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Best way to avoid bloat and AI – selfcontaining OS

Hacker News•Sun, Aug 2, 2026, 11:47 AM•2 min read

I wanted an OS that I could truly own. Most modern systems have become server-controlled clients, bloated with dependencies (Gtk4/Qt/Rust/Wayland) and centralized source control on GitHub. If you cannot audit the dependency tree and Big Corp controls the source, it is no longer real open source.

Source: [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49143571)

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