Privacy is Priceless, but Signal is Expensive

Re:Privacy is Priceless, but Signal is Expensive by jzb on Thursday November 16, 2023 @01:27PM (#38293413)

I'll probably donate, but I find it annoying that Signal only offers Linux packages for Debian-based distros. I've had headaches with the Flatpak. I would think that the Linux desktop audience - while not huge - would be the most interested in Signal. That is, might not be a lot of Linux users but percentage-wise I'd bet more Linux users are interested in Signal than macOS or Windows users.

Even an AppImage would be lovely.

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Re:Privacy is Priceless, but Signal is Expensive by NoGravitas on Thursday November 16, 2023 @01:41PM (#38293556)

The Flatpak works fine for me on Fedora, though of course it's an Electron app, and it periodically has to be re-connected if I don't use it much.

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Re:Privacy is Priceless, but Signal is Expensive by fourstepper on Thursday November 16, 2023 @01:50PM (#38293662)

Seconded, the Flatpak is the way to go.

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Re:Privacy is Priceless, but Signal is Expensive by zucker42 on Thursday November 16, 2023 @01:57PM (#38293758)

Signal Desktop is available in the Arch repositories. https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/signal-desktop/

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Re:Privacy is Priceless, but Signal is Expensive by jzb on Thursday November 16, 2023 @03:01PM (#38294657)

That would be very helpful... if I ran Arch.

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