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For Linux, there is https://github.com/pwr-Solaar/Solaar https://github.com/pwr-Solaar/Solaar But on another note, the genai content on the website is just so
by asdfsa32 2mo ago
For Linux, there is https://github.com/pwr-Solaar/Solaar https://github.com/pwr-Solaar/Solaar
But on another note, the genai content on the website is just so distracting and such a bummer. It sticks out like sore thumb.
- WD-42 2mo agoSolaar is fantastic software. Not worth replacing with slop even if the slop looks shiny.
- asdfsa32 2mo agoYeah, I have been using Solaar for many years now, solid piece of software.
- jdboyd 2mo agoThis support Windows and macOS in addition to Linux. I'm not in a hurry to disrupt things on my Linux machine, but I might just have to try this on the other platforms. While it does look extremely likely that AI is used for the copy writing, and probably for some of the code maintenance, I'm not convinced that this is being vibe coded.
- _345 2mo agoYeah even if the software is good there's just something sad about realizing you're reading AI generated text. Even if its proofread and factually correct it just comes across as cheap and low effort, moreso when the content gets duplicated in a pointless FAQ that just restates everything you just read
- aleksandrm 2mo ago>Even if its proofread and factually correct it just comes across as cheap and low effort How so?
- Anoian 2mo agoIt just feels hollow and cheap.
- karolist 2mo agoThe FAQ technique is LLM/SEO crumbs because people usually search for questions, if you have the exact likely question text that maps to user's search you're more likely to rank. It's unfortunate but it works, like open mouth YouTube thumbnails.
- ruszki 2mo agoIt’s still hollow and cheap. I closed those sites immediately even before LLMs. You need to pay me to waste my time, not the other way around. Even if that’s using your then not-so-free app.
- cpinto 2mo agoThat’s not feedback, just a non-constructive opinion. As someone else wrote above, if you’re so precious about it then help out the devs of the project and submit design PRs.
- asdfsa32 2mo agoThis is absurd. No one has an obligation to help anyone nor do they owe you any standard of help. Opinion on quality of output is constructive to the wise and an opportunity to scream "If you can do better than do it" for the small minded.
- ruszki 2mo agoHere is a constructive one then: delete it. It’s better for everyone. If I want to read AI slop about your open source code, I can ask LLMs directly. It’s cheaper for you, and everybody.
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- dmos62 2mo ago> Comes across cheap Given this is open-source, have you considered contributing a more expensive-feeling landing page? Or, donating to finance the project?
- idle_zealot 2mo agoI would rather it feel dev-cheap than corpo-cheap. Throw your MD doc into a basic CSS reset/theme, with a github and download link.
- breezybottom 2mo agoLol that's a good one. AI slop is the least likely way to make me open my wallet.
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- aetherspawn 2mo agoThis website still would have taken at least a week to make. It’s pretty nice for an open source project website. Between no website and shiny but crappy LLM website, I’ll take the latter, and I wouldn’t wish another 2 weeks of unpaid copy writing on any open source dev.
- KennyBlanken 2mo agoExcept "website made by LLM" almost invariably means the software was "written" by an LLM too, and thus is likely full of security vulnerabilities, bugs, and so on. It may also mean that github issues are being reviewed by an AI, which opens the door up to the AI to malicious prompting.
- mastermage 2mo agoDumb question but its because I genuinely do not know better. What is the security risk of what is as far as i understand a mouse driver with config options?
- nobrains 2mo agoa mouse is an input device. most security challenges (passwords, etc.) are input via input devices. those are at a risk of being compromised. also clicks on an on-screen keyboard, etc. in fact, if u think about it, input device data (also know as telemetry - ironically, what we are trying to prevent in the first place by the logi app to do) security is a very serious potential attack vector.
- mzronek 2mo agoFor downloadable software there is the risk of a supply chain attack. The website is altered to provide a download with a malware-infected version of the software. See the recent hack on CPU-Z: https://gist.github.com/N3mes1s/b5b0b96782b9f832819d2db7c6684f84 https://gist.github.com/N3mes1s/b5b0b96782b9f832819d2db7c668...
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- maybewhenthesun 2mo agoI reads like a corporate driver page. I'd much prefer a simple git repo with a readme.md
- thiht 2mo agoThe GitHub repo is literally one click away, the GitHub link is at the top right as usual
- maybewhenthesun 2mo agoGood. Still, I see that page and I think 'Logitech Corporate driver software'. Maybe that's the intention? But it makes me start slightly suspicious.
- thiht 2mo ago> the genai content on the website is just so distracting and such a bummer That's harsh. Consider English might not be the author's first language (I see Chinese on the screenshots). Just opening the site I get all the info I need from the text (local first, no account, no telemetry, that's great), install instructions are immediately visible, there are screenshots, even the config file format is one scroll away. This is a great landing page for an open source tool.
