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aaddrick

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    Comment #48440432

    I appreciate it! Glad it's working for you. I'll be happy the day there's an official distribution and I can put the repo to rest

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    Comment #48440381

    Flatpack packages everything under one distributable, but doesn't solve the quirkiness of all the different frontends, backend, compositors, etc. - titlebar - tray icon w/light and…

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    Comment #48436738

    Hey All, Wanted to try Wispr Flow but they don't have a linux distro yet. I already run aaddrick/claude-desktop-debian (not just debian...), so I ran the same playbook here to crea…

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    Comment #48436660

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48434436#48435801 Made comment about flatpack below the comment above.

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    Comment #48436617

    It's mostly dealing with different backends\compositors\etc. My reply to the comment below outlines the shape of the problem. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48434436#48435801…

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    Comment #48436552

    Yeah, I don't want want to take away from anyone. The COSMIC team is doing amazing and hard work. I started dev on claude-desktop-debian with Pop!OS COSMIC as my daily. We're just …

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    Comment #48436403

    You're welcome!

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    Comment #48436285

    My reply to the comment below outlines the shape of the problem. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48434436#48435801

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    Comment #48436240

    I've looked on the rare occasion, but no one is asking for it on the repo, so hadn't been a priority like other distribution channels. It's great that I can ship one item for all p…

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    Comment #48436160

    Yeah. I just dropped another repackaging repo for Wispr Flow. https://github.com/wispr-flow-linux/wispr-flow-linux A lot of that is keyboard shortcuts for push-to-talk. Easy right?…

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    Comment #48434923

    Still mess it up* Swipe keyboards on mobile are awful, but I can't break that habit.

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    Comment #48434916

    Hey! I manage the unofficial build at https://github.com/aaddrick/claude-desktop-debian Debian is in the name, but scope has grown to all backends, compositors, etc. The main reaso…

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    Comment #48434816

    Some more details*

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    Comment #48434809

    Hey! That's me, and that sounds weird. Mind giving stone more details so I can help get to the source of it? Or just submit an issue on the repo. Should just be one main electron p…

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    Comment #47166427

    Wrote this after seeing the news about the matplotlib debacle. Figured a decent solution to AI submitted PR's was to prompt inject them with your project's standards. ---- AI-assis…

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