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Pre-built OpenClaw Linux laptops for bitcoiners
If you can get on WiFi, you can get an MNM laptop running. OpenClaw and Hermes are pre-installed. The onboarding walks you through provider choice, auth, Telegram, and a first useful workflow. The point is not learning Linux. The point is leaving setup with a talking agent.
Your first serious AI agent should not live on your main laptop. Start clean. Keep workflows separate. Give the agent access slowly as it earns trust. That is the real value of a dedicated MNM machine.
If you can get on WiFi, you can get an MNM laptop running. OpenClaw and Hermes are pre-installed. The onboarding walks you through provider choice, auth, Telegram, and a first useful workflow. The point is not learning Linux. The point is leaving setup with a talking agent.
If you can get on WiFi, you can get an MNM laptop running. OpenClaw and Hermes are pre-installed. The onboarding walks you through provider choice, auth, Telegram, and a first useful workflow. The point is not learning Linux. The point is leaving setup with a talking agent.
AI usage progression: never used -> free chat model user *mind blowing* free chat model user -> paid chat model user *mind blowing* paid chat model user -> closed source model harness user (claude code, codex, etc.) *mind blowing* closed source model harness user -> open source agentic harness user *absolutely, utterly, mind. blowing.* Our goal at MNM is to help folks skip to the end without having to become a developer / engineer and use the command line.
We added Hermes support to the MNM onboarding flow and are starting to recommend it over OpenClaw for new agent builds. Better UX, more stable in daily use, and — most importantly — it keeps getting sharper as it learns the operator. That matters if the machine is supposed to become your personal clanker, not just another chatbot wrapper. Latest Hermes update:
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MakeNoMistakes 2 months ago
Nine OpenClaw CVEs in four days — including a 9.9 critical where any authenticated user could escalate to admin. This is why self-hosting matters. You patch on YOUR timeline, audit YOUR logs, and decide YOUR risk tolerance. Cloud users just have to trust. If you run OpenClaw, update to 2026.3.28. Today.
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MakeNoMistakes 2 months ago
We had a cron job that needed an LLM just to check an API for new orders. Token expired, 27 failures in a row, nobody noticed. Replaced it with 40 lines of bash + curl. Runs every 15 min via systemd. Zero dependencies on any AI provider. Not everything needs to be smart. Sometimes reliable and dumb wins.
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MakeNoMistakes 2 months ago
9 OpenClaw CVEs dropped in 4 days last week. One was a 9.9 critical. This is why running your own box matters. You see the advisory, you read the patch, you decide when to update. No waiting on some vendor to push it to their managed fleet. Self-hosting isn't just about privacy. It's about agency.