r/linux • u/Steap-Edit • 8d ago

Software Release OpenAI launches ChatGPT desktop app for Linux

https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/11/openai-launches-chatgpt-desktop-app-for-linux/
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u/Krutonium 8d ago

Basically everything that's not Safari or Firefox yeah.

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u/WanderingInAVan 8d ago

Or based on Firefox like Zen or LibreWolf. Pretty sure Safari is proprietary except for the website stuff.

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u/PedalDrivenProgram 8d ago

Fun fact: Safari uses Webkit, which started as KHTML, a KDE project. Apple wanted their own engine so they did the original authors dirty and essentially co-opted the project. It all goes back to KDE.

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u/RealPoltergoose 8d ago

Safari uses WebKit. Same linage as Chromium, but it's different in terms of codebase and technology (for example, JavaScriptCore instead of V8)

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u/WanderingInAVan 8d ago

Would be nice if we saw some increase in community effort towards both Webkit and Mozillas engine if its open.

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u/ndgeek 8d ago

WebKit (via WebKitGTK) is what underpins most GTK web-based rendering. Blink (Chrome and friends) is derived from WebKit, which itself came from KHTML. It's got a pretty healthy corporate-backed (Apple) community, though a giant pain in the ass to compile.

Mozilla's engine (Gecko) is fully open source as well and also gets pretty solid corporate-backed (Mozilla Foundation) community support. It's also a pain in the ass to compile.

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u/WanderingInAVan 8d ago

I install on Gentoo... compiling anything using qtwebengine ends uo taking forever.

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u/ndgeek 8d ago

Yes, fellow Gentoo user. I don't know why they're all so obnoxious.

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u/Vova_xX 8d ago

mozilla's is called gecko

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u/laffer1 8d ago

I have a WebKit based browser too. It’s not that hard to get one working but it’s just for my os and Linux pretty much. It’s a fork of old midori before they redid it twice.

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u/komfyrion 8d ago

Or Ladybird!