Post #4850978 · Elektrine

2026-09-25 16:34 UTC

Software projects you probably should know about, continues servo browser engine https://servo.orgSea Monkey https://www.seamonkey-project.orgPaleMoon https://palemoon.orgDillo https://dillo-browser.orgNetsurf www.netsurf-browser.org Chromium and Firefox rely on LLM generated code extensively. This means Firefox forks and Chromium forks are AI-tainted. WebKit, too, has Claude and Codex generated code in it. This means ways of browsing the web, the modern web, without slop, are critically endangered. If you want to reduce the harms of LLM usage, even moving to a Firefox fork would be a net positive thing, but our next best bets for slop-free web browsing are either Servo (warning: Rust and some dependencies needed for it are somewhat AI tainted) or forks of old Firefox, I think. And alternative js-free browsers. I'm really, really sorry, but I think modern web might not make it. Smolweb? Sure. Let's use smolweb more 🧵 Continues

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@nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt 2026-09-25 17:14

I wish I could offer more advice and guidance on living without AI-tainted or anti-humanist/fascist software. I think if you're worried about it, and have energy and time, you should try keeping your existing software and hardware going for as long as it is feasible. If updates stop coming, consider moving things to be offline-only. Research repairable alternatives. Learn about emulation. Choose safer options, and you probably will find No-AI list as helpful as I did: https://noai.starlightnet.work/list.html Additionally you might want to be aware of Open-Slopware list, though it keeps the projects in the list to a very high standard, including things I personally find forgivable (e.g. MartyPC is in the list): https://codeberg.org/ethical-foss/open-slopware Finally, if you want my opinion on Linux: I'm sorry but I think it's mostly done for, for my purposes. I don't think I'll find it fully ethical to use after LTS support for the late 5.x/early 6.x kernel drops. And don't get me started on systemd, python and other things that embrace AI. 🧵 end

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