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title: "Discussion on \"I built a Linux distro where the LLM is a system service, not an app\" | Hashnode"
description: "Discussion on \"I built a Linux distro where the LLM is a system service, not an app\". SynapseOS runs a local LLM as a system service: the shell, the compositor and the security monitor all query it over a Unix socket. No cloud, no API."
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# [I built a Linux distro where the LLM is a system service, not an app](https://synapseos.hashnode.dev/synapseos-llm-as-a-system-service?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

SynapseOS runs a local LLM as a system service: the shell, the compositor and the security monitor all query it over a Unix socket. No cloud, no API.

Aug 1 · 7 min read · synapseos.hashnode.dev  
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