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Steipete says he asked Codex to fix a webcam that was not working on his Dell XPS running Linux. According to his post, the machine rebooted and the webcam worked afterwards.
Why it mattersIt is a useful glimpse of AI moving from suggesting commands to making a real system change, though one successful anecdote is not a reliability test for Linux troubleshooting. The practical takeaway: agentic coding tools may be worth trying on awkward desktop fixes, with the usual wisdom of keeping backups close.
Discuss: Would you trust an AI agent to reboot and repair a Linux hardware problem, or would you want to approve every command first?
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