The future of AI in Ubuntu
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As 2026 progresses, LLM-based tools are becoming more and more ubiquitous. Adoption across the tech industry has been mixed, both in terms of which projects are embracing “AI” technologies, and in how companies are structuring their adoption. As a result, I’m frequently asked about what Canonical and Ubuntu will do (or not) to incorporate AI. In this post I’ll detail how AI will play a part in both Canonical and Ubuntu’s future, my framework for classifying AI features in the OS, and how Canoni...
  • Maki@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    51·
    28 days ago

    The real question is about the future of Ubuntu and whether anyone should still be using it at this point. Because my eyebrows have raised so far up from some of the decisions made by the Canonical team over the years that they were able to wave at the Artemis II crew on their loop around the moon. Great job basically inviting M$ into the ecosystem to the point where they’re halfway from the ‘Embrace’ to the ‘Extend’ part of their EEE-strategy.

    • Peffse@lemmy.world
      2·
      27 days ago

      I wonder if it’s a problem with branding.

      Forgive me if I’m a bit incoherent, this idea isn’t fully formed, but… Do you think they are doing this stupid crap to differentiate their brand? Like, the push for Unity GUI and the push for Snap. Those don’t solve problems, do they? They are just different. Just things that others don’t do.

      If I spun up a fork of Debian, the first question everybody would ask is “why not run Debian instead?”

      …is that what they are trying to accomplish with this? to answer the question of “why not run Debian instead?”

      EDIT:typo