There was a very long discussion about the Signal desktop App being made usable for the Librem5
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in which an array of measures were suggested and corrected in order to get Signals desktop for Linux working with the caveat that certain letters on the keyboard just didn’t work.
Well if I can’t type the message, then the App is unusable.
I am quite dependent on Signal because I managed to convince all my contacts to leave whatsapp in favor of signal some time back. Getting them to move to the next chat doesn’t seem a possibility in the near future. Nevertheless, some other solution has to be found.
How can I drop Android if the only way to register is via an Android/Iphone app? And it seems to me that Signal.org isn’t especially interested in the Linux user-base. They are certainly free to ignore linux users - but do we have to bend over backwards just to use their App? With missing keys?
Flare is working quite well. What I miss are the received notifiers. Hoping they might come some time.
I have also experienced Signal not mirroring all messages I send with Flare - wonder what’s going on there?
Finally I have heard of bridges to connect Signal with Matrix. No, I don’t want to run my own server.
Does anyone have any suggestions? How can I stay connected with all my Signal contacts? Personally, I would drop Signal today - they don’t care about me (a Linux user), why should I hassle with them?