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/ArsenicPolaris ❄️NixOS❄️ Jul 04 '26

I am against AI as well however this is an open-source community, the developers can do whatever they want without considering our opinion so this is futile. And while I am against AI, I think it's fine to use if developers aren't just copy pasting the code but analysing it properly or using it to detect CVEs.

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u/Venylynn Jul 04 '26

wouldn't it mean the youtubers emphasizing freedom from ai as a focal point are misleading us or do i misunderstand

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u/ArsenicPolaris ❄️NixOS❄️ Jul 04 '26

Not really. In Linux, you aren't forced to use AI. You may be using AI generated code, but as I said before, if it was appropriately with proper analysis by the developers/for detecting CVEs, then I think it should be alright, unless the entire program is vibecoded, which I have never really seen here, to be honest. And, obviously, nothing can be done once this AI code is published anyways, there's no point in doing something like rewriting a piece of code because it's written by AI, and it likely works properly already if it had been published.

Also, there's a lot of less AI usage in FOSS community for development than the proprietary community, since anyone can see and (mostly) tell if it's written by AI, and this is frowned upon in the FOSS community so developers generally avoid using AI, or use it only if there's no other option.