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Linux users, this one’s for you! :penguin:

ChatGPT desktop app for Linux is now available in preview, bringing ChatGPT, Work, and Codex together in one native desktop experience.

Currently supported:

  • Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and 26.04 LTS
  • Debian 13
  • Fedora 43 and 44
  • x64 and ARM64 architectures
  • .deb and .rpm packages

The desktop app is designed as a workspace for managing projects, working with files, using browser workflows, and running Codex alongside ChatGPT.

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You can learn more about the desktop experience in the official ChatGPT desktop app documentation.

Has anyone installed the Linux preview yet? Please use this topic to share your feedback and experience.

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That’s fantastic! Do we have a feature sheet anywhere, to compare the Windows vs. Linux versions?

Why is the website set up to only allow you to see a download button for the OS you’re on in many places, while other places have a button for Windows and MacOS regardless. There is so much continuity errors on the site is super frustrating sometimes to navigate. Its not doing anyone favours to hide download options and its a little ironic this baby-method is used when youre literally talking about someone using a very powerful AI.

They are going to generally have enough IQ points to click their OS. As it stands i cannot download the linux version on windows and take it to my vm. I HAVE to do it via the vm first. Why is this arbitrary limitation implemented INCONSISTANTLY.

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Welcome to the community @oli.vier

A comparison doesn’t exist as of writing this, but here’s some anecdotal information:

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Hah! I had missed it, thanks!

So Tibo is saying it’s pretty much parity in terms of features :wink:

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That’s pretty standard stuff, tbh.

Its standard to be inconsistent about when and where you post separate downloads? :laughing:

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Also seems to work in WSL Ubuntu 24.04 with WSLg in Windows :laughing:

Thanks for confirming this with Japanese IME.
I reported the same issue earlier with Korean Fcitx5 on EndeavourOS + KDE Wayland, and --enable-wayland-ime fixes it for me as well.
So this seems reproducible across at least Korean and Japanese Fcitx5 input methods, not just a single distro/setup.

Are you really sure that after you change it like this, it will use Wayland? I changed it once before and used Btop, but it still showed up as x11.

The mainstream approach should be to automatically identify whether it is X11 or Wayland. I don’t understand why my system ( Fedora 44 GNOME), which is Wayland, is falling back to running on X11, and I have a 4K monitor, so the display is terrible.

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When being rapidly dragged, the pet frequently flickers and jumps around erratically.

How much RAM does it use? Thanks.

Finally, the Linux version is here, great job, team!:clap:

Quick feedback though: the biggest friction for me is that, Codex CLI projects on the same machine DON’T show up in the Desktop app’s project list.

All my CLI sessions appear as standalone chats, even with working dir and git branch preserved.

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And if I add the folder manually via Create project, the project stays empty. No conversations.:thinking:

It’s actually worse than remoting into my work server from Windows, where everything just works as long as I point to the right path.

Am I missing something? Would love to see this improved. Thanks again!:heart:

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I use Handy for speech-to-text. In the current ChatGPT Linux preview under Hyprland/Wayland, virtual-keyboard input generated by wtype is interpreted incorrectly: transcribed text is entered as mostly numbers and symbols. wtype works correctly in other Wayland apps on the same system, including Ghostty and VS Code. Using ydotool via uinput instead works correctly in ChatGPT.

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GNOME is amazing! I restarted and it’s working now! :smiley:

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Once again, certain types of distributions are being favored over others! Distributions that don’t rely on these package formats (Arch Linux, NixOS, etc.) simply won’t be able to use it (without some workarounds)!

A flatpak (or an app image at worst) would have been so much smarter.

I understand your pain. Actually, for Linux, having a deb or rpm is equivalent to having everything. Think about how AUR is handled, think about Gentoo packaging. In fact, appimage is the ultimate solution.

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I disagree. The correct solution is Flatpak. A Flatpak package is automatically compatible with all Linux distributions without requiring you to download a file and allows for updates, unlike an AppImage, which requires re-downloading!

ChatGPT isn’t perfect on Wayland; if you need those pets, it can’t actually be placed in the bottom right corner on Wayland. I think that’s why they default to X11; Wayland’s security is just too high.