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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Linus Torvalds uses AI to debug an Intel GPU driver bug (github.com)

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[–] kylian0087@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 child)

Honestly 15+ year old bugs are also left in the linux kernel for people to pick up, Learn from and get deeper in kernel development. They know they can easily find them with a LLM but choose not to. Policy's are changing due to the mass influx of these "bug" fixes.

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[–] wax@feddit.nu 2 points 2 months ago

That's in the Linux staging tree, where they have banned ai contribution for exactly that reason.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Staging-Reject-LLMs

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[+] MangoCats@feddit.it 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

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[–] kylian0087@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago*

Not really... "Education" and real world are vastly different. Getting accustomed to a mailing list other maintainers etc is not something you learn with your education.

And leaving bugs for hardware no one has touched in ages is not too big of a deal. And a nice gateway for new comers who actually want to learn it instead of trow a LLM at it.