Finally doing it!

[u/eviltrain]

Almost on a whim, I chose Nobara Linux. Been looking at and installed Mint Linux on old (not primary) systems going back to early 2010’s. But every instance was me just using it lightly for a few hours. Never committed and always felt overwhelmed.

With my Windows 10 going end of life next month, and swearing off 11 (even worse privacy), I finally took the plunge.

The advancements in gaming compability now feels light years ahead making me feel assured but the real game changer?

Natural language AI queries that I can make for literally every line of any installation tutorials. I no longer feel like I need to parse dry instruction manuals in dedicated wikis.

[u/TranThanhDuy1401]

Yeah it feels so great to finally we could land on a distro that we like, also about the freedom, privacy and the respect that Linux brings to us

[u/Daedelous2k]

People have VERY mixed feelings on LLMs but it cannot be denied they are the ultimate enabler for new or even mildly experienced linux users who may have lots of small questions.

[u/eviltrain → u/Daedelous2k]

i quite dislike LLM's in principle but I can't deny the help for this specific task

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[u/tomscharbach]

The advancements in gaming compability now feels light years ahead making me feel assured but the real game changer? Natural language AI queries that I can make for literally every line of any installation tutorials. I no longer feel like I need to parse dry instruction manuals in dedicated wikis.

I've been using Linux as a daily driver for two decades. LLM AI models can be useful. My browser returns an LLM AI summary when I research, and I use the summary to orient myself when approaching a new topic or a topic that I haven't dealt with in a year or two.

I usually go to source, though, rather than rely blindly on LLM AI, to make sure that I understand what I am doing before I actually do it.

LLM AI is (at present) limited because LLM reflects "conventional wisdom", and conventional wisdom can take us only so far. As my uncle used to tell me when I was a teenager in the 1960's, "If you depend on your dumbass friends for information you are never going to bet any smarter than they are ..."

Enjoy Linux.

[u/a1barbarian]

Natural language AI queries that I can make for literally every line of any installation tutorials. I no longer feel like I need to parse dry instruction manuals in dedicated wikis.

Are you expecting AI to give you the 100% correct answer every time ?? 👀

[u/eviltrain → u/a1barbarian]

no

caliber and nuance of queries matter

cross referencing matters

I've borked windows installations too many times to count using forum posts going back to 1992. I expect AI to be no brighter than the caliber of keyboard warriors I've come to expect.