Exactly why he we shouldn’t be mad at him only. Also if he didn’t start buying in huge amounts, other companies would. Because the need for RAM doesn’t stop for other companies, just because Sam doesn’t buy. Also a bit conspiracy theory added by me: I feel like these Ai companies had a secret meeting where they agreed on buying all the RAM, as it would benefit them all…

You misunderstand what I said. I am not saying “YOU” as a person, but you in the sense of anyone who does that. And as said, I do not say that you as a single person will make a difference, but many will. And even if it makes no difference in the end, what I’m saying is, anyone who supports them has no rights to cry about it. But if everyone says “oh it makes no difference”, then it will not. I do think that vote with your wallet is a meaningful argument (as you can tell, otherwise I wouldn’t continue saying that).

I don’t know how to express myself differently. Looks like classic case of miss communication in both of our directions.

I guess you are someone who accepts the fate. Then you have no rights to complain about the current situation, if you still buy into Ai. That is my point. And yes, it makes a difference. You just don’t see it right away.

Only those who own the human thought it was correct. The slaves didn’t think that. And your point about that opinion alone does not change is exactly what I’m saying; do something, vote with your wallet. Let’s compare this to a more down to earth stuff, where voting with the wallet did actually change things.

In example people stop paying for Game Pass, because it got so expensive and the service got worse. What happens? Microsoft reduces the price and does something to add value. And this concept of voting with the wallet is not new. It doesn’t work always out, and it needs mass to have an effect. What I’m saying is, if you do not your part, but you still pay and support then, then you are guilty as well.

No? I am not even talking about energy consumption. Also Ai and LLMs are not a technological advancement at all. They bring us a few step backwards, not forwards. But… that wasn’t even my argument you guys respond to, and now declaring me as a hypocrite.

Thank you. :-)

To the OP: Could you wrap the update notes in this post into a spoiler tag? There is no reason this needs to be expanded by default like this. Every we open this post to respond, we have to scroll down 3 or 4 times before we can even see any comment.

No, you are not forced to pay them money to use their Ai tools. This is entirely your decision. And yes, I also blame any company (big and small) who pay money to LLM provider and support them this way. I am not blaming you and me likes only. Sure we don’t have the same impact, but that does not mean you are not responsible. Anyone paying them money and support this business model has no rights to complain in my opinion.

My argument is not stupid. Everyone who pays for Ai support these companies, and create a stable and profitable business model. I do not pay for Ai tools and do not contribute to the RAM and SSD shortage. Don’t change the subject just because you don’t like reality. We are not talking about industrialization (until you brought it up) and climate change, as that is offtopic. The point is that people can vote with their wallet.

He is not the only one buying RAM and selling these services.

I see this in a similar light as videogame cheat engines (for multiplayer games) and the cheaters. I do not blame only the creator of these cheats, but also its users who buy and and create a sustainable business model. The users of Ai who pay for these services are in a similar way responsible.

Everyone who pays for Ai tools are partially responsible to the RAM and SSD shortage issue caused by Ai companies.

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Ah I see, a good question! Didn’t think about this and will test it right now. There is a third monitor not in use, so I will unplug my tv and plug the other monitor in, and back off course. Wait a second please… (please standby) …

• so my first test was to just use the same cable on the same connection to my pc, unplug from tv and plug the hdmi cable to third monitor, result: no sadly its the same panel / bar that was configured for the tv
• second test is i unplugged the hdmi cable on my GPU, and plugged in to the motherboard, result: still same panel from tv

So my current conclusion would be it is not saved for the specific monitor, sadly. Maybe there is a configuration for this. It should be mentioned that my current KDE setup is not the default one and I have some customization that could have an effect on this maybe. The monitors and tvs are identified with their name, so KDE is able to tell the difference. Therefore technically it should be possible to have unique panels to each display. If there is no option for this, I might even suggest that in the KDE bug tracker. Very good question!

Doesn’t matter if you come with that attitude.

Who says that?

You with your next sentence.

if the person is so inclined

That means it does not fit everyone. So you agree with me, that the distribution matters. As long as there are reasons to choose one over another, it matters.

One can turn any distro into another. And I do not agree with that.

You can disagree all you want, it’s 100% possible, stupid, but possible.

You misunderstood my disagreement. I’m not saying its not possible, I am disagreeing that his is a valid point as an argument for “the distro does not matter” statement. My bad for not being clear about it.

You pick a distro because it’s philosophy speaks to you … Because I want to try something different and see how I feel about it.

These are not the only reasons, but good reasons WHY the distribution matters. BTW I also think that some distributions are technically superior for certain use cases. In example CachyOS is more up to date, has optimizations even on Kernel level, compared to an old Debian distribution that is focused on stability. These are technical differences that matter, for whatever you want to achieve. It’s not just a personal taste.

I don’t understand why you answer all questions, because not all questions are meant for a single person. I chose many questions that are meant for many different people, just to illustrate some points. They are thetorical questions, like why you don’t use Kali as server.

But most newcomers are debating for days whether they should use Ubuntu, Pop, Mint, Fedora or CachyOS, and realistically they’re unlikely to even understand the difference between those.

If they don’t understand the differences, then they SHOULD research and debate until they do. Choosing a random distribution and hopping until they understand is not only waste of time and resources, it will teach them wrong lessons this way. I for myself researched for months before I landed on Ubuntu in 2008 as the default, to replace Windows XP. Then I kept using it for… I think 15 years straight or so (forgot the exact numbers).

I don’t like the analogy of “clothes” or someone else with “colors”. Distributions are extremely complex and there is way more work and knowledge involved, they have way more impact and dependencies. And to your point if someone asks me “do clothes matter?” i will say “off course”. Not just to contradict you, but because I think clothes do matter depending on how they fit to me, to the situation I am and how nice it feels, how it looks and so on. Even on practical side, if it rains or if I want to swim. While I don’t like this clothes analogy, I still wanted answer that question you assumed I would say “no”.

Just because it does not matter for most, does not mean that it does not matter at all. They don’t know it does not matter. I think there are choices better suited to them, even if they don’t know and say it does not matter - it does, they just don’t know it yet.

No, choosing a distribution is not like choosing a color. First there is compatibility. Some hardware work better than others or are better supported. Then you also put “trust” into personal taste, which is not just a taste, but a fundamental design decision that has nothing to do with taste. I wouldn’t recommend a newcomer who does not know how Linux works and does not have time to workout how to install and maintain Archlinux. In example my grandma. Or someone who just want to game on it like a console.

I don’t care how you name these points, the fact is, that choice of distribution is very important and matters a lot.

There are distros that fit your needs out of the box and there are distros that need hours of setting up and tuning to fit them.

And that exactly is the reason why the distribution matters.

Distro really and truly doesn’t matter at all. They all can do the same stuff as each other. It’s entirely all about taste and personal preference

So you say my personal preference and taste does not matter? A starting point does not matter and I should randomly pick something from Distrowatch, maybe the newest updated entry in their database? Just because it CAN be turned into a different distro, does not invalidate the value of having a good starting point that fits my needs perfectly. Also you are wrong that these are the only factors. There is also the factor if I trust the maintainers of the repository, and probably other factors important for choosing a distribution.

Lol, but so true.