Imagine taking the lightweight, privacy-focused appeal of Linux and completely ruining it by hardwiring AI models straight into the OS. Nobody is switching from Windows for more forced AI features.

  • taco_shale032@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    Omarchy provides a preconfigured desktop environment centered on keyboard-driven workflows and tiling window management. It includes development tools, AI coding agents, terminal applications, web browsers and desktop software, with system configuration and applications accessible through a unified interface.

    Forrest Knight made a video about it. From my understanding the appeal is that you can introduce new features, fix bugs and customize the operating system with the agent(s).

    • tristan@tarte.nuage-libre.frFrançais
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      2 days ago

      Call me what you want, but the idea of a Linux distribution where you can modify config files using natural language like “make my taskbar 25% bigger and map meta+E to a new yazi window in terminal” without having to rummage in /etc for config files or hunt a specific command syntax sounds like something that would help both the seasonned sysadmins and newbies make the most of their distributions.

      Sure, a mistake could take you to grub rescue, but we could easily build guardrails around this, and I was already doing it to myself without the help of AI, so…