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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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[–] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 2 points 5 months ago

Sometimes it comes down to support. For every distro specific format you build and package for, the more you need to do with every release (and need the proper config and to be comfortable packaging for each).