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Community about running GNU/Linux on phones. Projects like Ubuntu Touch, Plasma Mobile, PostmarketOS, Mobian etc. Either on former Android phones or hardware like the PinePhone.

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State of Signal on Linux phones (swg-empire.de)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm toying with the idea of trying to get Linux on my Fairphone 3 running. But one thing that was lacking on my Pinephone back then was the lack of a good Signal client. There were one or two available, but they were clunky. I helped out with one or two tickets but I lacked the time to do more and now I lack the energy.

So, is there a viable way to get Signal on a Linux phone? Maybe Waydroid? Or does that suck too much energy?

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I haven't tried it on a phone but Signal has a flatpak available so maybe try that.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's their desktop client. It's x86 only because of Electron.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Ah, that makes sense. I'm curious if someone else knows, though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Officially, yes, but there's also https://elagost.com/flatpak/ Also (shameless self plug): https://linuxphoneapps.org/apps/org.signal.signal/