Year of the Linux Desktop : we are there

Memes aside, I think this is it: 2025, we are finally there. Or very close. Debian Trixie is working out-of-the-box on a new laptop with Ryzen AI 395+ Pro / Radeon 8060s. Default kernel. Default mesa. Nothing compiled by hand or installed from 3rd party repos. It can run Ollama and a bunch of different models locally at really good speeds, although for a recent RoCM, you’ll need a Docker or Podman container with Ubuntu.

Okay, okay, I admit, too good to be true: the webcam is not working, support is coming(?) to mainline Linux with 6.18. Or one could go the Ubuntu + OEM kernel route. But for me, who frantically looks for the hardware kill-switch to turn off the camera, it’s a non-issue.

In other, related news: I think Hyprland is really cool these days, especially if you pair it with Quickshell. There are a bunch of great dotfiles repos if you don’t wanna start from scratch. I like JaKoolit’s repo these days, because it does the setup for you, and it supports Debian (as well as Ubuntu and Arch).

Other notable mentions in this area:

• DankMaterialShell : dots
• end-4 : dots
• Omarchy : Arch + dots

Now imagine this: running your LLM locally, you can do ricing with low effort. Just think about the possibilities!