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 Premium and higher 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.
Install OnlyOffice Desktop Editors on Ubuntu from the official apt repository in three steps, so it updates with your system. Also covers the .deb for arm64, Flatpak and Snap, Microsoft-compatible fonts, cloud connections, fixes for common errors, and clean removal.
