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Fedora Linux now permits AI assisted contributions (code, docs and more), provided there is proper disclosure and transparency

https://pagure.io/Fedora-Council/tickets/issue/542

https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/council-policy-proposal-policy-on-ai-assisted-contributions/165092/242

Bad decision Fedora but it was expected when IBM/RedHat is basically fund it. Maybe that is what corporate client of RHEL/IBM wants. IDK. There are many other distros that bans AI/LLM but many contributions of Fedora ends up in upstream projects like Kernel or DEs.

Issue #542: Council Policy Proposal: Policy on AI-Assisted Contributions - tickets - Pagure.io

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JFP🇨🇭Oct 23

@nixCraft time to change distro ?
I was about to reinstall Linux from scratch on my laptop (due to removing dual boot...) and thought going on with Fedora, but this news will make me think twice.
Now is time to find another distro that will fit my needs...

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Luna Lactea Oct 23

@jfpoilpret @nixCraft It might be worth waiting a few months to see how Fedora turns out. I dislike that they're allowing contributions generated by LLMs, but it seems like they're going to require those contributions to be labeled & like they're going to be held to a high standard, which is probably the best way to handle the situation. It could be that they were being flooded by crappy contributions by ChatGPT or something, & they thought this might be a good way to get vibe coders to out themselves so someone responsible can either ban them or give their code a very strict review.

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JFP🇨🇭Oct 25

@jackemled @nixCraft actually, I could not wait that long, I finally installed Debian 13 today, just removed both Fedora and Windows which I had kept for too long in one partition.
Now I'll need some more time to install everything I need.
But I am already happy with this first step.
It didn't go as well as I expected: issues with BIOS, with GRUB... All finally solved after some cold sweat 😅

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Luna Lactea

@jfpoilpret @nixCraft I hope the rest of the setup goes well! I might try out plain Debian too sometime.

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JFP🇨🇭Oct 26

@jackemled @nixCraft I chose Debian for the sake of consistency, as I use it already on a VPS, that should reduce my admin time (no need to try to remember 2 ways of doing the same admin tasks).
After my notebook, I'll still have my PC to reinstall from Fedora to Debian, then I plan to soon replace my VPS which will be also on Debian.
I love consistency!