Even Linux Cannot Cope with Slop

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.

Even Linux Cannot Cope With Slop As noted in the sister site http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/GNU Linux Has Gone Mainstream Now It s Attacked by Slop.shtml , citing rants about attacks on kernel.org http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/LLM Slop Attacking Linux Kernel.shtml , Konstantin Ryabitsev explains how expensive it has become to cope with slop https://people.kernel.org/monsieuricon/creepy-crawlies . Bots 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. If you're pissed off by the LLM scammers hammering on your site no benefit to you, it'll never be beneficial, and googlebot too is an LLM bot now /n/2026/06/08/GAFAM Bots Are Not Good Bots.shtml , then consider going static.