{"slug": "even-linux-cannot-cope-with-slop", "title": "Even Linux Cannot Cope with Slop", "summary": "Linux kernel developer Konstantin Ryabitsev said that coping with AI-generated 'slop' from LLM bots has become so expensive that even Linux infrastructure struggles, noting that kernel.org and related sites face heavy bot traffic. He recommends moving to static pages to reduce server load, as dynamic sites with 32 CPU cores are overwhelmed by LLM bots, including Googlebot, which he says is now an LLM bot.", "body_md": "# Even Linux Cannot Cope With Slop\n\nAs noted in the [\nsister site](http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/GNU_Linux_Has_Gone_Mainstream_Now_It_s_Attacked_by_Slop.shtml), citing [\nrants about attacks on kernel.org](http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/LLM_Slop_Attacking_Linux_Kernel.shtml), Konstantin Ryabitsev\n[explains\nhow expensive it has become to cope with slop](https://people.kernel.org/monsieuricon/creepy-crawlies).\n\nBots on the Web are truly obnoxious and they've caused us many problems, cost us a lot of time, and left us having to keep beefy servers with 32 CPU cores. That was years before the price of hardware went through the roof. By moving to static pages we've largely solved the RAM and CPU hunger. That was before LLM bots went totally out of control.\n\nIf you're pissed off by the LLM scammers hammering on your site\n(no benefit to you, it'll never be beneficial, and [googlebot\ntoo is an LLM bot now](/n/2026/06/08/GAFAM_Bots_Are_Not_Good_Bots.shtml)), then consider going\nstatic.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/even-linux-cannot-cope-with-slop", "canonical_source": "https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/30/Even_Linux_Cannot_Cope_With_Slop.shtml", "published_at": "2026-08-31 14:10:12+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-31 14:24:34.613909+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-infrastructure", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["Konstantin Ryabitsev", "kernel.org", "Linux", "Googlebot"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/even-linux-cannot-cope-with-slop", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/even-linux-cannot-cope-with-slop.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/even-linux-cannot-cope-with-slop.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/even-linux-cannot-cope-with-slop.jsonld"}}