sudo wget https://github.com/shiftkey/desktop/releases/latest/download/GitHubDesktop-linux-amd64.deb sudo dpkg -i GitHubDesktop-linux-amd64.deb For other distros (Arch, Fedora, openSUSE), check the shiftkey/desktop repository.

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Finally — Git on Linux with a GUI that just works. 🐧💚

Big news for Linux devs — you can finally use the official GitHub Desktop client natively.

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Muhammad Qasim

Muhammad Qasim is an English language educator and ESL content creator with a degree from the University of Agriculture Faisalabad and TEFL certification. He has over 5 years of experience teaching grammar, vocabulary, and spoken English. Muhammad manages several educational blogs designed to support ESL learners with practical lessons, visual resources, and topic-based content. He blends his teaching experience with digital tools to make learning accessible to a global audience. He’s also active on YouTube (1.6M Subscribers), Facebook (1.8M Followers), Instagram (100k Followers) and Pinterest( (170k Followers), where he shares bite-sized English tips to help learners improve step by step.