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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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[–] theorangeninja@lemmy.today 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

AppImages run on nearly every distro. Why arw they not providing that instead of a .deb?

[–] Hirom@beehaw.org 4 points 5 months ago

Yes, AppImage can run on more distro.

Still AppImage has disadvantages over DEB: No auto-update, No/less system integration, Bigger install packages.