Time to update the basics I think

I agree with what everyone said here about AI and development. But a lot of the questions in the Forum concern configuration conundrums, which is a different thing.

And along with log reading and analysis, and CAKE QoS performance tuning guidance, a very small targeted AI could be helpful.

An own local IPFire AI could even be installed on a different machine, as long as there was the appropriate graphics card. Deployments are getting less expensive all the time.

Maybe even there could be an IPFire cloud AI that could answer questions from a growing body of knowledge - although not plugged into one’s own system.

Many of the questions in the Forum are very specific and of interest to a very small number of people. It wouldn’t be a good thing of course if the introduction of AI reduced IPFire community engagement - on the other hand it might end up that the Forum is focused on bigger policy and learning and use case issues that are of interest to more people.

Go IPFire! :tada:


I just realized that the AI topic had been raised in 2023 and provoked quite a discussion: