Anyone tried Signal Desktop

[ragreenburg]

Someone sent me this link when I mentioned Axolotl wasn't working and claimed this works but I certainly wasn't able to get the debian package to install and can't open an issue on their Github because it is restricted. Anyone else have any luck?

https://github.com/0mniteck/Signal-Desktop-Builder

i haven't tried signal-desktop (for pinephone) or axolotl (for any). there is crucial difference between these programs. axolotl is primary device program, it means it is installed one device only which functions as primary device, usually smartphone. signal-desktop is secondary device program, it means it requires connection to the primary device program (through cloud).

in my knowledge, signal-desktop is not optimized for smartphone u.i.. generally speaking bad idea for pinephone, even one wants secondary device program.

however, for me, signal-dekstop works fine for my x86-64 laptop debian unstable though.

I understand that it isn't really built for the pinephone but right now Axolotl isn't working and hasn't been working for a few days so there isn't much of an alternative at this point other than carrying around my laptop for Signal messaging.