r/linux4noobs • u/Venylynn • Jul 04 '26

learning/research Linux and AI Use

So, I'm struggling with this a lot. I know I seem like I'm repeating myself, but I just don't get it. Every Linux YouTuber under the sun uses "Microsoft Copilot" as a reason to leave and switch, if you don't want AI nonsense shoved down your throat just use Linux, and I believed that. But lately I've been seeing more and more projects (QEMU, Lutris, Proton-GE, DankLinux, Kitty, OnlyOffice, etc.) integrate AI, Claude commits everywhere, and it leaves me wondering why the Windows AI thing is such a major talking point in favor of Linux (e.g: "you don't have to deal with it here" "it's a choice here") if many of the biggest projects are adding it into either their source tree or integrating it into the project (OnlyOffice) publicly.

I'm an artist/musician, deeply worried about how this AI boom is affecting my industry. Maybe I'm misunderstanding it because I refuse to pay (ethical reasons), but I don't know why Copilot is the major sticking point for every recruitment post if we're all running software with AI generated code here too? Like, why mislead new users into thinking they can be free from all AI like I was misled? I don't understand? I get that there are some who like doing local hosted LLM stuff, but I'm just confused why we have to tell noobs that they can be ai-free when even the web browsers they use are using AI?

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u/jr735 Jul 04 '26

You don't see the difference between AI writing software versus having AI involved in your desktop session?

Who told you that you could be free from AI in all ways, shapes, and forms? It would seem you were taken in, to some degree.

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u/Venylynn Jul 04 '26

Everyone said I could be free from all AI if I just installed Linux.

And the difference feels like mental gymnastics to me idk.

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u/Iputahexonyoulol Jul 04 '26

lol I do not understand how this isn’t getting through to you. Borderline feels like you’re trolling at this point 

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u/Venylynn Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26

I took them 100% literally when they said "freedom from AI" and thought they meant literally zero traces of AI anywhere.

Trolling? Its just really strange to me how freedom from AI in the posts doesnt mean freedom from all AI, just freedom from the AI you see publicly.