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1. 1-6 · 1790777985 · focus · HN ↗

   Ubuntu has become the bloatware distro I've grown to dislike. Luckily with a CLI-based AI, one can choose any Linux flavor and customize it to their liking.

   1. simoncion · 1790778808 · focus · HN ↗

      > Luckily with a CLI-based AI, one can choose...

      One can choose any Linux distro that has good installation and operator's instructions, such as Arch, Gentoo, Debian, Red Hat, etc, etc, etc, and follow those instructions.

      It might be hard for some youngsters and hypesters to believe, but novices were installing and operating Linux on their home computers long before LLM research even began.

   2. locknitpicker · 1790778823 · focus · HN ↗

      I've installed Ubuntu 26.04 on a desktop I had lying around and things just work. It had 24.04 before, and the update barely registered as a concern. That desktop also ran Windows, and Ubuntu was incomparably snappy, to the point I felt that my typing speed was the bottleneck.

      What I don't like about Ubuntu is the halfsnap, half apt nonsense.

      1. HarHarVeryFunny · 1790780558 · focus · HN ↗

         > What I don't like about Ubuntu is the halfsnap, half apt nonsense.

         I've had to use Claude multiple times to fix my Ubuntu distro when an upgrade causes some part of it to stop working, and this Snap/APT mishmash sometimes confuses it too: "you need the Snap version. I was wrong you need the APT version. I was wrong you need to build from source..". Gets there in the end if you give it a bit of help.

   3. xdavidliu · 1790779229 · focus · HN ↗

      im out of the loop here, whats the last sentence referring to?

      1. RunSet · 1790779378 · focus · HN ↗

         Slop born of plagiarism. People would rather read a pastiche of documentation than the actual documentation.

         1. hahn-kev · 1790779888 · focus · HN ↗

            I don't think people are using Claude to read docs to them, rather modifying their system for them.
         2. xdavidliu · 1790780187 · focus · HN ↗

            im still confused, i was asking about how a cli based ai allows you to choose any linux flavor and customize. i dont understand how slop documentation answers that?

            1. HarHarVeryFunny · 1790780852 · focus · HN ↗

               I think the poster just meant that whatever distro you choose, you don't have to stick with the default desktop and look and feel if you don't like it. If you are brave enough, then give your agentic AI CLI access. Personally I just ask AI on my phone and pick and choose from the advice.
   4. HarHarVeryFunny · 1790780161 · focus · HN ↗

      Also, one of the better uses of AI is fixing your Ubuntu distro (presumably not the only one) when it becomes unusable after an upgrade due to replacing your Nvidia drivers or somesuch.
   5. hermitShell · 1790780209 · focus · HN ↗

      Does anyone know of some good scripts or workflows to install Ubuntu (because it 'just works' e.g. comes with a lot of drivers) and then scale back to a Debian-like experience?

      I've had issues starting with Debian because it doesn't ship with broad support for wifi hardware, and internet over USB to iphone hotspot also didn't work. The only option was to get wired ethernet to bring up wifi.

      1. yjftsjthsd-h · 1790780831 · focus · HN ↗

         As of Debian 12, they should include the non-free firmware by default, and even before that you didn't have to jump through a lot of hoops to add support
   6. bigstrat2003 · 1790780282 · focus · HN ↗

      Or, you know, you can read the documentation and actually learn how to use your system. It isn't hard, dude.

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