Linux developers have been running unofficial, community-repackaged builds of Claude Desktop for months — extracting the Windows Electron app, patching it, and hoping Anthropic would eventually ship something signed. That wait is over. As of June 30, Anthropic released an official beta for Ubuntu and Debian, complete with a signed apt repository that delivers auto-updates through the standard system package manager. It brings the same Chat, Cowork, and Code tabs available on macOS and Windows. The caveat to know upfront: Computer Use is not included in this release. What You Actually Get The app ships all three tabs from the […]
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