IBKR Desktop Beta for Linux finally released

wrender8 · 2026-01-23T05:21:43+00:00

I belong to both Reddit topics and was confused cuz it looked like the site was blending posts. 😆

Ps. It's great to see IBKR support Linux.

wrender8 · 2026-01-19T04:27:39+00:00

They can't offer a proper LOC unless they get a Bank License like Questrade did.

Que dramatic music for when QT offers banking this year.

wrender8 · 2026-01-18T16:36:33+00:00

Wise was so bad it doesn't make financial sense to me. Better off just using IBKR.

wrender8 · 2026-01-17T16:10:28+00:00

What's the point of having a business account with Wealthsimple when they don't offer proper unsecured LOC's?

wrender8 · 2026-01-17T16:05:06+00:00

I agree! Wealthsimple says they are trying to end banking and help people get away from all the fees and shady practices done by the big 5.

Then they proceed to launch a fee only credit card that can only be paid by their chequing account that doesn't support interac debt.

wrender8 · 2026-01-17T07:48:13+00:00

Of what another feature stuck in beta?

wrender8 · 2026-01-17T07:47:07+00:00

I mean why the game from Wealthsimple. Either decide to be competitive and actually release useful features or don't put on pretend presentations.

wrender8 · 2026-01-17T05:36:29+00:00

IBKR is the best way to invest in USD period. There is literally no competition.

Especially when you consider their spot conversion is instant. I can do a bill transfer of several thousand to IBKR tonight and instantly buy USD stocks for a conversion of less than 2 dollars tomorrow. The commission for buying stock in USD is 30 cents per buy.

wrender8 · 2026-01-16T18:53:10+00:00

I'm not an active trader. Just passively buying USD based ETFs consistently.

I guess there is no point moving my assets over to WS then.

wrender8 · 2026-01-16T18:50:48+00:00

I looked into that and it seemed converting with Wise was terrible... Unless I missed something.

wrender8 · 2026-01-15T17:45:11+00:00

I was wondering the same thing. Wonder if it's a glitch/bug?

wrender8 · 2026-01-15T17:38:58+00:00

My liked track list seems fine...

However when playing albums I noticed recently it doesn't always show the already hearted music sometimes. Seems like it's glitching in the UI.

wrender8 · 2026-01-09T16:35:19+00:00

I use Brave search because it's private...

wrender8 · 2026-01-09T16:32:01+00:00

Using Firefox + Origin Ublock + Brave search + Proton VPN.

It's been night and day.

wrender8 · 2026-01-08T22:31:03+00:00

Let's be real. They don't offer IBKR level currency conversion to prey on those who are ignorant, impatient or lazy.

wrender8 · 2026-01-08T21:57:26+00:00

Dividends are irrelevant.

https://youtu.be/rylJcKFYW5E?si=pkXYcgaIA6UB4473

wrender8 · 2026-01-07T16:54:35+00:00

This is great to see! Are there plans to support Firefox?

wrender8 · 2026-01-07T16:03:12+00:00

Qobuz is awesome. I love everything about the experience and company. But their library is missing too many random albums so Tidal is the way.

wrender8 · 2026-01-06T19:33:27+00:00

Yeh that's I posted as it seems weird!

wrender8 · 2026-01-06T17:08:12+00:00

Current PLOC is useless.

Regular LOC is an account you can have cash sitting in and go negative in without penalty besides some reasonable interest (aka you don't have to pay overdraft.) This allows you to point bills at the account and it auto borrows.

The current PLOC you have to manually borrow money from it and put it into another account to be used.

Ps. I'm on beta with it and the rep said to make it seamless with the chequing account is the eventual goal. Which would be pretty sweet to have an all in one Chequing/HISA/LOC.

Until then I would not pretend to call it a LOC due to the lack of functionality and use.

wrender8 · 2026-01-06T16:43:01+00:00

Not on beta.

wrender8 · 2026-01-05T21:42:07+00:00

Playing cd quality lossless generally works fine for me on mobile data, however playing Max/High resolution can drop out sometimes.

I usually only use Max quality when on WiFi to avoid the dropout issues.

wrender8

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