OpenAI launches ChatGPT desktop app for Linux
ashurandi
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19 comments
August 11, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (11 comments)
juujian
I much prefer Claude, but this move may actually get me to pay for a subscription again.
theyliesoeasily
Looking forward to the "here's the data they're exfiltrating" breakdowns.
amanzi
Nice - I've been considering re-subscribing to OpenAI to try out their new models. This is just the push I needed. Looking forward to trying it on Fedora 44.
miguelnegrao
Wouldn't most linux users just use codex cli or codex vscode ? Does the app bring anything not available on codex ?
acheron
I have it open in a browser tab, and I have the codex cli. What are the features/advantages this has over the old way?
madiling
dupe of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49262122
taosx
I've been extracting the asar and using it for a while on linux, I rarely start it but it's nice that I can start a session in chatgpt and then move on to codex in the same UI. It's packed with features, voice mode, browser. I'm not really the target audience..
seabrookmx
Does it run a VM under the covers like the Claude desktop app does? I've passed on the Claude desktop app for that reason, despite being curious about the "Routines" feature that isn't available in the Claude Code CLI.
senectus1
about fricken time
cedws
How do you somehow make a cross OS browser platform only work on one OS in the first place?
shostack
Am I understanding correctly that I still can't run a headless session on my VPS in a way that let's me use remote control for a better 1st party mobile experience that doesn't require my laptop to be awake? I really don't want to have to boot into a whole desktop Ubuntu instance simply to run this. I've gone as far as starting to build my own handoff layer with Hermes as I want to use codex purely for coding in a more isolated fashion and not have it co-mingle my memory and unrelated sensitive context and tool calls. The newly announced integration was so close to what I wanted and yet so far for anyone that wants to keep sensitive data separated. I wish they offered a consumer zero data retention plan.