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Linux May Be the Best Way to Avoid the AI Nightmare (www.lifewire.com)

submitted 5 months ago by boem@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago (12 children)

Great article, but:

"A user-friendly distribution like Ubuntu can be an excellent choice for individuals wary of privacy and ethical issues surrounding AI," says Taylor. "It provides a robust and user-friendly environment that minimizes the tracking and data collection you’d typically encounter with macOS or Windows."

It's been quite a few years since I used desktop Ubuntu, but I remember the Unity DE back then being not so user-friendly, at least for someone coming from the Windows paradigm. I've heard (but could be misinformed) that it's gotten even more opinionated over the years. Something like Mint is likely to be a better option for a first-time user.

Also, I wish the article had mentioned Proton. It states that you may have to be willing to abandon certain games, but that's far from the reality these days. At least through Steam nearly everything works right out of the box just by enabling Proton.

[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 9 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Mint, which uses Cinnamon, or any KDE based distro. Since both desktop environments kinda have the same classic Windows layout & functionality that people would be used to.

As for games, it is mostly competitive pvp titles with their anticheat systems that don't work, which is purely on the developers of said games. If you're playing just regular multiplayer or singleplayer games then that's typically not a concern at all.

[–] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago

Yeah, I hated KDE for like a decade but tried it again last year and was blown away. I can't imagine I'll switch off of it for a very long time.

And yeah, I always forget about competitive games as they're so not my thing.

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