I forgot about the announcement that Signal had also become available on the Desktop, but it is via [WayBack] https://signal.org/download/:
- Mac
- Windows
- Debian based x64 Linux:
$ curl -s https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt/keys.asc | sudo apt-key add -
$ echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt xenial main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/signal-xenial.list
$ sudo apt update && sudo apt install signal-desktop
I like the mix of echo and tee to update the [WayBack] /etc/apt/sources.list.d folder with the signal-xenial.list file.
These links will always give you the latest download filename:
- Mac: https://updates.signal.org/desktop/latest-mac.yml
- Windows: https://updates.signal.org/desktop/latest.yml
The files you get there will be relative to the path https://updates.signal.org/desktop/ so will be similar to:
Signal-win-1.0.36.exe-> https://updates.signal.org/desktop/Signal-win-1.0.36.exeSignal-mac-1.0.36.zip-> https://updates.signal.org/desktop/Signal-mac-1.0.36.zip
You can get the sources at https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-Desktop/releases
Via:
- [WayBack] Standalone Signal Desktop: Signal Desktop is now available in a new, standalone form, and the Chrome App has been deprecated.
- [WayBack] Signal for the desktop, I like: https://signal.org/download/ – DoorToDoorGeek “Stephen McLaughlin” – Google+ (which I remembered when I saw the download page)
–jeroen
