OpenAI launches ChatGPT desktop app for Linux

(techcrunch.com)

45 points | by ashurandi 17 hours ago ago

24 comments

  • shostack 9 hours ago ago

    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.

    • cromka 6 hours ago ago

      They had a headless remote mode for a while, specifically for that purpose. Are you sure you checked well?

  • acheron 15 hours ago ago

    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?

    • loveparade 13 hours ago ago

      You can do remote control / handoff with it, i.e. start on desktop and move to mobile. doesn't work with the cli

    • cromka 6 hours ago ago

      Proper Markdown rendering?

    • undeveloper 9 hours ago ago

      the desktop ui is considerably nicer to use if you ever find yourself switching between terminal tabs

  • amanzi 16 hours ago ago

    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 16 hours ago ago

    Wouldn't most linux users just use codex cli or codex vscode ? Does the app bring anything not available on codex ?

    • fragmede 16 hours ago ago

      Yes, a GUI. There are various terminal multiplexers out there, but OpenAI wants you to use theirs.

    • iluvcommunism 16 hours ago ago

      [dead]

  • taosx 15 hours ago ago

    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..

  • theyliesoeasily 16 hours ago ago

    Looking forward to the "here's the data they're exfiltrating" breakdowns.

  • seabrookmx 15 hours ago ago

    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.

    • beering 15 hours ago ago

      isn’t strong sandbox a good thing?

      • ramon156 14 hours ago ago

        VMs are not a secure sandbox

        • whs 12 hours ago ago

          Tell that to AWS Lambda and Google Compute Engine?

        • shooly 13 hours ago ago

          VMs are a secure sandbox. Containers aren't.

        • jdbdbeb 8 hours ago ago

          What are you talking about, of cause VMs are a secure sandbox

  • juujian 16 hours ago ago

    I much prefer Claude, but this move may actually get me to pay for a subscription again.

  • cedws 10 hours ago ago

    How do you somehow make a cross OS browser platform only work on one OS in the first place?

  • madiling 15 hours ago ago
  • senectus1 14 hours ago ago

    about fricken time