OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Linux App in Preview Across 5 Supported Distros
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Updated · TechCrunch · Aug 11
OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Linux App in Preview Across 5 Supported Distros
3 articles · Updated · TechCrunch · Aug 11
Summary
OpenAI on Tuesday released a preview ChatGPT desktop app for Linux worldwide, adding ChatGPT, ChatGPT Work and Codex to a platform long requested by users.
5 Linux targets are supported at launch: Ubuntu 24.04 and 26.04 LTS, Debian 13, and Fedora 43 and 44, with compatibility likely extending to downstream desktop flavors built on those bases.
The launch gives OpenAI desktop coverage across every major desktop operating system, closing a gap that had stood out in the open-source developer community.
Anthropic had moved first about a month ago with a Claude Linux desktop app, available for Ubuntu 22.04 or later and Debian 12 or later.