Ubuntu Apps covers useful Linux software for everyday work, creativity, communication, security, media, and productivity.
Here you will find app roundups, software guides, Windows alternatives, and practical recommendations for Ubuntu users.
Windsurf is now called Devin Desktop, and the Linux install still runs through the Windsurf apt repository. This guide adds it in three steps, explains what changes if you already had Windsurf, and covers updates, the tarball and removal.
Grok Bot has official Linux builds, but they sit under “More downloads” and the docs say nothing about updates. The .deb quietly adds an apt repository, and that repository is the cleanest way to install it. This guide sets it up in three steps, fixes the error that stops it starting on Ubuntu 24.04 and newer, and explains which plans include it.
Cursor ships a .deb, an RPM and an AppImage for Linux, and the download page says nothing about how any of them update. The .deb quietly registers an apt repository, and that repository is the best way to install the editor. This guide sets it up in three steps, compares the other install methods, and covers Grok Bot, which comes with paid plans and runs on Ubuntu.
Anthropic ships an official Claude desktop app for Ubuntu and Debian, installed from a signed apt repository rather than a downloaded file, so updates arrive with the rest of your system. This guide adds the repository, verifies Anthropic’s signing key before trusting it, installs the app, and gets Cowork’s virtual machine running when the tab comes up grey.
OpenAI ships an official ChatGPT desktop app for Linuxas a deb package that wires itself into apt so future updates arrive with everything else. This guide installs it, signs you in, gets Codex working on a local repository, and fixes the Wayland bug that makes typing do nothing.
NVIDIA’s native GeForce NOW app is finally available on Ubuntu. This guide covers the Flatpak install, the driver, Wayland requirements and what each membership tier really gets you, and the honest limitation nobody mentions.
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Level up your command-line workflow. Here is our tested guide to the best terminal emulators for Ubuntu, including GPU-accelerated, tiling, and AI-powered interfaces with install commands.
A complete step-by-step guide to installing and upgrading the LibreOffice suite on Ubuntu. Covers native APT, the official LibreOffice Fresh PPA, Snap Store, Flathub Flatpak, portable AppImage configurations and clean system uninstallation.
A complete step-by-step guide to installing Slack on Ubuntu. Covers the official Snap package, the official .deb installer from Slack’s website with automatic APT repository configuration, and the community-maintained Flatpak from Flathub. Includes launch configuration, Wayland screen sharing fixes, troubleshooting, and clean uninstallation.
