Can AI soon make the Linux desktop a first-rate user experience?

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And more generally, can AI make open source software just as polished and full-featured as commercial software?

PaulHoule · Accepted Answer

Free software could reach parity with commercial software if commercial software gets degraded by ceaseless nagging about unwanted AI features.
At work Slack is nagging me to nag my IT staff to subscribe to their unwanted AI features, but we have a top-down policy that we need a contract with any AI vendors to respect privacy... I wonder if IT can turn off the nagging without buying...
I think the AI in Photoshop is useful, but I sure am sick of hearing about AI features in Acrobat, particularly when they are a hassle to dismiss on mobile devices, where I just want to read a frickin' PDF.

bityard · Answer

I don't understand the question.KDE Plasma is easily on par with the two leading commercial desktops, except it is also vastly more powerful and configurable.

sylware · Answer

Only when a set of mainstream elf/linux distros will be massively pre-installed on sold computers.Look at android linux... it showed how to do it: get massilely installed and be the default.

guilhas · Answer

The question sounds a bit botish. Like the boss asking where can we slap some AI/Blockchain to help raise capital

meiraleal · Answer

Linux UX is much, much better than OSX and Windows, if you are a power-user. There are plenty of open source software that are much more polished than their commercial counter-part. They only lack the marketing budget.

Can AI soon make the Linux desktop a first-rate user experience?

And more generally, can AI make open source software just as polished and full-featured as commercial software?

I don't understand the question.
KDE Plasma is easily on par with the two leading commercial desktops, except it is also vastly more powerful and configurable.

Only when a set of mainstream elf/linux distros will be massively pre-installed on sold computers.
Look at android linux... it showed how to do it: get massilely installed and be the default.

The question sounds a bit botish. Like the boss asking where can we slap some AI/Blockchain to help raise capital

Linux UX is much, much better than OSX and Windows, if you are a power-user. There are plenty of open source software that are much more polished than their commercial counter-part. They only lack the marketing budget.