MCP with Ubuntu

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43348942

by Elbouyave • 1 year ago

5 10 1 year ago

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Hello new comer here,

MCP are a pain in the ass on windows, do you know if dualbooting my laptop with Ubuntu would be a viable solution to be able to build and run MCP ?

Thanks in advance.

Joz.

GianFabien• 1 year ago

What do you mean by "MCP" ?

If you mean Model Context Protocol, then the relevant GitHub repository certainly suggests that any Linux environment would be suitable for development.

In my experience both Windows and MacOS have constraints which require additional effort to work around. I'm lazy and choose the easiest path: Debian on desktop system.

Elbouyave4• 1 year ago

Yes Model Context Protocol, and thank you

brudgers2• 1 year ago

At the point where dual booting seems like a solution, a second laptop for the specific task might be an easier alternative. Because dual booting often creates a lot of duplicate efforts. For example configuring browsers and email etc.

Or a Virtual Machine. Or WSL. Good luck.

Elbouyave4• 1 year ago

Unfortunetly I don't have the financial situation to buy a second laptop.

I don't really know a lot about Linux yet but I was wondering if it could be a better idea to fresh restart with only Ubuntu.

Would it be more practical ?

uncomplexity_3• 1 year ago

i have answered in separate comment that you can run mcp clients and servers in windows.

but if you really wanna polish your linux skills, go throw youeself in the swimming pool and learn to swim by downloading the latest ubuntu desktop iso and flashing it to a flash drive using balena etcher, then boot it from bios to install it to your laptop.

will it be hard? yes of course. will you learn a lot? absolutely. can you revert back to windows anytime? yes, just google for "github massgravel" and it will link you to windows / office installers (using their license activators is optional, wink wink).

brudgers2• 1 year ago

Older used Thinkpads from reputable sellers can be found for about $100 USD on eBay.

They are good for running Linux.

And very good for learning Linux while keeping access to the computer you know…a very good idea for increasing the chance of success.

uncomplexity_3• 1 year ago

build and run mcp?

bro you can use mcp clients and servers in windows.

for example if you are using claude desktop on windows, or cline/roo on vscode, or claudecode on terminal, those are all mcp clients.

claudecode for example is just javascript code from npm that can be run by nodejs which works on windows.

on mcp servers, most of them are written in javascript too. if you see anything with npx, it means its an executable compiled javascript code from npm, and your windows can run it as long as you have nodejs installed.

uncomplexity_3• 1 year ago

if you see any mcp installation with python or docker too, i believe it should work, as long as you have python or docker installed. docker will require WSL windows subsystem for linux so just google it and i hope your lappy supports it.

Elbouyave4• 1 year ago

I am still an amateur but it is really a pain in the ass to setup every time I have tried, and I can't really find valuable ressource online to start with.

If you know some that could be interesting I would be a pleasure to read them.

Thank you again.

MCP with Ubuntu

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