I've been on Devuan for several releases. Root on [mirrored] ZFS based on the Debian instructions with some tweaks like writing init scripts, Nvidia driver and CUDA installed from the runfile, X11, KDE, wireplumber, etc etc. My Zen3 MiniPC and Zen+ laptop also, less Nvidia. The laptop is even still on the last version because it just runs a browser and CHIRP.

The best description I've heard is that they want police protection from their slaves, but I don't think that truly captures their full flavor. The description needs to include something about being deluded enough to think they will be in the slave-owning class in the dark future they are happy to help bring about.

IMO: even before that. My cut-off date is when RHEL was certified to run Oracle RDBMS. A cash-cow has appeared, and the rest of the OS (along with community) became just a baggage.

In the age defined by cybersecurity, this is a very very [*beep*] comment.

They have said "the last straw", not "the main reasons". I've seen recently a number of migration to Debian, because the current generation grew up, got tired of the "latest greatest" stuff that's half-broken all the time, and simply want stuff that "just works". Funnily enough, Debian is still "it". (Heck, even for the gamers.)

Doubt RHEL goes anywhere, but it's funny how many people grow up out of the denial that RHEL, well, sucks. Started gradually sucking even more after RH started going after market share of commercial *nix systems, and started adopting many traits of the monolithic commercial *nix OSes.

You don't like politicians who serve the public and keep promises huh?

Schools across the country used to teach you how to read, write, drive, cook, and even shoot. Yes, in California, too. By the time I got to school we were only shooting arrows, though. I was able to take classes in cooking, woodworking, plastics, and electronics in public school, but you could feel the Reagan pinch for sure. The only instrument my elementary school could offer me was a dented trombone.

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You think leftists don't want to debate you because THEIR ideas don't hold up? Clown shit.

I hope you're wrong because otherwise we're all fucked. Yes, you too, and only a very short time after the rest of us

Systemd doesn't do that, although it causes other problems, like breaking early boot logging when part of its mission was supposed to be fixing logging. It doesn't have significant requirements...

So you're acknowledging that cowboys who slap things into a production system are the problem?

Got it.

I take it you haven't used AI at all recently. It's absolutely amazing how many people haven't even got a clue how AI works and give it a false equivalency of a stackoverflow copypasta bot. Sorry, no. It hasn't been that bad for at least a year.

Nobody considered the metaverse inevitable. That's false equivalency.

The truth is that AI is inseparable from business, at this point. It's just like "cloud": an irritating buzzword with a lot of trumped up buzz, but a meaningful and appreciated advancement which isn't going away.

The neophytes just haven't caught up, yet.

Lolol you think smart people talk to you

Pretty accurate conveyance of what most slashdotters are these days. It's not like it was back in the day...

What's "snake oil" about it? And what kind of people consider this "insightful" and not a troll?

Would you consider a facility producing clean water and power (like a nuclear desalination facility) to be "snake oil"? You know: things which are in high demand and improve the lives of many. No, AI isn't clean water or power (and it does use those things). But it is akin to a revolutionary change, like the steam engine, or the Sterling engine, which completely changed the face of industry in a very short period of time.

If you haven't used AI in a meaningful way in the past, oh, 6 months, you should rightfully consider your opinion invalid on this topic. I know it's popular, particular with "real programmers" to make these hubristic statements, but there's no truth in it. It's usually those most heavily steeped in the old ways of doing things who have the hardest time with new things.

The same was true 6 months ago. The field has changed a lot, with breakthrough changes almost daily - so much so that just keeping track of everything released is an exercise in and of itself, nevermind testing it. I have hardware set aside just to do that, and there's often a 2-3 day queue.

Personally, I do hold it against people if they're not significantly using AI at this point. It's a self-enforced personal limitation in capabilities. You still have to work, but it's hard to argue against the economics of it: a single developer can 10x output with ease, and the quality is significantly better than most developers can produce. It speeds architectural design significantly and improves associated outcomes, even when you know what you're doing. It helps identify faults.

Even outside the domain of programming it's a game changer in many ways, though we're just now only starting to get to the point where those capabilities can be realized.

The AI industry is much larger than just OpenAI and Anthropic. There are many other companies doing useful, meaningful work aside from just selling tokens - including local inference and open model initiatives. It's useful to keep that in mind. This technology isn't going away anytime soon.

Do they not use the same arch?