Hacker News with Generative AI: Desktop

Show HN: Gemini Cursor – A Multimodal AI Cursor for Your Desktop (Open Source) (github.com/13point5)
A second AI cursor 🖱️ for your desktop that can see your screen, hear you speak, and talk to you.
Open Source, Artificial Intelligence, User Interface, Software, Desktop
21 points by 13point5 9 days ago | 2 comments
PipeWire Is Doing an Excellent Job Handling Audio/Video Streams on the Desktop (phoronix.com)
Red Hat engineer and PipeWire lead developer Wim Taymans presented at FOSDEM 2025 last weekend around the state of the PipeWire project for this integral component to the modern Linux desktop.
Linux, Audio, Video, Open Source, Desktop
6 points by LinuxBender 13 days ago | 0 comments
Waydroid – Android in a Linux container (waydro.id)
Waydroid brings all the apps you love, right to your desktop, working side by side your Linux applications.
Android, Linux, Virtualization, Mobile Apps, Desktop
520 points by birdculture 18 days ago | 150 comments
Google turns Android into a desktop OS in 5 steps (zdnet.com)
Merging Android and ChromeOS is a bold first step, but turning Android into a true alternative to MacOS, iPadOS, and Windows requires Google to make some big moves.
Android, Operating Systems, Google, ChromeOS, Desktop
10 points by thesuperbigfrog 92 days ago | 10 comments
AMD Unveils Ryzen 9000 CPUs for Desktop, Zen 5 (anandtech.com)
AMD, CPUs, Processors, Hardware, Desktop
334 points by rx_tx 263 days ago | 292 comments