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Expect to run in 64 Xenial onwards.
rename the file: SigPup6-64.bak to signal-desktop-6.0.1_amd64.sfs
(I did this merely so it is not obvious to any Drive snoops what it is, a foss encrypted messenging app.)
Uni wrote: Sun Dec 11, 2022 8:02 amThank you
. Is this an official Signal app package? If so, could you please provide the source link?
Because it is not advisable to install any app that is not from an official source
, particularly security-related apps!
No, mostly
It's made by me FROM official repositories with a Puppy user-made utility.
I am not malicious/a hacker but I cannot vouch for the chain before me.
I should probably add the integrity hash for anyone who gets what far, if I still have it.
The other time caveat is losing my Drive, if anyone would care in the future (dead links, etc).
I tried it happily in Xenial & Fossa. If you don't pupsave your config, you will lose your desktop messages & need your mobile each time for entry.
Existing messages do not sync.
no trust, no worries 
houndstooth wrote: Mon Dec 12, 2022 1:38 amUni wrote: Sun Dec 11, 2022 8:02 amThank you
Because it is not advisable to install any app that is not from an official source
No, mostly
It's made by me FROM official repositories with a Puppy user-made utility.
I am not malicious/a hacker but I cannot vouch for the chain before me.
I should probably add the integrity hash for anyone who gets what far, if I still have it.
The other time caveat is losing my Drive, if anyone would care in the future (dead links, etc).
I tried it happily in Xenial & Fossa. If you don't pupsave your config, you will lose your desktop messages & need your mobile each time for entry.
Existing messages do not sync.
no trust, no worries
Hi, Thanks for the explanations and sharing.
PS: since I asked the above question in my topic, I will post your reply over there too.
I just installed it in Fossa, but it says that "This version ... has expired." Do you have a newer version? The message also says to go to signal.org/download to get the newest one, but I wouldn't know what to do with it.
Edit: AFTER READING MORE - I WILL TRY TO DOWNLOAD-RUN TELEGRAM.
If Telegram runs I will abandon Signal.
Everything below is now irrelevant.
I tried to download/run Signal - didn't work.
Following on from the previous posts - I downloaded the file mentioned in the first posting.
Downloaded OK. I put file called signal-desktop-6.0.1_amd64.sfs (I renamed the file I downloaded, as suggested) in my 'home' directory and tried to run the sfs file.
The result:
.
So - it didn't work ...
(1) I notice the file was renamed 'amd64'.
My Distro/CPU -> fossapup64 9.6 (x86_64)
Definitely not AMD. Is this a mis-naming of X86-64 software (for some reason I don't understand), or is the file AMD code? That would explain "error occurred".
(2) Anyone else download-run Signal on Puppy (and specifically FossaPup) successfully?
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