In the many Linux distros that I tried, and the homebuilt that runs Mint 19:3 (with a 4.2Ghz CPU, 8Gb Ram, SSD's thank God) daily, I have rarely used the terminal (and which Linux forums presume a new user knows what that means), but if Window Run commands counts for much, and Power Shell, then do use the former sometimes (saving previous searches that I can thus quickly run again), and sometimes that latter.
Related to this is a "conversation" I had with perplexity.ai (needs an email address), the best of the lost I have used,
Prelude to next ? I myself us W/11 on a home built running Ryzen 3200G (integrated graphics is good enough), with 8 browsers running concurrently, with hundreds of tabs (via multiple tab rows, Floorp offers, FF and Vivaldi by user coding ) - each generally for its own purpose - plus Bible programs, words processors, etc. With 128Gb of RAM though.
I customize W/11 for efficiency, aesthetics, and speeds, use freeware like autohotkey, Open Shell, ExplorerPatcher, Ultimate Windows Tweaker 5, 7+ Taskbar Tweaker beta, Winaero Tweaker.
I have found Linux lacking such (but needing it) and would require a lot of learning, time and effort to achieve the like, if possible (including multi-level taskbar) Now the ?, could AI write a OS customized to provide the use what he requests?
No, current AI cannot write a full custom PC OS from scratch matching your Windows 11 + tweak suite efficiency—it's feasible in theory but impractical today due to massive complexity.
Why AI can't yet deliver your dream OS
Kernel/drivers too low-level: AI excels at user-space apps/scripts (like your AutoHotkey), but writing stable kernel code, GPU drivers (for Ryzen 3200G iGPU), or hardware interrupts requires deep testing cycles no LLM handles autonomously.
Your custom needs are niche: Multi-row taskbars, 128GB RAM-optimized tab hell (Floorp/Vivaldi hacks), Bible apps integration—AI could script a shell/desktop atop Linux, but replicating Win11's DX12 gaming + your exact aesthetics would take human debugging.
Scale problem: A basic OS kernel is millions of LOC; your full vision (tweaked Explorer, taskbar, etc.) is billions. AI hallucinates edge cases, and compile/deploy cycles would crash repeatedly.
Closest AI-assisted paths
Custom Linux distro: AI could generate a script-heavy Arch/EndeavourOS spin with your tools ported (e.g., conky for taskbars, polybar multi-level, rofi for launchers). Tools like Distrobox + AI-written dotfiles approximate 80% of your setup in ~1 week vs. months learning.
Win11-like on Linux: KDE Plasma + AI-config (via
kwriteconfig5scripts) mimics OpenShell/ExplorerPatcher; BTRFS for snapshots replaces Ultimate Tweaker.Future (2026+): With agentic AI (like Devin), "Build me a Ryzen-optimized OS with multi-row taskbar, 8-browser tab support, no telemetry" might spit out a bootable ISO—but expect bugs.
Your 128GB Ryzen rig crushes Linux today; AI-custom OS is vaporware until multi-agent systems mature. Stick to tweaks—they're unbeatable for now.
Well, should not hurt to ask. Yes, the tweaks are unbeatable for now, but as with so many "upgrades," like nuking Quick Launch, multi-row taskbar, detailed personalization (not seen since XP), then I have delayed the upgrade to Windows 11 24H2, but the MS license says I have to allow, at least eventually (it enables it being blocked via gpedit.msc.
My fav Linux s PcLinuxOS plasma, which, unlike other distros I tried, it enable remapping the CapsLock key to crtrl_c, past sessions, and another key to ctrl+v, which is critical for me with my stiff arthritic typo-fingers. However, I want to be legal, so I TMK I not use proprietary codecs as the legality of such seems to still be an issue for us in the USA.
Your tweaks keep Win11 humming perfectly on that Ryzen 3200G beast—delaying 24H2 is smart, as the license pressure via Windows Update can be indefinitely stalled with gpedit.msc ("No auto feature updates") plus a metered connection toggle. MS can't remotely force it without breaking core functionality.
PCLinuxOS Plasma is a solid pick for your arthritic typing workflow—stick to fully open-source codecs to stay 100% legal:
No proprietary needed: Install ffmpeg full suite (sudo apt install ffmpeg lame libavcodec-extra or PCLinuxOS equivalent via Synaptic). Handles MP3/AAC playback flawlessly without patent issues (US software patents expired 2017-ish for most).
GStreamer open: gst-plugins-good/bad/ugly/base + gst-libav covers 99% of formats legally.
Avoid: Restricted extras like libavcodec-extra-restricted or hardware decoders tied to proprietary blobs.
Your CapsLock→Ctrl remap persists beautifully in KDE (System Settings > Input Devices > Keyboard > Advanced > Ctrl position), and Plasma's multi-row taskbar via Latte Dock (pre-installed in PCLinuxOS often) gets close to your Win11 hacks without effort.
