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I wonder why Signal opposes flatpak so much. As far as I remember, they insist on sticking to .deb package only [1]. Seems like switching to Flatpak would benef
by ifeeltriedboss 4y ago
I wonder why Signal opposes flatpak so much. As far as I remember, they insist on sticking to .deb package only [1]. Seems like switching to Flatpak would benefit a lot of people now because of Steam Deck-induced Flatpak popularity [2].
1. https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/issues/1639 https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/issues/1639
2. https://www.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/tiidh8/comment/i1emhsm/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/tiidh8/comment/i1em...
- cmeacham98 4y agoThere is a Signal flatpak (https://github.com/flathub/org.signal.Signal https://github.com/flathub/org.signal.Signal), I'm unsure if the Signal devs are involved in it or not.
- akvadrako 4y agoI've been using it for about a year - seems fine.
- hackerbrother 4y agoMe too. Would appreciate it being first-party though.
- _-david-_ 4y agoIt is not official. https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/issues/1639 https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/issues/1639 https://community.signalusers.org/t/signal-desktop-for-non-apt-linux-distributions/1356 https://community.signalusers.org/t/signal-desktop-for-non-a...