Jetbrains unbundles AI Assistant and is now available as a separate plugin

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Post by adl » Thu, Mar 07, 2024, 11:49 PM UTC

Jetbrains unbundles AI Assistant and is now available as a separate plugin
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Re: Jetbrains unbundles AI Assistant and is now available as a separate plugin

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Post by adl » Thu, Mar 07, 2024, 11:49 PM UTC

"Beginning with the Beta version of IntelliJ IDEA 2024.1, AI Assistant has been unbundled and is now available as a separate plugin."

This was a mayor complaint about a month ago:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39238666

Re: Jetbrains unbundles AI Assistant and is now available as a separate plugin

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Post by mistrial9 » Fri, Mar 08, 2024, 12:58 AM UTC

lets assume that Ubuntu Linux from Canonical is a solid platform. However, snapd is intrusive and still not stable IMO. The implementation of libc as a snap component, and the Firefox Browser as a snap component, are notably onerous. Some linux downstream from Ubuntu remove snapd completely.

JetBrains -- please support installation on Ubuntu minus the snapd system. thanks in advance

Re: Jetbrains unbundles AI Assistant and is now available as a separate plugin

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Post by Skhalar » Fri, Mar 08, 2024, 1:35 AM UTC

mistrial9 wrote: post #3

lets assume that Ubuntu Linux from Canonical is a solid platform. However, snapd is intrusive and still not stable IMO. The implementation of libc as a snap component, and the Firefox Browser as a snap component, are notably onerous. Some linux downstream from Ubuntu remove snapd completely. JetBrains -- please support installation on Ubuntu minus the snapd system. thanks in advance

I run kubuntu on my home computer with snapd removed and have 0 issues running JetBrain products.

What issue are you having ?

I've installed IntelliJ via Toolbox. Prior to that I did install it using the archive they provide.

Re: Jetbrains unbundles AI Assistant and is now available as a separate plugin

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Post by throwaway5959 » Fri, Mar 08, 2024, 2:41 AM UTC

I almost cancelled my JetBrains subscription when I saw that shit. Very bad move on their part.

Re: Jetbrains unbundles AI Assistant and is now available as a separate plugin

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Post by tcmart14 » Fri, Mar 08, 2024, 4:01 AM UTC

Skhalar wrote: post #4

mistrial9 wrote: post #3

lets assume that Ubuntu Linux from Canonical is a solid platform. However, snapd is intrusive and still not stable IMO. The implementation of libc as a snap component, and the Firefox Browser as a snap component, are notably onerous. Some linux downstream from Ubuntu remove snapd completely. JetBrains -- please support installation on Ubuntu minus the snapd system. thanks in advance

I run kubuntu on my home computer with snapd removed and have 0 issues running JetBrain products. What issue are you having ? I've installed IntelliJ via Toolbox. Prior to that I did install it using the archive they provide.

Same here. I've got Jetbrain's Toolbox on a Debian system, no snapd, no problems.

Re: Jetbrains unbundles AI Assistant and is now available as a separate plugin

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Post by donmcronald » Fri, Mar 08, 2024, 5:01 AM UTC

I read the ToS when this issue surfaced last month. I think JetBrains tried to do a reasonable job of restricting the use of code by the AI companies.

I think the thing they missed is that many of us don’t trust those companies and don’t think AI is going to bring the gains being promised. I personally think we’ll see larger volumes of mediocre junk and fewer amazing, innovative things built by extremely talented experts.

I don’t want to contribute anything to AI.

Re: Jetbrains unbundles AI Assistant and is now available as a separate plugin

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Post by linuxalien » Fri, Mar 08, 2024, 6:14 AM UTC

mistrial9 wrote: post #3

lets assume that Ubuntu Linux from Canonical is a solid platform. However, snapd is intrusive and still not stable IMO. The implementation of libc as a snap component, and the Firefox Browser as a snap component, are notably onerous. Some linux downstream from Ubuntu remove snapd completely. JetBrains -- please support installation on Ubuntu minus the snapd system. thanks in advance

I've not used Toolbox that other commenters are mentioning, but there is an unofficial ppa. https://github.com/JonasGroeger/jetbrains-ppa. I used to do basically the same thing, build our own deb packages for use in our org, and the PPA works perfectly.

Re: Jetbrains unbundles AI Assistant and is now available as a separate plugin

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Post by thegrim000 » Fri, Mar 08, 2024, 6:27 AM UTC

adl wrote: post #2

"Beginning with the Beta version of IntelliJ IDEA 2024.1, AI Assistant has been unbundled and is now available as a separate plugin." This was a mayor complaint about a month ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39238666

Man I hate their licensing system. Now I have to buy an updated license so my fallback version will be at least this new version. So I have to pay for another license to get this fix.

Re: Jetbrains unbundles AI Assistant and is now available as a separate plugin

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Post by thegrim000 » Fri, Mar 08, 2024, 6:28 AM UTC

mistrial9 wrote: post #3

lets assume that Ubuntu Linux from Canonical is a solid platform. However, snapd is intrusive and still not stable IMO. The implementation of libc as a snap component, and the Firefox Browser as a snap component, are notably onerous. Some linux downstream from Ubuntu remove snapd completely. JetBrains -- please support installation on Ubuntu minus the snapd system. thanks in advance

You can just download the software from their site as an archive with pre-built executables in it and it works just fine on Ubuntu.