Skip to content
Prompt & SolderHow to Ask Claude
All builds
OSNo photo
Worked Claim only

Linux drivers for a second-hand Intel Mac

—

An HN comment about Claude writing the missing Linux drivers for a used Mac.

Credits

  • HN commenter kccqzy Source ↗

Earliest dated source: 18 Aug 2026

The full story

A Hacker News commenter's friend bought a second-hand Intel Mac, installed Linux and found some hardware didn't work. It wasn't very hard to get Claude to write the missing Linux drivers.

How it was done

Tools

Themes

Loading themes…

Sources

From a passing comment or social post, so the details are thin.

  • Hacker News: Claude can do Linux drivers too. A friend bought a second-hand Intel Mac, installed Linux, and foundForum threadnews.ycombinator.com
    HN commenter: kccqzyPosted 18 Aug 2026

    The comment.

Related builds

Finding related builds…

Prompt & Solder

An independent community project. Not affiliated with Anthropic.

What this is. Real projects where people used Claude to build, fix, port, revive or take apart something, from jailbroken Kindles to rebuilt DOS games, plus the times it went badly wrong. Every build links to where it was shared, and every source is listed here.

How far to trust it. We summarise what people reported and say what each build rests on: a full write-up with code, a short post, or a passing comment. We haven't tested them ourselves. Photos are shown from the original sources with credit. Only modify hardware you own, and back up first.

Privacy. No accounts. Analytics cookies (Google Analytics) only if you accept them; no ads or cross-site tracking. Searches are counted anonymously (just the words) to show what's popular, and so are clicks on Ask Claude (just the count).

How toEvery sourceStatsSubmit a buildRSS