Dev: With Agents, You Can Fix Anything on Linux With a Prompt
steipete · x · 2026-09-14
Developer Peter Steinberger says Linux is worth another try now that AI agents can "fix anything with a prompt." His Dell XPS webcam wasn't working, he handed the problem to Codex, and the agent diagnosed it and rebooted into a working state. Agents have lowered sysadmin-style troubleshooting to a conversational level.
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