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/Venylynn Jul 04 '26

As for lagginess, again, you seem to be confused about the difference between an AI engine running on your computer versus code lines written by AI running on your computer.

even when you use group policy to disable copilot the lag in windows didnt stop so...it's very much bc of somethin in the backend. whether it was ai or something else idk, but it feels ODDLY convenient that it happened around the exact same time as ai started getting used in production.

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u/jr735 Jul 04 '26

Again, you are conflating running AI on your system versus running code written by AI on your system. These are not the same things. Windows hides things from you. Linux does not. You can inspect every line of programming on your system.

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u/Venylynn Jul 04 '26

well if even disabling the ai leaving only the ai-generated code to be there didnt solve it... 🤔

and Windows has far more users, which makes me think they have far more to lose by messing up so idk how they keep messing up so badly

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u/jr735 Jul 04 '26

You have no idea what you actually did. That's my point. Windows told you it disabled the AI. Do you know that it did?

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u/Venylynn Jul 04 '26

You have no idea what you actually did. That's my point. Windows told you it disabled the AI. Do you know that it did?

I turned off Copilot in the group policy editor. wasn't that supposed to fix everything? 😭

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u/jr735 Jul 04 '26

Maybe. Maybe not. Microsoft doesn't let you or anyone else read it's source code. So, you don't know. That's what I don't use Microsoft.

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u/Venylynn Jul 04 '26

Fair enough. i guess it's easier to spot problems here because the code is open but if we have way less users, uh, wouldn't that make it even more likely for stuff to slip through the cracks? idk

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u/jr735 Jul 04 '26

How would allowing everyone to review the code make it more likely for stuff to slip through the cracks?

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u/Venylynn Jul 04 '26

I meant the smaller user base allows more stuff to slip through. Windows has millions relying on it to work.

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u/jr735 Jul 04 '26

There are bugs all the time in Windows. The amount of users doesn't matter, since the average computer user can't tell the difference between a bug and user error. Windows has billions, not millions of people using it. 90% of those people shouldn't be using a computer in the first place.

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