ChatGPT Desktop (Codex Desktop) for Linux

Re:ChatGPT Desktop (Codex Desktop) for Linux by fg137 on Thursday August 13, 2026 @06:57AM (#49284141)

Outside Linux, on Windows/Mac, plenty of non developers much prefer the "desktop UI" experience over CLI. Some can't work with CLIs at all.

Even with Linux, there are more people -- including many non software engineers -- that are installing Linux on their home computers and may be interested in this.

Bear in mind that HN users don't remotely resemble the general population, or even employees at a tech company -- there are lots of people in finance, business, legal etc who could potentially benefit from this.

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Re:ChatGPT Desktop (Codex Desktop) for Linux by scott01 on Thursday August 13, 2026 @07:49AM (#49284583)

I’m a developer, daily driving Linux, and prefer GUI apps. Would’ve used Sublime Text if clangd plugin worked. Hence stuck with Emacs. Open Code GUI sucks compared to their TUI though.

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Re:ChatGPT Desktop (Codex Desktop) for Linux by yokoprime on Thursday August 13, 2026 @07:29AM (#49284408)

i sometimes find myself using the desktop app on macos, but the CLI just clicks more with how i think and its more flexible too.

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Re:ChatGPT Desktop (Codex Desktop) for Linux by PunchyHamster on Thursday August 13, 2026 @07:56AM (#49284655)

Can we instead replace them with LLM ? Surely it woudl be much easier

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Re:ChatGPT Desktop (Codex Desktop) for Linux by ekzy on Thursday August 13, 2026 @09:26AM (#49285566)

I prefer the CLI but the remote control with the phone app only works with the phone AFAIK, so that’s the only reason I use it.

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