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Signal on Linux (lemmy.today)

submitted 5 months ago by theorangeninja@lemmy.today to c/foss@beehaw.org

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How is it possible, that Signal still only provides a .deb package and no .rpm, or even better AppImage or Flatpak? There is an unofficial Flatpak but is it secure?

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[–] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

OP, what distro are you running? You mention a whole bunch of package formats they don't provide, but never mention what format you require. Depending on the distro, making a build script (or converting the .deb) really isn't Rocket Surgery ™.

[–] theorangeninja@lemmy.today 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Signal aims to be the messenger you can tell your grandma to use. To live up to that promise they have to provide more packages.

[–] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 1 points 5 months ago

What percentage of Signal users is "grandma" that uses Linux and would be messaging from her PC? I would have to imagine the overwhelming vast majority of Signal users are on mobile only, so packaging for specific distros is probably far down the priority list.