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 Premium and higher and runs on Ubuntu.
LM Studio is a desktop app that downloads and runs AI models on your own machine, with a chat window, a model browser and a built-in check for whether a model will fit your hardware. This guide installs it from the official deb package, gets a model running, and fixes the two errors that stop the AppImage starting on recent Ubuntu.
