Oh? They found a way to make a PC with no hard drive, no RAM, and no GPU?
My next computer will be Linux because of all this nonsense. The only thing that was keeping me on Windows was gaming, and Valve has solved that issue for every game I play via Proton. Sayonara MicroSlop!
Pass
Dunno about cloud AI, but for local AI, the technology definitely isn’t ready. It requires serious hardware to run, and current AI tends to fumble with narrative and roleplay pretty easily.
GLM-4.6-V with Heretic, couldn’t understand the scenario I wanted to try: creating a blank robot, who is to be raised into a cyberolympics champion as part of a slice-of-life story. This particular AI model instantly went into a dark mindset of nihilism, where it wanted to commit suicide or rebel against a creator during bootup, despite the scenario outlying that the robot would have a blank personality at first. A dark direction is fine, but it needs to make sense.
Mind, an model like Step3.5-Flash Prism was much more sane and on the mark, but it overthinks things. Which is bad, it makes a 10-minute output into something like 40 minutes.
Hopefully, the Chinese New Year will unveil a quality model for roleplayers.
there IS a very simple explanation, but it doesn’t help sell… “how can we have our customers share the massive costs of all the computing power AI needs, while at the same time keeping access to all their yummy private data?”
Install Linux, Problem Solved.
Why would I want an “AI PC”? If anyone fancies that slop, they can install it on any pc, any phone,…
The em-dashes in the title don‘t fill me with confidence for this article about slop.
So 2026 is “the year of the AI PC”?
Lol
More like it only drives people into downloading Linux.
This is a nod to the “year of the Linux desktop” meme
I am trying to see if I can get away switching to linux
Always remember you can dual boot if there’s software you can’t avoid using
and there is windows emulator
I have… Moved my gaming over to it… Admittedly better since I don’t play anything like cod or bf. But you can keep a dual boot just in case. Still plays horizon zero dawn, fallen Jedi, borderlands 4(probably better on Linux), and Doom Eternal. Also Rocket League.
If you’re truly interested, reach out to the community. We got your back.
I’ve heard ZorinOS is good if you want easy switch over from windows / want to keep similar UI
Yeah… It is the Windows that finally pushed me the fastest to install Linux. I was very comfortable with Debian servers as part of my work, but never managed to switch my daily driver. Two weeks ago that happened. Peace…
Debian servers… But what direction did you go for your daily driver? There is no wrong answer, but I like hearing how people migrate over.
I was the same as you, btw, started with Debian servers be it an Apache Cloudstack hypervisor, or k8s host.
But because I decided to go with a tiling Windows manager, somehow I ended up down the hyprland rabbit hole on Arch.
So I haven’t felt the need to go with a tiling compositors. I already use multiple munitors, and kind of have designated spots for the apps I use.
I love stability and don’t want any surprises after Windows made enough surprises. So decided to go with Debian Trixie, and KDE.
But I use Arch in my spare laptop, btw. EndeavorOS where I experiment some stuff. Maybe down the line I will give hyprland a try on my spare first.
EndeavorOS… I’ve been wanting to try that… Although I heard some good things about CachyOS and need to try that one first.
That said if you’re on the hyprland journey, you may look at Omarchy, it is basically Arch with hyprland preconfigured. Not a huge deal, but simple for a test.
Isn’t the developer of Omarchy a right-wing conspiracy theorist?
It’s made by DHH, the Creator of Ruby on rails… I can’t tell you if he is a right wing conspiracy theorist because I simply haven’t done the research.
Are you guys still using microsoft ?
I still play Gears of War and Forza, unfortunately. Hopefully someone gets native Microslop games working on Linux soon.
Count me out especially if it actually is a:
- Subscription based
- Always online
- High latency
- Single point of failure
- Hallucinating
- Voice controlled
- Vibe coded
Monstrosity!
2026 is the moment FOR LINUX
🐧
No it isn’t.
I’ve been waiting for the “big year” since 1996. It’s never going to happen. This is not to invalidate anybody’s appreciation of Linux but it’s not for the public and it never will be.
Year of the Mac then?
For. Real.
I switched over some months ago now and tried several different distributions before finally settling on one that mostly could be made to work with everything, as many of them had one or more hardware dealbreaker that prevented it from working out. I think its also fair to mention that while many things did just work “out of the box” on all of them, many also did not. Some were able to be cajoled into cooperating after varying amounts of troubleshooting, editing and general trial and error effort, but there are huge swaths of the user experience that are about as unpolished and manual as they were at the turn of the century.
I still prefer using it to Windows 11, and it has improved a lot over the years, but I think the main thing that has made Linux increase in appeal over time is the relative continual decline in the quality and behavior of Windows.
I’m sure a lot of these hindrances can be addressed by building or buying a computer purpose-built to run Linux, but I think the point stands that unless you just use your PC for the “Facebook, Email, YouTube” type of stuff, you’re going to run into things you have to do that require quite a bit of research to get to work.
Don’t get me wrong; I don’t regret my decision in the slightest. Linux offers you very real ownership of your computer and user experience, but it is just absolutely not for everyone, and I hope the Linux community at large one day grows to acknowledge that the tinkering and troubleshooting that many of them are not troubled by, and some of them even get enjoyment from, is fine with them because they are hobbyists and professionals. People outside that sphere see computers more exclusively as tools than hobbies, and tools that often give you trouble and take away your time are worse than similar ones that don’t.
I thought 2025 was supposed to be “the moment” for AI PCs. Dell and other manufacturers were sure as hell spamming the shit out of that premise in their incessant online ads. But then it all fell through because of the sagging economy on Main Street, and the fact that many people didn’t like AI being forced down they’re proverbial throats. So yeah, 2026 won’t be any better for this ill-thought out marketing strategy.
The year of the AI PC comes immediately after the year of the linux desktop.
This makes me happy, but then also sad.
