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The AI fixed his Linux games and screens, and left a script that watches for trouble

The AI fixed Steam games and HiDPI and monitor issues on his Linux machine and powers a recurring shell script that checks updates and looks online for potential issues.

How it works

  1. The AI fixes Steam games and display issues on his Linux machine
  2. Powers a recurring script that checks updates and looks online for potential issues

Why it’s worth knowing

The fix plus the watch is the complete job.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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