0.) Artificial intelligence installation from A-Z [Solved]

[leanLux]

Today I would like to start to setup a local AI from scratch
and would like to share with all of you the process in multiple parts
so that visitors will more likely find the part which interests them.

Part zero today is:
0.) "The benefits and flaws of AI helping you to install linux tools"
My experience is that the worst thing to do as a layman is to copy and paste cryptic prompts blindly into ones terminal.
Please feel free to share your thoughts in how you use AI best to help you with linux, and how to avoid it.

Part 1 in a net thread - linked right here - will be to
1.) install artificial intelligence on a laptop with a good graphic card:

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System:
  Kernel: 6.14.10-2-liquorix-amd64 [6.14-13~mx23ahs] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 parameters: audit=0
    intel_pstate=disable amd_pstate=disable BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.14.10-2-liquorix-amd64
    root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.0 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.38 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.20.0 vt: 7
    dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: MX-23.6_ahs_x64 Libretto April 13  2025 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
    (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Aspire A517-53G v: V2.02 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ADL model: Amalthea_ADU v: V2.02 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Insyde v: 2.02
    date: 08/01/2023
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 22.4 Wh (100.0%) condition: 22.4/47.8 Wh (46.9%) volts: 12.3 min: 11.2
    model: LGC AP18C8K type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: full
CPU:
  Info: model: 12th Gen Intel Core i7-1260P bits: 64 type: MST AMCP arch: Alder Lake level: v3
    note: check built: 2021+ process: Intel 7 (10nm ESF) family: 6 model-id: 0x9A (154) stepping: 3
    microcode: 0x437
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 12 mt: 4 tpc: 2 st: 8 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache: L1: 1.1 MiB
    desc: d-8x32 KiB, 4x48 KiB; i-4x32 KiB, 8x64 KiB L2: 9 MiB desc: 4x1.2 MiB, 2x2 MiB L3: 18 MiB
    desc: 1x18 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 730 high: 2501 min/max: 400/2501 boost: enabled scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq
    governor: ondemand cores: 1: 771 2: 858 3: 513 4: 2501 5: 400 6: 956 7: 600 8: 500 9: 900 10: 500
    11: 400 12: 800 13: 584 14: 500 15: 400 16: 500 bogomips: 79872
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: ghostwrite status: Not affected
  Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: old_microcode status: Not affected
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling mitigation: Clear Register File
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB: conditional; PBRSB-eIBRS: SW
    sequence; BHI: BHI_DIS_S
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-P GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: i915
    v: kernel alternate: xe arch: Gen-12.2 process: Intel 10nm built: 2021-22+ ports:
    active: HDMI-A-1,eDP-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2 bus-ID: 0000:00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:46a6 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA GA107M [GeForce RTX 2050] vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: N/A
    alternate: nouveau non-free: 530.xx+ status: current (as of 2023-03) arch: Turing code: TUxxx
    process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-22 bus-ID: 0000:01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:25a9 class-ID: 0302
  Device-3: Quanta ACER HD User Facing type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 3-7:3
    chip-ID: 0408:4033 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.20.0 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1617 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1017x428mm (40.04x16.85")
    s-diag: 1103mm (43.44")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1 pos: top-right model: Philips FTV serial: <filter>
    built: 2009 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 38 gamma: 1.2 size: 1280x720mm (50.39x28.35")
    diag: 1469mm (57.8") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
  Monitor-2: eDP-1 pos: primary,bottom-l model: LG Display 0x0671 built: 2019 res: 1920x1080
    hz: 60 dpi: 128 gamma: 1.2 size: 382x215mm (15.04x8.46") diag: 438mm (17.3") ratio: 16:9
    modes: 1920x1080
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 25.0.7-2~mx23ahs renderer: Mesa Intel Iris Xe Graphics (ADL GT2)
    direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake PCH-P High Definition Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
    driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl alternate: snd_hda_intel, snd_soc_avs, snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl
    bus-ID: 0000:00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:51c8 class-ID: 0401
  API: ALSA v: k6.14.10-2-liquorix-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: MEDIATEK MT7921 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Lite-On
    driver: mt7921e v: kernel modules: wl bus-ID: 0000:2b:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:7961 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Acer
    Incorporated ALI RTL8111/8168/8411 driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000 bus-ID: 0000:2c:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Lite-On Wireless_Device type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 3-10:5
    chip-ID: 04ca:3802 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 3.0 lmp-v: 5.2
    sub-v: 2411 hci-v: 5.2 rev: 615
  Info: acl-mtu: 1021:6 sco-mtu: 240:8 link-policy: rswitch sniff link-mode: peripheral accept
    service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio, telephony
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel Volume Management Device NVMe RAID Controller driver: vmd v: 0.6 port: N/A
    bus-ID: 0000:00:0e.0 chip-ID: 8086:467f rev: class-ID: 0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 953.87 GiB used: 23.26 GiB (2.4%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Micron model: 2450 MTFDKBA1T0TFK size: 953.87 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
    rev: V5MA010 temp: 29.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 953.62 GiB size: 937.58 GiB (98.32%) used: 23.26 GiB (2.5%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 256 MiB size: 252 MiB (98.46%) used: 274 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 4 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 51.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2167 libs: 1074 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
    pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb http://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/linux/distributions/mxlinux/packages/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
    2: deb http://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/linux/distributions/mxlinux/packages/mx/repo/ bookworm ahs
Info:
  Processes: 356 Uptime: 2h 49m wakeups: 19033 Memory: 15.33 GiB used: 3.4 GiB (22.2%)
  Init: SysVinit v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0
  alt: 12 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: UEFI

