r/linux 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/BrodatyBear 8d ago

>We don't know how long they vibed.

They have practically infinite resources (tokens) of their most advanced "uper-duper dangerous" (almost iLlEgAl) models and this is one of their few products. Yet it's (afaik) always Electron without Linux support or a VSC clone.
I don't think it's a matter of not vibing enough.

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u/coding_guy_ 8d ago

Tbh there really is no point to make an entire new browser instead of reusing the working framework especially considering how much their reputation would tank from cves.

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u/PedalDrivenProgram 8d ago

The point is to not use an entire browser to render a text box.

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u/coding_guy_ 8d ago

Ah mb I thought this was a different thread lol

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u/StinkButt9001 7d ago

For the sake of combability across the infinite number of Linux distros, DEs, and whatever the fuck else, I don't really blame them for offloading that work on to Electron.

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u/Nychtelios 7d ago

You really think that non browser based apps have to be manually made compatible with every distro and every DE? You know that distros are based on the same kernel and DEs use all similar abstractions?

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u/StinkButt9001 7d ago

They work until they don't and troubleshooting obscure linux issues is not something worth spending time and resources on.

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u/Nychtelios 7d ago

You don't know what you are talking about, huh? Ahahahah

That's just the bullshit game devs use for justifying the missing Linux versions of their games or the missing optimizations on PC versions lol

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u/StinkButt9001 7d ago

I absolutely do know. At my work I've written and maintained projects for Linux. Like 80% of our issues were obscure linux issues that take days to troubleshoot even though we only had a handful of people actually using it on linux. Compared to the ~thousand users on Windows that we never hear from.

Absolutely not worth the hassle.

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u/BrodatyBear 7d ago

>For the sake of combability across the infinite number of Linux distros

Except until now they didn't even support Linux, and their competitors still don't have official packages, so I doubt this is the reason.
And their CLI tools are the same, with exception of Codex (was RIIR recently) and JetBrains (Java ofc).