I'm doing a full backup of my laptop this evening so I can replace Debian with Gentoo.
Gentoo has a good statement against LLM-generated code, citing the licensing issues, but more importantly, the ethical issues.
That doesn't free me from what's happened to the Linux kernel, but it's not a question of purity, it's a question of active opposition.
Admittedly, a point in favor of Gentoo is that I booted up a live USB and got a graphical desktop and wifi, which wasn't the case with NetBSD or OpenBSD. I might use those on headless systems, after I get my laptop sorted out.
@foolishowl
I literally just installed Gentoo yesterday, for the same reason. It bothers me that ethics tend to get left out of the conversation about LLM usage so often when it is in fact my primary concern. (I always thought ethics were at the core of the open source philosophy, but I suppose I've just been naive.)
I tried the BSDs as well but both wireless and audio drivers for my laptop were not supported, so Gentoo seemed like the next best thing. So far, I'm thrilled with the experience; having OpenRC, no boot loader (I went with EFI stub, which I didn't even know was a thing), and a package manager that can build from source is just too cool. I even managed to have a working install on my first attempt. I hope you have the same luck!
I'll probably still run OpenBSD on my ancient Toughbook to tinker with because I really enjoyed using it on that old thing.