AMD is shipping its Ryzen AI Halo developer platform with a choice of Windows 11 or a custom Debian-based Linux image called AMD Ryzen AI Developer Platform 1 “Rex,” according to Phoronix’s July 6 review of the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 mini PC. That is a small detail with outsized meaning. AMD is not...
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I spent weeks installing and stress‑testing more than twenty Linux desktop AI companions so I could answer a simple question: can Linux users get a desktop AI companion that matches — or in some cases surpasses — Microsoft Copilot on Windows? The short answer is yes. Four projects in particular...
