Is LinuxJournal AI Slop now?

Posted by miversen33@reddit | linux | View on Reddit | 40 comments

Quick intro, this article popped up in my google recommendations this morning

https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/arch-linux-breaks-new-ground-official-rust-init-system-support-arrives

It is a 404 now, but the wayback machine grabbed it before they deleted it

https://web.archive.org/web/20250618001301/https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/arch-linux-breaks-new-ground-official-rust-init-system-support-arrives

Its a complete (and relatively well written) article about a new system init tool called rye-init (spoiler alert, it doesn't exist). I will not pretend to be the arbiter of AI slop but when I was reading the article, it didn't feel like it was AI generated.

Anyway, the entire premise is bullshit, the project doesn't exist, Arch has announced no such thing, etc etc.

Whoever George Whitaker is, they are the individual that submitted this article.

So my question, is LinuxJournal AI slop?