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PostmarketOS in 2026-02: generic kernels, bans use of generative AI

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Re: PostmarketOS in 2026-02: generic kernels, bans use of generative AI

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Post by ACCount37 »

mono442 wrote: post #2

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Weird stance to take.

I can understand "untested AI-genned code is bad, and thus anything that reeks of AI is going to be scrutinized" - especially given that PostmarketOS deals a lot with kernel drivers for hardware. Notoriously low error margins. But they just had to go out of their way and make it ideological rather than pragmatic.

Re: PostmarketOS in 2026-02: generic kernels, bans use of generative AI

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Post by 9cb14c1ec0 »

chasil wrote: post #4

I do not understand why Lineage insists on waiting for eBPF back ports when PostmarketOS has a far newer kernel running on the same hardware.

Core Android functionality relies on eBPF in a way that PostmarketOS does not. PostmarketOS is much more of a linux distro than Android is. They are not very comparable.

Re: PostmarketOS in 2026-02: generic kernels, bans use of generative AI

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Post by yehoshuapw »

ACCount37 wrote: post #6
mono442 wrote: post #2

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Weird stance to take. I can understand "untested AI-genned code is bad, and thus anything that reeks of AI is going to be scrutinized" - especially given that PostmarketOS deals a lot with kernel drivers for hardware. Notoriously low error margins. But they just had to go out of their way and make it ideological rather than pragmatic.

as a kernel developer, I use LLMs for some tasks, but can say it is not there yet to write real kernel space code

Re: PostmarketOS in 2026-02: generic kernels, bans use of generative AI

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Post by jonathrg »

ACCount37 wrote: post #6
mono442 wrote: post #2

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Weird stance to take. I can understand "untested AI-genned code is bad, and thus anything that reeks of AI is going to be scrutinized" - especially given that PostmarketOS deals a lot with kernel drivers for hardware. Notoriously low error margins. But they just had to go out of their way and make it ideological rather than pragmatic.

It's fine for a project to have moral/ideological leanings, it's only weird if you insist that project teams should be entirely amoral.
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