And part 2 will also be posted in a new thread and linked here as an index:
2.) how to increase the speed of artificial intelligence with external euipment

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a STARPro64 32GB Single Board Computer, 
a SERIAL CONSOLE "Woodpecker" Edition ,
a 64GB CLASS10 MICROSD CARD, 
a 12V 3A POWER SUPPLY with 5.5mm OD/2.1mm ID DC Jack - EU, 
a ROCKPro64 PCI-e X4 to M.2/NGFF NVMe SSD Interface Card,
a USB Adapter for eMMC Module,
a ROCKPro64 30mm Tall Profile Heatsink, and 
a 64GB eMMC Module

So for now - just tell us your experiences with artificial intelligence guiding you through technical issues, please.
Thank you.

[siamhie]

Today I would like to start to setup a local AI from scratch
and would like to share with all of you the process in multiple parts
so that visitors will more likely find the part which interests them.

Part zero today is:
0.) "The benefits and flaws of AI helping you to install linux tools"
My experience is that the worst thing to do as a layman is to copy and paste cryptic prompts blindly into ones terminal.
Please feel free to share your thoughts in how you use AI best to help you with linux, and how to avoid it.

Part 1 in a net thread - linked right here - will be to
1.) install artificial intelligence on a laptop with a good graphic card:


And part 2 will also be posted in a new thread and linked here as an index:
2.) how to increase the speed of artificial intelligence with external euipment

@leanLux This is an FYI. Don't be surprised if this thread and others like it get closed and locked. Discussions of AI is fine.

AI generated posts, code and respins are not allowed to be posted.

Please follow the Rules of these forums.

[operadude]

Sounds like AI, or someone with very poor English grammar

Quotes from the OP, with my comments below:

...would like to share with all of you the process [sic]...

==> should be "processes" (plural)

...so that visitors...

==> "visitors" ???

...Part zero... Vs ...Part 1...

==> should be "0" (not "zero")

...how you use AI best to help you with linux, and how to avoid it....

==> Avoiding Linux, AI, or both???

...tell us your experiences...

===> Again, who is "us"?

[leanLux]

You see,Siamhie , the joke is that I did write this post totally manually and merely discuss what people experience with AI because using it was detrimental to me and wasted an entire year of my life.

So I felt the need to warn others about using AI for seeming solutions which only did shove the user from one frenzy into the next.

Also, since I literally want to setup a private artificial environment in order to make life easier by it dealing with mundane tasks; and since I just bought the equipment mentioned above,
I thought with all your help I turn it into a comprehensive series for anyone to follow how I set up artificial intelligence step by step.

[richb]

thought with all your help I turn it into a comprehensive series for anyone to follow how I set up artificial intelligence step by step.
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I would consider this a Forum Rules violation from my standpoint as Forum Administrator. To be clear, not this statement but the resulting link to the content in the link.

