A little experiment here. Writing and posting this blog post within my Linux system. Using the basic GNOME text editor. It’s simple and has the basic features needed. It has a bit of AI in the form of spell check. But, I am assuming it won’t suddenly take-over and completely reformat this post. HA!
This feels like a bit of a throw-back to “old school” composition. It is a “good” as it needs to be for this task.
I have no issue with the use of AI if I am the one in control. A personal computer needs to do what I want when I want. Not hovering over my shoulder making corrections to my “line of thought”. If I need help, I will ask for it.
The problem with the new generation of AI is that it has been designed to make the user conform to a set of standards. That’s fine if the standards are what I asked for. And I enabled the service.
The problem Microsoft has created is that I did not ask for a full time copilot, turned on by default, and so deeply embedded in every action I perform using MY computer. The computer and the software are 100% mine to do with as I please.
The Internet is the root of most of the problem. We as users have given away our security and right to privacy. Stand-alone computing is almost non-existent today. We must conform to common “standards” so we can all work together.
I understand that. But we have enabled an Orwellian “Big Brother” into our everyday lives over which we have little to no control. Now monitoring our thoughts and telling us how to “do better” without explicit permission.
Perhaps the Linux OS is a way back to a more personal computing. It’s a highly fragmented OS, organized but not totally controlled by by one corporate mind. It’s called “open source” meaning anyone with the skills can examine and even change how it operates. It’s why there are so many versions. This gives common users more options.
No, I am not making a permanent change to Linux for all my computing needs. I am glad it exists and that I can freely choose to use it. Much of the internet operates within Linux OS servers. Stop and think. There is a reason for that.
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I sliced this 3D printed bowl using a Linux version of Snapmaker Orcha (slicer and printer control software). Totally free from Windows 11 or MAC-OS. I do have options…