Isn't it a pity there is no .rpm to download from the OFFICIAL signal.org?

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I really wonder why there is no .rpm file, only a .deb file to download from the
official signal site (as far as Linux distros are concerned.)
signal download for Linux

I know there are more debian-based linux distro users,
but .rpm files are
" now used in many Linux distributions such as PCLinuxOS, Fedora Linux, AlmaLinux, CentOS, openSUSE, OpenMandriva and Oracle Linux. It has also been ported to some other operating systems, such as Novell NetWare (as of version 6.5 SP3), IBM’s AIX (as of version 4),[7] IBM i,[8] and ArcaOS."

2

FWIW, there is a community maintained Flatpak version, which works on Fedora.

For GNOME users there is also a promising new unofficial client called Flare. Currently still missing some core functionalities such as calling, bot works well for text messages.

4

this looks interesting, but it is not the OFFICIAL THING

5

I have tried this, but rather problematic,
I erased it

6

‘’ RPM Package (Native Fedora package)

  • There is a community-maintained Signal Desktop RPM for Fedora available on GitHub by BarbossHack.
  • It supports Fedora 42 and newer, and both x86_64 and aarch64 architectures.

Is this trustworthy, I mean security-wise?
Is BarbossHack a known fedora guy, a contributor within the broader Fedora community?

7

A better question might be who else is auditing the code.

Signal’s stance on Websocket/GCM years ago would have me a little skeptical of any packages not directly coming from them. Signal can afford to be picky somehow, while others offer encrypted chat fine (Keybase builds RPMs and deb).

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The flatpak build is quite transparent as far as i can tell, the build manifest is maintained here:

and the repository it builds is here:

The repository is the official verified one, only the build manifest is community maintained.