[siamhie]

You see,Siamhie, the joke is that I did write this post totally manually and merely discuss what people experience with AI because using it was detrimental to me and wasted an entire year of my life.

So I felt the need to warn others about using AI for seeming solutions which only did shove the user from one frenzy into the next.

Also, since I literally want to setup a private artificial environment in order to make life easier by it dealing with mundane tasks; and since I just bought the equipment mentioned above,
I thought with all your help I turn it into a comprehensive series for anyone to follow how I set up artificial intelligence step by step.

Discussions on AI technology is fine.
Posting AI code, AI tutorials or using AI to comment is not.

thought with all your help I turn it into a comprehensive series for anyone to follow how I set up artificial intelligence step by step.
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I would consider this a Forum Rules violation from my standpoint as Forum Administrator. To be clear, not this statement but the resulting link to the content in the link.

+1

[wdscharff]

Sorry, I can't see what this thread has to do with the topic of this forum section.
Wouldn't it make more sense to put it in "Chat, General," if at all?
I don't really see the explicit reference to MX Linux.

Pardon me for the interference

[leanLux]

I’d like to clear up the confusion: My first comment wais 100% human-written, based on my personal experience working with AI tools and setting up systems from scratch. My goal is to build a helpful, step-by-step series for curious users—especially those burned by overly complex or misleading AI "solutions."

My earlier post related to artificial intelligence was removed. That experience is exactly what led me to restart this journey and frame the discussion around the potential pitfalls of using AI—not as advocacy, but as a critical reflection. The irony is that a post warning against over-reliance on AI tools is now being mistaken for being written by AI. I’m hoping we can untangle these misunderstandings together and focus on the actual topic: how humans can responsibly engage with AI without losing agency, clarity, or community trust.

I’ve seen some comments that misrepresent my intent and add little to the actual conversation. For example, operadude criticized my grammar and phrasing, suggesting the post was AI-generated due to imperfect language. Ironically, AI rarely makes spelling mistakes—it's often far too perfect. If anything, my imperfect English should be proof of my humanity.

He also objected to my use of the word "visitors", which I stand by—it refers to forum readers who might discover these posts later. And his insistence that “Part zero” must be written as “0” overlooks my logic: I reserved numbered entries (1, 2, 3...) for the actual instructional parts, while “Part zero” serves as a philosophical intro.

The real purpose of this thread is to:

Discuss how AI has both helped and hindered users setting up Linux systems.

Document a hands-on, human-led journey installing local AI tools from scratch.

Share what gear works best, what setups are effective, and what pitfalls to avoid.

If moderation is concerned, I’m open to feedback—but I urge everyone to read carefully before assuming intent. Let’s steer this thread back toward thoughtful, technical dialogue, not grammar policing or assumptions based on tone.

[CharlesV]

I am going to suggest here what years of experience in computers has shown and taught me... (And yes, this is my opinion!)

1) When experimenting, always have either a spare computer or a VM. ( ie NEVER use your primary machine, or a machine load that matters. )

2) Trust nothing - There is A LOT of information on the internet that is total BS and harmful, and while not all of it is meant to be... it can be for your particular machine / os version / install etc. Zero Trust is your friend here!

3) AI, is a complicated, complex learning system. (I shall repeat *learning* system). AI by design, is meant to take in data and then 'learn' to make assumptions. Bad data in... bad assumptions. Too much data that is taken in, the data begins to melt down into a pot of goo and again bad assumptions. There certainly are places that AI can help, but today, in this stage of it... you should be extremely cautious of what you use it for.

4) Like SO many things in life... there is *always* someone that knows better! And while some people may very well be experts in that particular subject - all things should be considered experimental and used accordingly until known and understood. Even the best, real knowledge when applied incorrectly or applied at the wrong moment can sometimes be harmful. In my experience... AI, 90% of the time has no understanding of *your situation* and as such can lead you happily down the wrong path.

and last ... (and yes, I know I sound like a broken record but ... ) Backup... Backup.. and then ... Backup again.

[Eadwine Rose]

It is going to move to chat, because in installation, which is about installing MX itself, it should not belong.