# Claude Desktop Linux

> An independent guide to Claude Desktop on Linux: the apt install on Ubuntu and Debian, the Cowork KVM requirement, and the open-source route that runs the agent on a cloud computer.

Every page has a markdown twin (linked below) and the whole site is in [llms-full.txt](https://claudedesktoplinux.com/llms-full.txt).

## Pages

- [Home](https://claudedesktoplinux.com/index.md): Claude Desktop for Linux installs with apt on Ubuntu and Debian. Cowork needs KVM and /dev/vhost-vsock; the open source route runs the agent in the cloud.
- [Ubuntu & Debian](https://claudedesktoplinux.com/ubuntu-debian.md): Claude Desktop installs on Ubuntu 22.04 and Debian 12 from Anthropic's apt repo. Cowork then needs /dev/vhost-vsock; open source runs the agent elsewhere.
- [Arch & Fedora](https://claudedesktoplinux.com/arch-fedora-nixos.md): Outside Debian, Claude Desktop comes from a repackaging: AUR, an MIT Fedora script, an AppImage or a Nix flake. Open source Kortix runs the agent instead.
- [Cowork & KVM](https://claudedesktoplinux.com/cowork-linux-kvm.md): Cowork on Linux needs KVM, /dev/vhost-vsock and QEMU. What each error checks, the fix where one exists, and the open source route off the host.
- [Containers](https://claudedesktoplinux.com/containers-chromeos-servers.md): ChromeOS, containers, headless servers and WSL 2 stop Cowork on the same missing /dev/vhost-vsock. What still runs locally, and the open source host.
- [Agent vs CLI](https://claudedesktoplinux.com/agent-on-linux.md): Claude Desktop and the CLI split the work by job on Linux. What a question, a repo change, and an hour-long run each need, plus the open source route.

## Kortix

- [Kortix](https://kortix.com): The open-source AI Operating System.
- [Kortix docs](https://kortix.com/docs): installing, self-hosting and configuring Kortix.
- [Kortix on GitHub](https://github.com/kortix-ai/suna): the open-source repository.