Why can't we ignore it again?
this post was submitted on 29 Mar 2026
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If these tools are indeed finding security issues, then ignoring them means someone else will find those issues - and abuse them.
Doesn't matter if they find security issues (they won't) if they're buried in a veritable haystack of false reports.
Unfortunately AI has gotten ahold of several projects so it's not as easy to ignore. And with Linux itself being on the list, it seems the time comes for the community to migrate to Haiko or BSD.
The reasons people use Linux are for qualities other than the ones affected by AI use. AI use has implications for code quality, correctness, and security. But none of those are why people use Linux. People use Linux over BSD or other Unixes because Linux supports the most hardware, has the biggest software ecosystem, and being a monolithic kernel is much easier to get up and running with lots of hardware without needing to install separate drivers. Those qualities still need to be addressed by BSDs or whatever alternatives before people will start migrating from Linux.
I say this as someone who regularly uses and enjoys an OpenBSD machine. I couldn't use it as my main machine because it just doesn't have the same software availability and plug-and-use hardware support as Linux. Porting software to a new target is not a trivial task for most users. I package a few things for the AUR and that's much easier as the software already supports x86_64 Linux; I just have to write a script to install it. I think OpenBSD is a nice OS but I highly doubt Linux users will migrate any time soon. Think about how many people were clinging onto X11 because Wayland didn't support their super specific workflow. And a migration to an entirely different OS would be worse.
i usually use freebsd (haven't tried openbsd yet..) and its linux binary compat is almost perfect, it surprisingly just works for most things although there are some rough edges as a desktop.
They list iTerm2 as affected but list Linux-specific terminal emulators only as replacement even if there are plenty of those on MacOS. At this point I think those lists are prepared by LLM boosters too.
Unfortunately AI has gotten ahold of several projects
Why does that matter?
- Legal Ramifications
- Legal Cases And Law Problems
- License Problems
- Stolen Training Data
- Environmental Impact
- Labor
- Poor Code Quality
- Deskilling
- Infosec risks
- Healthy and Safety
- Ties to the War Industrial Complex
- Effects on Policing
- Maintainer Fatigue
- Effect on Hardware Prices
This website linked in the post you replied to lists a bunch of reasons.
"Stolen"
Who has had their stuff taken away from, in a way that they don't have it anymore?
"But copying is actually exactly like plundering a whole ship" - RIAA
Copyright crusaders have always been pathetic bootlickers of capitalist middlemen parasites who enclose the commons and then demand ransom.
Because IF it is superuseful tool and you are being paid to dev then you will have to explain why. Like if a framer showed up to a construction site and refused to use power tools
But its not. This is more like a framer showed up and you told him to go home so the power tools could build a house that looks like the fucking tower of Pisa.
this is noy how devs are using ai. they use it as a tool..
non devs may be using ai this way and the house falls apart.
No they don't. AI is not a tool. A tradespersons wields a tool. AI just has them point it in a general direction and then it does it "for" them, but also fills it with shitty bugs they either have to go back and remove, which ends up taking even more time, or they miss it entirely, which leads to broken code, or they just ship it and don't give a fuck.
Getting the hottest new Linux reporting from *checks address bar* PC Gamer?
PC Gamer is just reporting on the original story from the Register, and the quote is real from the maintainer of the stable branch.