Signal-Desktop
axolotl
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Signal-Desktop
- Is anyone really using this?
- ARM-ed up w/ recent arrivals: SPX SQ2 16/512 & Project Volterra - great desktop/mobile combo!
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Why doesn't Signal adopt Dennis Ameling's WOA build approach?
For years now Dennis Ameling has been producing Windows on ARM (WOA) builds for Signal. Do we know why Signal doesn't do this work for him? If one motivated developer can pull this off, it seems like the Signal team should be able to as well. It'd be nice to download an ARM build from the signal.org site directly.
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Is there a way for me to use the Signal messaging app on a Chromebook?
Signal supports Linux x86 but not ARM (at this point). There is a Signal ARM version being developed and tested via GitHub - I guess it's experimental. I use it on my HP x2 11 and it's been fine for the most part. It's not super up-to-date like the main linux version is but it's still working.
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Any way to use Signal from a Chromebook?
Me too, there is also a test arm version on GitHub: https://github.com/dennisameling/Signal-Desktop/releases/tag/linux-arm64-poc
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Signal 5.27.1 for M1 Macs is out!
Special thanks to Dennis Ameling for all his work and patches to make this official. If you want to migrate from signal unofficial to signal official I posted a one line terminal command to copy everything over.
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Signal desktop beta 5.27 appears to introduce native M1 macOS support
Looks like it's been in the works since at least June 2021: https://github.com/dennisameling/Signal-Desktop/releases
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How to stop slow apps that steal focus multiple times during startup
For Signal, use this fork https://github.com/dennisameling/Signal-Desktop/issues/4
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Signal won't support M1 Macs anytime soon, tell contributors to fuck-off
The community already done that: https://github.com/dennisameling/signal-desktop (working on Windows & Apple ARM). Still, I think it's a shame that all the work was done, ready to be merged (needed PRs were open) and Signal devs just shut the door on it.
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Any update on the availability of 'for ARM processors' Signal Desktop app for Linux?
Using Dennis Ameling's fork of Signal on my M1Pro MBP works wonderfully. dennisameling / Signal-Desktop
axolotl
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Is anyone really using this?
While searching around a bit more I found another unofficial Signal client for arm64 Linux optimized for mobile called Axolotl. The github page makes it look promising, but once installed I couldn't log in successfully. I intend to put more effort in there. Axolotl appears to be the most promising looking option for Signal on mobile Linux - assuming it works..
- Axolotl.chat - First cross-platform Signal client
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Axolotl: First cross-plattform Signal client
> Only a small thing, but due to Signals strict phone-desktop pairing mechanism, when registering Axolotl, both phone and regular Desktop wont work anymore.
> Also, you cant use Axolotl on Desktop together with Signal mobile.
> After deleting the Axolotl registration I had to wait a while to be able to register on Signal again, I didnt loose any backups and my codes didnt change.
> Nonetheless a warning should be displayed at the beginning, that users wanting to use regular mobile (iOS, Android) and Desktop (Windows, macOS, Flatpak or Snap), they should use a second phone number for testing.
https://github.com/nanu-c/axolotl/issues/811
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Why Not Signal?
>Signal also notably isn't self-hostable: there's no way to run your own signal server, and control your data. Marlinspike ruthlessly shuts down anyone attempting to build alternate clients or servers that could communicate with the main one.
That is perfectly wrong. As a maintainer of https://axolotl.chat, a third-party signal client initially built for Ubuntu Touch but which runs on almost everything now, I can tell you that our client is speaking without any problems to the official Signal servers, and also that the code of the server is available and is running fine, we used it to test our code.
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Stories Are Coming to Signal
Wouldn't Signal Desktop be a way to make backups?
I moved my home directory to a new computer and Signal Desktop started like if something changed. Sure you lose your messages on your phone, but you can still access them on your computer if needed.
On a rooted Android phone, you could use oandbackup to backup Signal. If you care about these things, maybe consider using a rooted Android phone?
I agree with you on the centralized platform aspect and the use of phone number (which is both a blessing (this makes it easy for new users to join) and a curse). I also agree with you on Element's UX, but it's getting better and most people can use it fine. I have a few groups on both apps.
I personally prefer Element, which seems more open than Signal and which I can actually use correctly on the PinePhone. Axolotl [1] still needs some work.
[1] https://github.com/nanu-c/axolotl
- Signal experiences on any of the Linux-based phones
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PureOS - a pure Linux phone experience
I think the best option to communicate through Signal will be Axolotl. Because the original desktop client of Signal might work as well but it's not optimized for touch input.
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I just bought a PinePhone
If you go to the git repo for Axolotl (https://github.com/nanu-c/axolotl), you will see links to the deb among other formats.
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starting a native adaptive Linux client for Signal
Ah well then I applaud you. :) Perhaps some ideas could come from past efforts like Axolotl, which I've had working in a basic way in the past.
What are some alternatives?
Signal-Desktop - A private messenger for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
sleepwalk - Forked version of sleepwalk to reliably get notifications on linux phones, including a check for inhibitors and added feedback to normal notifications
signal-cli - signal-cli provides an unofficial commandline, JSON-RPC and dbus interface for the Signal messenger.
TextSecure - A private messenger for Android.
libsignal - Home to the Signal Protocol as well as other cryptographic primitives which make Signal possible.
GrapheneOS-Knowledge - This is a short description of some of the knowledge I've collected on GrapheneOS and some common questions I've been asked and my answers to them.
signald
nheko - Desktop client for Matrix using Qt and C++20.
org.signal.Signal
Signal-Android - Patches to Signal for Android removing dependencies on closed-source Google Mobile Services and Firebase libraries. In branches whose names include "-FOSS". Uses new "foss" or "gms" flavor dimension: build with "./gradlew assemblePlayFossProdRelease".
LibreSignal - LibreSignal • The truly private and Google-Free messenger for Android.