Signal-desktop: [feature request] FreeBSD support
FreeBSD has electron support and things like Atom work. Could you add a port of Signal-Desktop? Thank you very much!
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I came here after searching whether Signal is available on FreeBSD, so consider this a +1 please.
RainmakerRaw
on 3 Jul 2020
I have not tired it myself, but have you looked into FreeBSD's Linux Binary Compatibility: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/linuxemu.html ?
e-zk
on 3 Aug 2020
I believe the Linux compatibility only works for RPMs, so it would not be a viable choice for running Signal on FreeBSD. It's sad that Signal chose Electron in the first place, seeing there are even smaller software projects that have even greater OS support than projects like Signal by simply not using Electron. I had hoped that Electron would have been just a stopgap solution to the removal of Chrome apps like we had before. However, using an insecure, hardly portable Electron base seems to be Signal's motto. It would be cool if there was a fund for better desktop support for Signal
stratacast
on 12 Jan 2021
+1 for better desktop support
abelbabel
on 17 Feb 2021
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I believe the Linux compatibility only works for RPMs, so it would not be a viable choice for running Signal on FreeBSD. It's sad that Signal chose Electron in the first place, seeing there are even smaller software projects that have even greater OS support than projects like Signal by simply not using Electron. I had hoped that Electron would have been just a stopgap solution to the removal of Chrome apps like we had before. However, using an insecure, hardly portable Electron base seems to be Signal's motto. It would be cool if there was a fund for better desktop support for Signal