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I don't think that's true. I only finally switched to desktop linux when coding agents could fix the endless small problems I came across. For example, there i
by martinald 1mo ago
I don't think that's true. I only finally switched to desktop linux when coding agents could fix the endless small problems I came across.
For example, there is a bug in the logitech mouse driver (combined with a specific AMD USB chipset) that occasionally does not restart properly after suspend. Coding agent fixed it (two lines of code) with a kernel module that automatically rebuilds after kernel upgrades.
Another example was I was getting hard crashes, because by default swap on fedora was in memory (IIRC, or it could have been me doing it wrong), so when there was a lot of memory pressure on my system from running larger LLMs it'd OOM and go down. This would have been painful to debug normally, but in <2mins a coding agent can read the kernel logs and fix it.
I also had it set GNOME up the way I like it, which would have taken hours manually, because I don't know what I'm searching for extension wise.
There's many other examples of just slightly broken stuff that coding agents can fix that was a total pain before and I just didn't have the patience to fix them manually.
- msdz 1mo agoHm… Are meaningful numbers of non-developers aware of, let alone using coding agents yet, which could alleviate their pain points in using an “unknown” OS?
- martinald 1mo agoThey shouldn't need to know. There could be a panel that allows you to ask for help and the "built in" agent fixes it for you in a friendly UI. Omarchy is integrating agents much more closely with the UI.
- budgetdrummer 1mo agooh yeah, OS-level AI integration is the missing piece. Just take a look at how well it's working for Windows.