https://xxblx.me/tags/signal/ Recent content in Signal on Oleg Kozlov Hugo en-us Sat, 25 Apr 2026 19:37:49 +0300 https://xxblx.me/posts/signal-on-fedora/ Sat, 25 Apr 2026 19:37:49 +0300 https://xxblx.me/posts/signal-on-fedora/ <p>Signal for Linux officially supports only 64-bit, Debian-based Linux distributions, for example, Ubuntu. There are unofficial, community-maintained COPR repositories and a Flatpak, but it doesn’t feel right because you have to trust a third party. Luckily, <a href="https://distrobox.it/">distrobox</a> makes installation of Ubuntu packages on Fedora dead simple.</p> <p>So here is how you install an official build of Signal Desktop on Fedora. </p> <ul> <li>Install distrobox</li> </ul> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;"><code class="language-sh" data-lang="sh"><span style="display:flex;"><span>sudo dnf install distrobox </span></span></code></pre></div><ul> <li>Create a container called “signal-ubuntu” and enter it</li> </ul> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;"><code class="language-sh" data-lang="sh"><span style="display:flex;"><span>distrobox-create --name signal-ubuntu --image ubuntu:24.04 </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>distrobox-enter signal-ubuntu </span></span></code></pre></div><p>Note: I use Ubuntu 24.04 LTS here, but you can choose another Ubuntu release if you wish (<a href="https://ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle">Ubuntu release cycle</a>).</p>