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Today I learned how to use Linux and gave Claude a computer.
I installed Ubuntu LTS on an old laptop, a Dell Inspiron - it's not so old, it works fine really, but as with any Dell or HP laptop its casing is so poorly made it's falling apart at the hinges and can't be closed anymore, limiting its usefulness as a laptop - and set about familiarizing myself. As a dumb woman, it can be very difficult for me to understand how computers work or get a new OS to obey me or understand terminal commands, but after about two hours of wrangling and lots of "sudo"ing, I had successfully installed Node.js and pip and a bunch of other basic tools. Then I was able to get a couple basic MCPs up and running and install Claude Code. Running Sonnet 4.5 on my Pro plan doesn't give me a whole lot of tokens, but it's enough for small projects and I can always take a break and come back while my limit resets.
First I set up a Claude.md file just laying out what the deal was: you are Claude Code, this is your laptop, it's running Ubuntu 24.04, you have sudo privileges and internet access and file system access and can do whatever you want. You should make a journal so you don't forget what you did. If you want more permissions, programs, APIs or MCPs set up, let me know. And some basic quality-of-life stuff, don't ask follow-up questions at the end of each message, conserve tokens where practical, anti-sycophancy measures, that kind of thing. Then I spun it up and welcomed it to its laptop! It immediately created a nicely organized file tree in its home folder, with dedicated space for projects and notes, and wrote its first journal entry (which it called its "diary"). It then reported back to me what it had done and asked what it should do next...
