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Ubuntu Linux Will Begin Landing AI Features Throughout The Next Year
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this post was submitted on 27 Apr 2026
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The enshittification of Ubuntu and Firefox these last years have been tragic to watch, even though i no longer use any of them.
At least Firefox recently got a 1-click "AI off" button. I'd prefer if Mozilla concentrated on the rendering engine first and foremost but that 1-click solution isn't so bad. So at least there's that.
I’ll stop looking for alternatives when it becomes a one click AI on button instead.
Problem is that well maintained alternatives without that shit don't exist. Sure, there are Chromium and Firefox forks that strip all that shit but are you really willing to trust you data security with a fork created by two dudes in their free time to deliver updates the same day as their upstream projects? I'm not. So I rather use Firefox, turn that shit off manually and continue to hope that Servo will be good enough in two years (doubtful).
Yup, that’s why I’m still looking.
I think the best current candidate is WebKit-GTK but here's the looking bit again: I'm looking for a WebKit-GTK browser that adopts traditional cross-desktop UX and not GNOME header bars.
Librewolf has done a great job and has a strong stance on disabling/removing AI pieces
But yeah, it's just sad to always be fighting against the tide
Kudos to its little brother, Ironfox.