Kiro ships with Claude pre-installed and ready to wire up — AI assistance built into the distro, not a side-quest. Same Anthropic model that built the install.
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this post was submitted on 25 May 2026
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arco was shut down last year because..
The reasoning behind this move, as shared by Erik, is his advancing age and him realizing that he doesn't have the same level of mental focus or stamina he used to have before. He has found himself making small mistakes, the kind that can negatively affect a major undertaking like this.
https://itsfoss.com/news/arcolinux-discontinued/
yeaaaaaa.. no thank you.
Yeah it's weird that he said he's too old and making too many mistakes to maintain a Linux distro, only to use LLMs to then maintain another Linux distro.
If he doesn't trust himself with a task, why trust him to oversee an LLM doing the same task?
AI pre-installed 🤮
No telemetry, no analytics
Kiro doesn't phone home. No usage stats, no crash reports, no opt-in dialogs hidden in defaults. Your install is yours.
The fact that this needs to be said for a Linux distro.
Ubuntu on the meantime
Ubuntu at least works and will always be there. Not like this "distro"
Honestly, don't use hobby distros unless it's just for testing purposes. They will fail you in the end, always.
That being said, if you want to check out another hobby distro, PikaOS is pretty fucking cool: https://wiki.pika-os.com/
I did enjoy Pika
Vibe coded. Pass.
Why use the same name as an existing tech product? If he doesn't get sued then it's still bad seo
The logo is so ugly