The weird thing is, the biggest reason I don't use Cursor much is because they just distribute this AppImage, which doesn't install or add itself to the Ubuntu app menu, it just sits there and I have to do
sudo chmod 755 path/to/Cursor-0.48.6.x86_64.AppImage
path/to/Cursor-0.48.6.x86_64.AppImage
and then I get greeted with an error message:
The setuid sandbox is not running as root. Common causes:
* An unprivileged process using ptrace on it, like a debugger.
* A parent process set prctl(PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS, ...)
Failed to move to new namespace: PID namespaces supported, Network namespace supported, but failed: errno = Operation not permitted
I have to go Googling, then realize I have to run it with
bin/appimage/Cursor-0.48.6-x86_64.AppImage --no-sandbox
Often I'm lazy to do all of this and just use the Claude / ChatGPT web version and paste code back and forth to VS code.
The effort required to start Cursor is the reason I don't use it much. VS code is an actual, bona fide installed app with an icon that sits on my screen, I just click it to launch it. So much easier. Even if I have to write code manually.
The effort required to start Cursor is the reason I don't use it much. VS code is an actual, bona fide installed app with an icon that sits on my screen, I just click it to launch it. So much easier. Even if I have to write code manually.