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Comment Re:AI works, really well (Score 1) 44

That's what I thought. AI has evolved a lot and is pretty capable of writing good code. In this case, it looks like it would have to take the NetBSD kernel, the way it is, and then combine it w/ Alpine Linux's userland. Both code bases already exist, so from what I understand, the AI would have to provide some sort of a shim that would provide the Alpine userland w/ the BSD equivalents of the Linux kernel calls. After that, hopefully, one or more people would go through it to verify that it works as expected, or help troubleshoot and iron out any bugs that may still exist

It might be something of concern if AI was building something completely from scratch. But in this case, it looks like AI would be combining existing code, just providing the hooks for one part to talk to the other

Incidentally, is this the first NetBSD based distro being created, ever since OpenBSD was forked? Something I'm missing - the point of it: what's it about NetBSD userland that makes it worth replacing w/ that of Alpine Linux? There are ways that I can think of a NetBSD distro being enhanced - increased driver support, new software utilities and so on which could give NetBSD the former PC-BSD feel to it, the advantage this time being that it would be available over a wide range of architectures. But I'm not getting the point of this distro

Comment Re:Love BSD, hate the article (Score 1) 44

Only thing about your "hyper capitalist mess": all the companies that have been working on AI have been heavily leaning either Left or Left-of-Center. Grok is the only exception. The idea that AI would do things to empower the side that its owners ideologically oppose is just fascinating at best, and conspiratorial at worst

Comment Re:Why switchh? (Score 1) 43

Right. Only switch to it if you're running it on an appliance, such as a router or firewall. You can convert that router into multiple things - multihoming, firewall, routing, DHCP services

Comment Re:Why switchh? (Score 1) 43

As I noted above, it's the perfect firewall OS, and so you can have that on an appliance. If you get an OpenBSD VM, you can configure it not just as a firewall, but also add multihoming, routing and DHCP services to it. Then feed it to a switch or a WAP, and distribute that secured internet to all the nodes within your network. Only thing that I'd switch from is OpenWRT or OPNsense or pFsense or RouterOS, not from something like Cachy Linux or MidnightBSD or Windows or macOS

If you are playing Steam games, do not move to this - continue using SteamOS or macOS or Windows. Similarly, if you have a FreeBSD server for your web, smtp/imap and other services, just stay w/ it. Same for if you are using some Linux distro for your daily driver: this is not the BSD distro to switch to. It's a security demon, so use it exclusively for that, in the ways I mentioned above

Comment OpenBSD's main utility (Score 1) 43

This OS would be mainly used as a firewall/router OS, and so most suitable for "appliances" - routers, firewalls and the like. It's not likely to be one's gaming computer or where one goes to post to social media

Once one recognizes that, OpenBSD isn't what one would install on, say, a 32-core CPU. For such a thing, first put a hypervisor on, and then assign a certain number of CPUs to OpenBSD

Comment Re:Honestly if we could break up the Monopoly (Score 1) 74

This trend is cyclical, and has been since the 90s. Glut in the RAM market leads to price erosion, which lead to a slowdown in manufacturing. In the meantime, those low prices tend to spur new designs that use plenty of it, spiking the demand, then creating a shortage which leads to a ramp up in manufacturing, which then leads to another glut

Unless and until the AI bubble bursts, don't expect RAM prices to come down anytime soon. Also, by now, it's well known that this is a volatile market, making it unlikely for new entrants. Even while it's littered w/ the skeletons of companies like Qimonda

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