- walrus01 2mo agoAs LLM generated template web GUI go it's relatively inoffensive, at least it's easy to navigate and doesn't waste time with sliders, animated effects, etc. It's just a navbar across the top and then content. As far as the page body content goes it seems like LLMs have taken a little bit too enthusiastically to an Apple style presentation of product features.
- flexagoon 2mo ago> Consider English might not be the author's first language This is clearly LLM-written text, not something that the author asked an LLM to translate from a different language. Not sure how the author's first language is relevant.
- walrus01 2mo agoThe author may very well be working in Mandarin or something and asked it to create an english language explanation of the project. Then the LLM generated the text based on their request.
- flexagoon 2mo agoThey could've written text in Mandarin and used an LLM (or any other translation tool) to translate it to English, which wouldn't have introduced the LLM writing style. They didn't, so the reason isn't that English isn't their first language, it's that they didn't want to spend time writing text. In which case I don't understand how this is different from a native English speaker doing the same thing.
- erichdongubler 2mo agoIt seems the project is actually aware of this: > Quit Logi Options+ before launching: the two fight over HID++ access, and only one app can own a receiver at a time. On Linux, the same applies to Solaar.
- bjackman 2mo agoNothing wrong with the AI website but it suggests the code is AI too. Nothing wrong with AI code either but it suggests the project may have been built in 2 weeks, has no community and low likelihood of ongoing maintenance. So now overall instead of a flashy website I think the best signal of quality is a boring GitHub README and several months of commit activity, lots of merged PRs.
- Jacopos311 2mo agoYeah i agree, the main problema with ai building (wether back end or front end) is that it leaves a lot of holes behind, that at some point really need to be fixex
- alex43578 2mo agoHow much ongoing maintenance and community do you need around a mouse configuration utility? If it works for your current mouse, cool. If, down the road, it breaks on a windows update, you get a new mouse, etc; stop using it and you’ll get a full refund for what you paid.
- juggle-anyhow 2mo agoWho cares if it is ai software? What matters is if the software is good.
- bjackman 2mo agoThat's exactly what I am saying. I don't care if it's AI, I care if it's good. But unfortunately because AI makes creating software very cheap, the old signals to tell you if software is good, no longer work.
- vccvxvccvvxc 2mo agoA "nice site" was a proxy metric for "thoughtful competence". It was always flawed, but LLMs put the final nail in that particular coffin. bellard.org style text-only, get-to-the-point-please content will the way forwards. "browsers" can then style and rewrite it till the cows come home - with fancy slideshows, LLMisms, carrousels, the works - or not and nobody will be worse off. The way we structure content these days is insane. Separate content from presentation, please.
- wateralien 2mo agoBefore AI you'd be saying it's a great website for a free and open source app.
- INTPenis 2mo agoCan you give an example of how you perceive it? I'm not an AI advocate but in this case I honestly didn't see anything but a clean and informative website. I did have the thought that "this software is probably coded with AI agents" but that's just because there has been an explosion in new software lately. But the website itself seemed perfectly normal to me, actually very clean and informative.
- TacticalCoder 2mo agoIt's the little "punchy" things a Karen would say (no harm meant to real Karens btw): you write a sentence and end with "No account, no telemetry." (and then later on three no's). Humans usually don't write like that: we form sentences, not "punchy taglines for ads". Especially not with a negative form using "no" everywhere: you may see, say, on ads for a BMW: "400 bhp, pure driving pleasure" but you typically won't see "No automated gearbox, no assisted steering". Then the typical "It's X, not Y": "Everything Options+ does, without the account." Funnily enough it's totally trivial to un-LLMish this type of prose but we don't notice it when it's been unkarenified for we then simply don't detect it's been written by an AI.
- breezybottom 2mo agoKarenified? This isn't reddit.
- monkey_monkey 2mo agoI'd prefer reading AI slop than your weird Reddit/Tiktok 'unkarenified' shit.
- INTPenis 2mo agoIt's marketing speak. Emphasizing the main reason for the software, to address the issues with the Logitech software. Normally I'd say you have a point, but this was a poor choice of example.
- dallen33 2mo agoYou are 100% spot on with this, not sure why anyone would disagree. The website is clearly AI generated.
- engineer_22 2mo agoYou gotta get over it. Generative AI is here to stay. People will use computers differently now. Were houses crafted better before dimensional lumber and power tools? Maybe - they were also more expensive. So the same with programs and website via AI.
- oblio 2mo agoGood luck with that. There are probably people in this world still complaining about imagemap websites.
- JeremyNT 2mo ago> For Linux, there is https://github.com/pwr-Solaar/Solaar https://github.com/pwr-Solaar/Solaar I came here looking for a reference to Solaar, which is what I currently use. AFAICT there's no reason to switch to OpenLogi for Linux users.