• ohshit604@sh.itjust.works
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    3 hours ago

    Slightly off topic, buddy of mine decided to switch to Debian and A.i his way through everything, waiting for the day his system fails to boot because of some obscure command it tells him to run.

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      3 hours ago

      Idk. I think using ai to learn Linux as you switch to it is fair ground. In the end they’re free from Microsoft. It’s a win. Just make sure they have data backups.

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        4 minutes ago

        As the great Linus Torvald said:

        It’s why I strongly want this to be that “just a tool”.

        The problem I’ve seen is the lack of knowledge retention when AI feeds you stuff, buddy wouldn’t even bother to read nor memorize what it’s telling him and just copy-paste commands thinking it’ll fix whatever obscure issue he is encountering.

        I’ve been using Debian for the last ~3ish years now relying on documentation from others so I’ve seen how fragile it can get.