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cm0002@lemdro.id to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 3 days ago

Signal AppImage now officially available for Linux

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Signal AppImage now officially available for Linux

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cm0002@lemdro.id to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 3 days ago
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Signal Desktop has been officially released as an AppImage. This makes Signal accessible on all Linux distributions, not just Debian-based systems.
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    Flatpaks can be unsafe too though.

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      I still prefer repositories, but official AppImages beat unofficial downloads.

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      AppImage defended and used grossly outdated core component like FUSE2 for a long time, and comes with zero sandboxing by default.

      IMO, flatpak needs to improve in terms of security, but it is a strict improvement over AppImage.

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      Same goes for .debs from Debian stable. There is no absolute safety. But downloading unsigned code from a random website is far down the safe list.

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