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?
11 Comments
wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 2y
There's Flare but it's definitely not feature complete.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de · 2 pts · 2y
Nice, I will try it out.
snowday@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 2y
https://forums.puri.sm/t/signal-app-now-usable-in-portrait-mode-on-l5/21278
version_unsorted@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 2y
Oh yeah, this looked quite good. I've been using waydroid with kdeconnect on phosh.
Quik@infosec.pub · 1 pts · 2y
There is Axolotl or Wayland, as far as I know.
sve@lemmy.ml · 0 pts · 2y
There are several (paid) Matrix services that allow bridges to other networks like Signal, WhatsApp, Telegram etc. Then, you can use matrix clients like nheko or matrix' web version in a browser,
erebion@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 2y
That'd also mean breaking E2EE. I'm fine with bridges in general, but not for systems where people expect communication with me to be private.
A solution would be to run a Signal bridge at home, that way you can keep the keys somewhat secure at least.
rfc2549@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 2y
I haven't tried it on a phone but Signal has a flatpak available so maybe try that.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de · 5 pts · 2y
It's their desktop client. It's x86 only because of Electron.
rfc2549@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Ah, that makes sense. I'm curious if someone else knows, though.
linmob@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y
Officially, yes, but there's also https://elagost.com/flatpak/ Also (shameless self plug): https://linuxphoneapps.org/apps/org.signal.signal/