It’s not, but the world we live in now also means countries can’t take the US at their word.

This opportunity to look good was handed to China on a silver platter.

I’ll take “things that might have happened if Elon didn’t cut the department that relates self-driving” for $100, Alex.

Ok, not angry. Tossing constant accusations of lying and gaslighting rather than answering.

Your position was “Linux not supported by platforms”. You never explained what that means and no one understood you, clearly.

Almost like… gaslighting to say that you explained your position already.

Jesus, Buddy. It’s not gaslighting to explain how I interpreted your comment, and it’s starting to sound like your angry responses are to avoid explaining your position.

Please explain to the class exactly what you mean by services not supporting Linux. No “obviously you know and are just pretending to make me look bad” stuff.

Explain like we’re 5.

I’m… lying?

No, it’s pretty clear now that you’re quite confused about the difference between apps and services.

And they do support Windows.

Oh god, tell me you’re not using the windows store apps for these services on a PC. Even my Alpha kids know better than that.

Seriously, how can someone be even a little familiar with Linux and be so wrong about internet services working on Linux?

And your attitude is just… something else.

It was the next sentence after the list of distros referenced in the response to you, and it is still very misleading at best.

But, yeah, the second sentence. There’s a huge difference between an HTPC and an Amazon stick, Roku, or “smart” TV.

Those have apps and must be supported by “platforms” because they are limited hardware with a limited OS.

YouTube and Netflix don’t need to “support” Linux any more than they need to support Windows for an HTPC.

If that’s not what you’re saying, you’ll probably want to elaborate because I expect there are plenty of readers giving your comment a “wha…?”

“E” - since Buddy is trying to imply I changed my comment after he responded, no. I added clarity within a couple minutes, changing no ideas. Talk about gaslighting with this guy.

The next sentence that incorrectly implies AMD is at all a necessity for those distros?

In my experience, LLMs are good for code snippets and input on best practices.

I use it as a tool to speed up my work, but I don’t see it replacing even entry jobs any time soon.

So true, it’s an amazing tool for learning. I’ve never been able to learn new frameworks so fast.

AI works very well as a consultant, but if you let it write the code, you’ll spend more time debugging because the errors it makes are often subtle and not the types of errors humans make.

… You know there are menus with search in Linux just like Windows, right?

We’re only talking about the people who want to use the command line.

It’s less than the difference between windows CLI and poweshell. And if you’re like “I don’t use those”, guess what? You don’t need to in Linux either. You can run the update app.

A new language? It’s one app.

And if you learn it, you are back to the same level of usage, not “okayish”.

But yeah, no one HAS to move from Ubuntu/Debian to another flavor. (Which is what OP is talking about).

No one has to move off Win 11, either, if that pain doesn’t make it worth it to them.

True, I should have said a benefit that is a negative for the consumer.

You’re getting down-voted, but, yes, this change only really affects user experience.

I don’t know why anyone would think that what the LLM can access for context during your session is a limiting factor for what OpenAI has access to.

If this change freaks you out, the time for you to be freaked out about history was the moment they started storing it.

I think you might be confused about the difference between giving the LLM access to your stored conversations during your session and using OpenAI using AI to search your stored conversations.

What the LLM has access to during your session changes nothing but your session.

It’s not some “I, Robot” central AI that either has access or doesn’t as a whole.

That is the difference, but it’s a pretty minimal difference. Open AI hardly needs to give the LLM access to your conversations during your session to access your conversations.

In fact, I don’t see any direct benefit to OpenAI with this change. All it does is (probably) improve its answers to the user during a session.

I’m not going to defend OpenAI in general, but that difference is meaningless outside of how the LLM interacts with you.

If data privacy is your focus, it doesn’t matter that the LLM has access to it during your session to modify how it reacts to you. They don’t need the LLM at all to use that history.

This isn’t an “I’m out” type of change for privacy. If it is, you missed your stop when they started keeping a history.

One thing I have noticed, however. When I search for how to fix or do something, nearly all websites and forums reference Debian/Ubuntu commands, so the fragmentation there is a little annoying

I’m using Nobara, which is based on Fedora, so I hear you, but the only thing you really need to do is learn enough about DNF to translate “apt” commands in your head.

And maybe set up a few aliases you’re used to.

While I sometimes go a while without touching it before picking it up again, the Steam Deck DID take away that “ugh computer desk” feeling that kept me from gaming.

So I recommend it, BUT it’s not a cure, either. It’s just an unfortunate side effect of desk jobs that will never completely go away.

You mean DE1, right?

Mint for general use.

Nobara or PopOS for gaming.

Edit - you know what’s dumb about silent down votes? If you have an opinion, share it.