The official instructions seem to be broken for uconsole.
Errors about public key and inability to locate the signal-dekstop package.
Looks like it was built for Debian.
I think it only works on āregularā non-ARM distroās.
Signals about to close up shop - Iād install WeeChatt and use IRC - not encrypted but not as many people on itā¦ (plus the CIA has been funding signal or at least thatās the rumor)
Iāve messed with Jami :
The 6 Best Private Encrypted Chat Apps for Linux Users | LinuxSecurity.com
really want a decentralized chat app - no server -Jami is peer to peerā¦ and itās available on several platforms (Android, Linux ā¦ ,) I have it running on the DevTerm
The official instructions donāt have an ARM binary it seems so you would need one somebody else has built or build from source.
echo 'deb [arch=amd64...
Iāve not seen this news? What is this about?
Thatās a hard āgood lord, neverā from me
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not WeChat from China but WeeChat ā¦ 
That makes more sense, honestly I had forgotten about WeeChat. TBH Iām not really sure Iād class IRC as a replacement for messaging apps like Signal or Whatsapp (or WeChat) - Discord or Matrix, sure, but IRC is kind of a PITA to use on mobile and really does need a bouncer to be of any use. (Although on the IRC front Iāve been using Halloy which I really enjoy).
As for Signal, iām not sure that really means the writing is on the wall, at least not in the short term.
agreed I think only Jami will run peer to peer but you have to set one computer up as a local server - we use Zello app for interoperability between ham radio folks and non hams at a big bike ride I volunteer for. Zello is a ātwo way radio appā with text capability - not aware of any encryption
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Unlikely Signal is closing shop. They also have a great pedigree that goes back to the whisper project, itās unlikely they received three letter funding. But who knows for sure.
They are still the best secure messaging platform out there and they have the added benefit of not being owned by the Chinese or Meta.
Meshtastic? Iāve got one node set up and another to build - it requires messaging software on a phone or linux machine I have a Lora usb dongle just havenāt had time to explore that route - Iād like a mesh network over a commercial one - only issue is I donāt believe Meshtastic is encryptedā¦
hej all! iām bumping this up because iāve been running into issues with both th pi-apps and snap versions of signal-desktop. is this just me, or do others have similar issues?
sorry if slightly off-topic, donāt want to launch a new thread
Iām using the unofficial Signal app from pi-apps on my uconsole and it works normally for me. What kind of problems have you had?
the pi-apps version keeps giving me a database error + doesnāt load files. i seem to have figured out the problem with the snap, though