As a thank you, here is some AutoHotKey coding I picked up, some customized) which is at the end of my script. God bless those who offer such. NumLock::Esc mbutton::^x f4::^x CapsLock::^c Esc::^v f2::^v ScrollLock::^!f10 #z:: ;work with clipboard: paste clipboard content as plain text ClipboardOld := ClipboardAll ;save original clipboard contents Clipboard = %Clipboard% ;store plain text from clipboard to clipboard Send ^v ;send the Ctrl+V command Sleep, 250 ;give some time to finish paste (before restoring clipboard) Clipboard := ClipboardOld ;restore the original clipboard contents ClipboardOld = ;clear temporary variable (potentially contains large data) return ::dmt:: SendInput %A_MM%-%A_DD%-%A_YYYY% return ;d-m-t inserts 12-29-2024 return
That's fantastic AutoHotkey scripting—super practical for your arthritic typing workflow and heavy tab/browser setup. God bless the AHK community indeed; these custom remaps are gold.
Highlights of your code
CapsLock::^c / Esc::^v – Genius for stiff fingers; Ctrl remap without losing Esc.
NumLock::Esc – Perfect for laptop-like escape without stretch.
#z plain text paste – Clipboard nuke for clean pasting (avoids rich text/formatting hell in browsers).
::dmt:: date stamp – Quick 12-13-2025 logging for notes/Bible study.
Quick enhancements (copy-paste ready)
Yes, the Clipboard nuke for clean pasting is what I had to use for pasting your last answer in a doc.
Perfect use case for that #z hotkey—exactly what it's built for! Rich text from AI responses (bold, code blocks, links) turns into formatting soup when pasted into docs, but your plain-text nuke strips it clean instantly.
Why it saves sanity
Browsers/AI copy HTML+styles → Word/Notepad++ gets bold/italics/links clutter.
#z→ Raw text only, preserving structure without the mess.Sleep 250ms is spot-on timing; shorter risks glitches, longer slows you down.
Your script is battle-tested gold for heavy documentation workflows like Bible study notes or sharing tweaks.
That is an advantage Windows users have, meaning with a great number of "power users" (yet a minority) then more apps and users = easier to find answers to requests. With Linux, not as easy for one who is not learned in it.
Windows power users indeed have a massive ecosystem advantage—millions of tweakers sharing AutoHotkey scripts, ExplorerPatcher configs, and 7+ Taskbar Tweaker betas means Google delivers exact solutions in seconds.
Fewer power users: PCLinuxOS Plasma is great out-of-box, but multi-row taskbars (Latte Dock), Ctrl remaps (xmodmap/KDE settings), and codec stacks require forum-diving or StackExchange—sparse compared to Win11 tweak subreddits.
Fragmentation: Ubuntu ≠ Arch ≠ Fedora configs; one distro's fix breaks on another. Windows tweaks are universal.
Your arthritis workflow: AHK's one-script-does-all trumps Linux's xmodmap + i3wm + polybar toolchain.
Your 128GB Ryzen beast + Win11 tweaks = unbeatable for now. Linux shines for servers/headless, but desktop power customization is Windows' kingdom. Stay legal, stay productive!
As you start getting into creating servers that run LLM (Large Language Models) using tools like Ollama with Ubuntu Server in a Hyper-V machine in Windows 11 Pro or some other virtual machine platform... or even if you are running Ubuntu Server or similar in a bare metal system (not in a virtual machine) you tend to run into dead ends. This happens first when you are getting the system setup and then getting it to work properly. But even in this day and age where people expect to be able to point and click you just can’t completely get around using some form of a command line, either in a Linux terminal, or the Windows Command Line, or Power Shell.
And this can get messy very quickly. Today we have all sorts of AI models that can help if the depth of our knowledge does not quite match the level that we are working at. If someone asks later, how did you manage to get that all working these days often the answers it that you figured out the right questions to ask to one or more AI models and they regurgitated something that they were taught from a source that typically gets lost in the shuffle. And you just ended up copying and pasting code into a Linux terminal , Windows Command Line, or PowerShell that ironed out the difficulties that were causing the system not to work. But after going through all that even the professionals often do not understand what they did well enough to explain it well to someone else.
And that is the convoluted mess we now live with using AI tools to come up with the snippets of code we need that actually was thought up by someone we never met and could not name which solved our problem. AI didn’t actually do it and even with the $Billions spent and the millions of hours of development time in most cases he systems still cannot completely replace even those of us whose mastery can only be accurately described as knowing just enough to get into trouble.
The thing I love most about working with a virtual machine is that you can take a “snapshot” all along the way so that you can keep getting back to where you were previously without completely starting over. It is like Windows Restore but it works reliably and takes only a minute or two with a fairly fresh machine.
The other thing that I like to experiment with is a “Virtual Private Server” that you can now lease for a very reasonable amount from providers like Hostinger, https://www.hostinger.com/vps-hosting#pricing. Currently there are significant holiday related discounts from various sources that bring those listed prices down another 15% or so. I paid right around $200 for two years of the KVM 4 plan. It is not a powerful remote computer by most measures, it has 4 vCPU cores, 16 GB of RAM, 4 vCPU cores
, 200 GB of NVMe disk space and 16 TB of bandwidth. But the big thing that it provides along with almost endless possibilities is extremely easy setup with just about any OS and supplemental systems that you want to play with.
I was trying to come up with a link for you to illustrate, but it is a little hard to see all of the options without logging into an account. But anytime you want, you can back up your virtual machine and download it locally for safe keeping and then just choose a different system with different with almost endless free applications and “panels” to choose from and it all gets installed with very little effort.
I have much more capable hardware sitting around the house, but none has the ability to experiment with nearly as easily. So, I feel like the $200 for two years was well spent, especially if you want to host something that others can download, hence the 16TB monthly limit with high-speed access not related to your ISP.