> In one week, the installer was downloaded more than 1 million times — not counting updates via Linux distribution repositories.
Either there's 1m people downloading new software "because no ai", or there's another popular thing that installs this, and is not counted in the "updates via linux repos". One is much much more probable than the other.
You underestimate the public's hatred of AI-in-everything. HN is a bubble of AI.
> or there's another popular thing that installs this
Yeah, an AI tool:
The ChatGPT/Codex app bundles a full copy of LibreOffice
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49527396