@miked@social.tchncs.de yes. no. maybe. maybe not. why? why not?
i never understand how peeps expect complete strangers to make up their mind for them.
one very obvious strategy is to make yourself an :archlinux: VM, then muck about with it for a month, to ascertain if it floats your boat or not.
only you know what factors are important to you, in any putative distro.
#dropbearpooterising #linuxwomen
@MsDropbear42 I appreciate your answer and the VM tip! :) I'm not expecting anyone to make up my mind for me. Just trying to learn about other people's experiences and engage in discourse. Maybe make some like-minded internet friends? :P
@miked@social.tchncs.de ok, but i could not read your mind, only read your written words.
fwiw, imo, :archlinux: is great, but so are many other distros, it all depends on one's hands-on or hands-off preference. my tower runs two instances of arch kde plasma [different installation modes], one of kdelinux, with thoughts of adding SparkyLinux Testing kde plasma in coming weeks. my lappy now runs said Sparky. on both pooters til recently i ran :fedora: kinoite, but i recently made a values decision to abandon fedora coz 1. merkan, & 2. they seem to be letting gen-ai in, to both of which things i vehemently morally object. other peeps ofc will make very different choices. good luck.
#DropbearPooterising #Linux #LinuxWomen #FOSS
:fedora: #Kinoite | :archlinux: :kde: #ArchLinux #KDEPlasma
:debian: #SparkyLinux | :opensuse: #Kalpa | :kde: :linux: #KDELinux
:firefox_nightly: #FirefoxNightly #FirefoxSecondSidebar #TreeStyleTab #Sidebery
@MsDropbear42 thanks for the answer! you really put in a lot of effort with all those emojis and hashtags 😅
2 follow-up questions: what's merkan and how/where are they letting gen-ai in Fedora? 🤔
@miked@social.tchncs.de
1. merkan = american, ie usa 🤢🤮🤬🖕. #fucktrump
2. in multiple fediverse posts, over recent weeks, there were many links & references to some official fedora blog articles where some senior person there was explaining their new policy on ai. various popular tech sites then also began reporting on it. some links a quick search dug up now fyi:
https://itsfoss.com/news/fedora-ai-developer-desktop-stalled/
https://byteiota.com/fedoras-ai-developer-desktop-was-approved-then-blocked-heres-why/
https://app.daily.dev/posts/heavy-community-backlash-blocks-fedora-s-ai-developer-desktop-initiative-bvh8ybqfj
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/council/policy/ai-contribution-policy/
https://linuxiac.com/fedora-opens-the-door-to-ai-tools/
https://ostechnix.com/fedora-ai-contribution-policy/
whilst afaict the current status is in flux, the fact they have not unambiguously banned it, makes me apprehensive about them eventually accepting it. this uncertainty, combined with my moral decision to not use any usa product or service as much as i can help it, prompted my decision to change.
@MsDropbear42 Thank you, much appreciated! ❤