I understand your pain. Actually, for Linux, having a deb or rpm is equivalent to having everything. Think about how AUR is handled, think about Gentoo packaging. In fact, appimage is the ultimate solution.

NY152 August 12, 2026, 1:28pm 26

I disagree. The correct solution is Flatpak. A Flatpak package is automatically compatible with all Linux distributions without requiring you to download a file and allows for updates, unlike an AppImage, which requires re-downloading!

ChatGPT isn’t perfect on Wayland; if you need those pets, it can’t actually be placed in the bottom right corner on Wayland. I think that’s why they default to X11; Wayland’s security is just too high.

yzs August 12, 2026, 6:46pm 28

For now, Computer Use is not yet supported on Linux, but support is planned for a future release.

Other than that, Linux is largely at feature parity with macOS and Windows.

yzs August 12, 2026, 6:48pm 29

Native Wayland support is currently experimental and will continue to improve. In a Wayland session, the app uses XWayland when available. To explicitly select native Wayland, fully quit the app and launch it from a terminal:

chatgpt --ozone-platform=wayland

Some features, such as floating windows, window positioning, focus, and keyboard shortcuts, may not fully work while native Wayland support matures.