were made by a secret world order change your dna to turn you into a mindless slave and that they cloned Stephen Hawking, among other things. He's got a whole section on how to "deconstruct arguments against skepticism" which includes a tutorial from the 1900's of a guy who believed the government was hiding evidence of ghosts
hhroses
2 weeks ago
xD thats wild. i mean the vaccinees were experimentally made with rna so its not super far-fetched to think they were genetically modifying us (because in a way they literally were - just not in the "illuminati" way i dont think) but thats so wild. lol. hard right? hmmmm. its giving alex jones if he was a techbro lol. i hope hes not a bigot. i sure do love brain candy and thought exploration tho lol. #psychonaut
hhroses
2 weeks ago
the government hiding evidence of ghosts xD lol i dont think the government cares about ghosts xD thats so fun to think about tho
sweetheartmemory
2 weeks ago
Vaccine deniers are funny because they don’t know that some viruses actually incorporate into your actual dna anyway to stay alive… science isn’t this big scary thing and we’re in desperate need of funding especially now
hhroses
2 weeks ago
omg interesting point about how viruses change dna. OMG what if there was an evil virus takeover
just-a-husk
2 weeks ago
@hhroses mRNA doesnt modify our genes. In older vaccines, they use dead or weakened viruses so that the immune system has to learn how to deal with them on their own. The immune system does so by making proteins that can kill the virus. Cells are instructed to make proteins via Messenger RNA (mRNA). All mRNA vaccines do is cutting out the middleman.
just-a-husk
3 weeks ago
Some more animals from my backlog. The following have been added: African Bush Viper, Aha Ha, Alligator snapping turtle, Apolemia, Cookiecutter shark, Digger bees, Gharial, Hooded grebe, Lampreys, Leatherback sea turtle, Lungfishes, Opalescent nudibranch, Osprey, Porcupines, Raccoon Dog, Saltwater crocodile, Sandbox Tree (not an animal but come on, how could I not include it?), White Peafowl and Woodcock.
just-a-husk
3 weeks ago
PostmarketOS: https://postmarketos.org/ One of the more known ones, has a major focus on mobile devices (rare for Linux) but also offers desktop versions for certain devices: https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices . Pretty good aerynOS: still in Alpha technically, but has made a lot of progress in the last year and has a small but happy userbase so far
just-a-husk
3 weeks ago
secureblue: https://secureblue.dev/ Really recent distro with a focus on security. It's immutable though, so probably not recommended given that it hasnt proven itself yet. Chimera Linux: https://chimera-linux.org/ on a technical level, really damn weird distro that mixes features from Android and BSD. Might take some time to get used to. Doesn't have a lot of apps in its repository, but supports flatpaks
just-a-husk
3 weeks ago
Gentoo: https://www.gentoo.org/ really damn good distro that can be superbly optimized, but man does it require a lot of maintenance and fiddling around. Every app needs to be compiled to use it. Few people have the time for it. elementaryOS: https://elementary.io/ has their own vintage-looking desktop UI, but has a major focus on accessability and is overall pretty decent. GNOME apps are better than its default apps
just-a-husk
3 weeks ago
Forgot to link Aeryn: https://aerynos.com/ .That's all the ones I know so far, I think elementary and/or postmarket may be the best options for general use but i've never personally used any of them yet, so I am not entirely certain. Hope this helps
badgraph1csghost
3 weeks ago
After the systemd thing i cant say im surprised. It's getting harder to exist without throwing my computers out the window and moving to a technophobic commune.
badgraph1csghost
3 weeks ago
Everyone keeps saying the AI bubble is bursting, but there's gonna be an ass tonne of vibe coded software that needs to be rebuilt from nothing once it does.
badgraph1csghost
3 weeks ago
Also i cant say im particularly confident in any of these OSes ability to completely ban AI code. All it takes is one dev who looks the other way to completely undermine it all. To say nothing of a change in leadership or project longevity.
just-a-husk
3 weeks ago
Sure you can just give up too if you'd like, but you don't strike me as the type to do so. As for systemd, I know Chimera Linux doesnt support it at all given its freaky feature set, and postmarket, Gentoo and elementary can ship with alternatives out of the box
just-a-husk
3 weeks ago
As for not being able to guarantee AI-free code; that's not the point. It's virtue signaling. We're meant to signal virtue: that is how we differentiate between virtue and vice. If you want a distro that condones AI use via neutrality, you've got plenty to choose from. These are the distros that explicitly detest AI, and are more likely to turn off AI slopcoders too
just-a-husk
3 weeks ago
Back to regularly scheduled fakemon posting: Wigmere, the Bug/Dark earwig Pokémon!
Say hello to Squiream, the evolved form of Lantiuri! This Normal/Ghost type squirrel is still afraid of the dark. When a ghost popped out of the glowing acorn and started to entangle itself in Squiream's tail, Squiream still chose to hold on. Its fear of the dark is worse than its fear of ghosts.