[Discuss] Is it possible to run Signal on Linux?

[kentborg at borg.org (Kent Borg)]

On 7/27/24 11:05, Randall Rose wrote:
> I do have a mobile number which is for a flip phone, not an app phone -- is there some way that number can be used to set up Signal on Ubuntu?

I don't think so. For a moment I thought you might put your SIM in 
someone friend's phone long enough to set up Signal, but I think the 
Linux version will quit working once you take your SIM back and your 
friend deletes Signal from the phone.


I think the Signal people are sympathetic to your plight, but I think 
they don't want a low friction flood of bot-like accounts. Not only 
would it make Signal spam a problem (I have received almost zero in the 
several years I have been on Signal), they would have to pay the server 
costs for extra traffic.


-kb