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Codex in ChatGPT desktop app for Linux is now in preview

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Re: Codex in ChatGPT desktop app for Linux is now in preview

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Post by OsrsNeedsf2P »

I'd love to see the stats on how many Linux users want this. Most Linux usage probably comes from WSL/SSH'ing into servers, where they would use the CLI instead of a GUI. Even for the people who run Linux on the desktop, most probably prefer the terminal anyways

Re: Codex in ChatGPT desktop app for Linux is now in preview

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Post by fragmede »

cloudie78 wrote: post #25

Reminder to everyone, treat these as trojans. Run them isolated from the rest of your system. Give it a full desktop in a VM if you want to, just not direct access to your system.

How do I get it to fix my Bluetooth if I do that? If you've been AI-pilled, 2026 is the year of Linux desktop because instead of dicking around with config files, I can just tell AI to fix python.

Re: Codex in ChatGPT desktop app for Linux is now in preview

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Post by margorczynski »

WASDx wrote: post #26
margorczynski wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you give some examples? I'm evaluating where/how I could use stuff like this.

I upgraded my workflow a few months ago from "copy-paste things in and out of ChatGPT" to "use an agent that edits my project files and runs tests on its own" and the ergonomics are just so much better and enables automating bigger tasks. I still monitor everything it does and do manual adjustments so I feel ownership of the code.

But isn't that use-case solved a harness like OpenCode or Codex? OpenClaw and Hermes are a bit different beast although they can also be used for development in a more holistic manner (e.g. automated GUI testing).

I'm just wondering about other uses where such a system would be useful aside from asking it via Signal or WA for the weather.

Re: Codex in ChatGPT desktop app for Linux is now in preview

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Post by badcafe23423435 »

perching_aix wrote: post #30
cloudie78 wrote: post #25

Reminder to everyone, treat these as trojans. Run them isolated from the rest of your system. Give it a full desktop in a VM if you want to, just not direct access to your system.

They ship with their own sandboxing by default, and Codex specifically is open source.

if it is open source why no exist any fork? why I can remove openai model default from instalation?

Re: Codex in ChatGPT desktop app for Linux is now in preview

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Post by rawland »

perching_aix wrote: post #30
cloudie78 wrote: post #25

Reminder to everyone, treat these as trojans. Run them isolated from the rest of your system. Give it a full desktop in a VM if you want to, just not direct access to your system.

They ship with their own sandboxing by default, and Codex specifically is open source.

I’d wait. Remember when Chromium downloaded and installed binary blobs.

Also in the news: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/08/expa...

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Re: Codex in ChatGPT desktop app for Linux is now in preview

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Post by zorked »

dmortin wrote: post #20
Gareth321 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Honestly, you're missing out. The productivity gains I've had with these tools is unbelievable. I understand the risk though, so if you've got government sensitive data on your computer, or no backups, don't use the "full access" option. Babysit what it does instead.

Isn't it expensive, though? If you let it perform gui or web tasks for you using vision, I'd think it consumes lots of tokens.

I don't know about Chatgpt but I used Kimi (they have a Chinese-only plugin that does desktop control - works fine if you enable it even if you don't know Chinese). Observing how it works, it's mostly using the accessibility features of the user interfaces - it fetches a sort of DOM for the desktop applications. Only rarely it has to take a screenshot.
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