Kiro, the new distro from the creator of ArcoLinux

5 months ago by liinux to c/linux

A curated Arch experience built by Erik Dubois with Claude AI — for the community. Includes the nemesis_repo, Calamares installer, 13 desktops, and the ArchLinux Tweak Tool.

I just found out about his new distro, and I haven't seen anyone else mention it, so here it is.

Here's Erik Dubois Ko-Fi, where he did the annoucement of the new website. https://ko-fi.com/erikdubois

ISOmorph 48 points 5 months ago

Kiro ships with Claude pre-installed and ready to wire up — AI assistance built into the distro, not a side-quest. Same Anthropic model that built the install.

Not for me

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adarza 32 points 5 months ago

arco was shut down last year because..

The reasoning behind this move, as shared by Erik, is his advancing age and him realizing that he doesn't have the same level of mental focus or stamina he used to have before. He has found himself making small mistakes, the kind that can negatively affect a major undertaking like this.

https://itsfoss.com/news/arcolinux-discontinued/

yeaaaaaa.. no thank you.

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helix 16 points 5 months ago

Yeah it's weird that he said he's too old and making too many mistakes to maintain a Linux distro, only to use LLMs to then maintain another Linux distro.

If he doesn't trust himself with a task, why trust him to oversee an LLM doing the same task?

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excel 25 points 5 months ago

AI pre-installed 🤮

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akunohana 14 points 5 months ago

No telemetry, no analytics

Kiro doesn't phone home. No usage stats, no crash reports, no opt-in dialogs hidden in defaults. Your install is yours.

The fact that this needs to be said for a Linux distro.

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racoon 1 point 5 months ago

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hepp3n 1 point 5 months ago

Ubuntu at least works and will always be there. Not like this "distro"

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Lemmchen 8 points 5 months ago

Honestly, don't use hobby distros unless it's just for testing purposes. They will fail you in the end, always.
That being said, if you want to check out another hobby distro, PikaOS is pretty fucking cool: https://wiki.pika-os.com/

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fox2263 3 points 5 months ago

I did enjoy Pika

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Maerman 7 points 5 months ago

Vibe coded. Pass.

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False 4 points 5 months ago

Why use the same name as an existing tech product? If he doesn't get sued then it's still bad seo