That’s right: The secret to saving this laptop, and maybe yours too, is Linux.
With Anthropic rushing to wipe out the Claude Code leak, hackers are posting malware-laden files on GitHub that they claim are special, unlocked versions of the AI tool.
OpenClaw's Node for VS Code extension proved it can support a real local file-based workflow, but on Windows the experience still feels more like early infrastructure than finished tooling.
Consolidation is never a good thing.