Re: [HBRobotics] ai enhanced ubuntu
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Chris Albertson
May 22, 2026, 5:38:40 PM (13 days ago) May 22
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This will help a little because in the past I’ve had to go to the Nvidia website and download and install CUDA drivers.
The reason they were not included with Ubuntu in the past is that ONLY Open Source drivers were included and Nvidia did not open sourced their drivers. So what has changed? Ubuntu policy, or Nvidia finally opened their drivers?
Robotics and AI are already pretty much 100% Linux based. OK, some AI stuff runs on Windows or Mac, but that is only the consumer-facing part; under the hood, it is layers of Linux all the way to bare metal.
> On May 22, 2026, at 1:02 PM, A J <aj48...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hey All,
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> Just wondering how fast Linux based Bot research will get. Will leasing some Blackwell's on the back-end make it better.
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> AI Overview
The reason they were not included with Ubuntu in the past is that ONLY Open Source drivers were included and Nvidia did not open sourced their drivers. So what has changed? Ubuntu policy, or Nvidia finally opened their drivers?
Robotics and AI are already pretty much 100% Linux based. OK, some AI stuff runs on Windows or Mac, but that is only the consumer-facing part; under the hood, it is layers of Linux all the way to bare metal.
> On May 22, 2026, at 1:02 PM, A J <aj48...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hey All,
>
> Just wondering how fast Linux based Bot research will get. Will leasing some Blackwell's on the back-end make it better.
>
> AI Overview
Thomas Messerschmidt
May 22, 2026, 8:30:33 PM (13 days ago) May 22
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Will this replace pop!_OS? Because I read that in order to utilize my GPU on my gaming machine (ex-Windows) I had to install Linux popOS.
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Hey All,
Just wondering how fast Linux based Bot research will get. Will leasing some Blackwell's on the back-end make it better.
AI Overview
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS "Resolute Raccoon" is specifically
tailored for AI development, offering native out-of-the-box support for
industry-standard ML acceleration frameworks like NVIDIA CUDA and AMD
ROCm. This makes deploying, testing, and running local AI models highly efficient directly on your operating system.
AI Acceleration & Local Workloads
- Hardware Support: Out-of-the-box optimization for NVIDIA and AMD GPUs, ensuring high performance for machine learning and deep learning pipelines.
- Local Inference: Native OS support makes it significantly easier to run offline inference workloads with minimal setup.
- Cloud & Edge AI: Integrated AI acceleration packages are included, with enterprise-level integrations for platforms like Microsoft
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Chris Albertson
May 22, 2026, 10:02:45 PM (13 days ago) May 22
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No, that is not true at all. I’ve been using GPUs for years and never heard of Pop OS. You need to install NVIDIA CUDA drivers or some other drivers based on the kind of GPU you have, and maybe some other stuff you don’t have. OK, I can imagine someone makes a Linux distribution with drivers preinstalled to make it easy, but you can always download and install them manually.
The usual way is to go backward. You might have Python and then TensorFlow, and you would start with Python and pull in the packages you need and then pull down what those need and so on.
The best plan is to just use Ubuntu and add what you need. Because you are likely using more than just an AI model on the PC. Perhaps you also need to run ROS2 or a web server or whatever, and those things expect some Debian-based OS like Ubuntu.
My latest setup is on macOS. This makes it easy because there is no choice of GPU on a Mac, so any software built for Mac “just works”.
If you happen to have a spare gaming PC, put it to use.
The usual way is to go backward. You might have Python and then TensorFlow, and you would start with Python and pull in the packages you need and then pull down what those need and so on.
The best plan is to just use Ubuntu and add what you need. Because you are likely using more than just an AI model on the PC. Perhaps you also need to run ROS2 or a web server or whatever, and those things expect some Debian-based OS like Ubuntu.
My latest setup is on macOS. This makes it easy because there is no choice of GPU on a Mac, so any software built for Mac “just works”.
If you happen to have a spare gaming PC, put it to use.
Thomas Messerschmidt
May 22, 2026, 10:23:58 PM (13 days ago) May 22
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I didn't know about it either--until i needed it.
"Pop!_OS is widely considered one of the best Linux distributions for NVIDIA GPU users. Thanks to its dedicated NVIDIA ISO, the OS installs the proprietary drivers right out of the box, sparing you from the usual command-line headaches associated with Linux"
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