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Comment by encom | Hacker News Reader

As long as the Signal desktop app is a 420 MB[1] pile of Electron, I refuse to install it. I may be a dinosaur, but a good desktop app is a requirement. I hate typing on a touch screen.

  [1] $ curl -s https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt/dists/xenial/main/binary-amd64/Packages |
    awk '/^Package: signal-desktop$/{p=1} p{print} /^$/{if(p) exit}'

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I am ok with Electron if it is needed for Matrix. Also, Telegram has a C++ desktop client.

Also, I would not advise to add proprietary repositories as you grant them root access to your system which is against security practices such as the principle of minimum privileges and defence-in-depth.

Same, it might conflicts a little with the desire to have a single application, but I want a native application for each platform which uses native UI and libraries. There's no reason a messaging app should be more than e.g. 40MB.

I would rather prefer browser app like Whatsapp/Telegram, I am not going to install extra app and switching windows to see chat when I spend most of the day in browser on desktop

As a dinosaur, maybe dino.im is something for you ;)

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