Linux G. Fossman<p>Dear <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@Mer__edith" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Mer__edith</span></a></span> and the the amazing <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@signalapp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>signalapp</span></a></span> team,</p><p>After the last update, the Signal "desktop app" is requiring us to launch the mobile app - however, many of us do not have the Android or any other "mobile" version of the Signal app any more.</p><p>We are a large (by our standards) group of <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> phone users, and your "desktop" app is our "mobile" app : )</p><p>Our previous phones on which <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SignalApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SignalApp</span></a> was initially activated was an Android or Apple device and we have since then completely migrated to <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Linuxphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linuxphones</span></a>. Some of us may have registered Signal on <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/signalcli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>signalcli</span></a>, Flare, <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Molly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Molly</span></a>, Signal Android in <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/WayDroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WayDroid</span></a>, etc.</p><p>The <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/mobileLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mobileLinux</span></a> community is growing - we have members spanning a good number of projects and devices, e.g. <br>- <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.librem.one/@purism" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>purism</span></a></span> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Librem5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Librem5</span></a> and <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/LibertyPhone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibertyPhone</span></a> running <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Debian</span></a>-based <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/PureOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PureOS</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/GnuLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GnuLinux</span></a>, <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Alpine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alpine</span></a>-based <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/PostmarketOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PostmarketOS</span></a> or <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Mobian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mobian</span></a>, <br>- <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@PINE64" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>PINE64</span></a></span> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Pinephone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pinephone</span></a> and PP Pro running <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ManjaroARM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ManjaroARM</span></a>, <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SailfishOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SailfishOS</span></a>, etc. <br>- <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@furilabs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>furilabs</span></a></span> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/FLX1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FLX1</span></a> running <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Droidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Droidian</span></a>-based <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/FuriOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FuriOS</span></a>,<br>- a wide variety of Android phones (including OnePlus 6, Google Pixel 3, <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Fairphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fairphone</span></a> 4 & 5) running <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Alpine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alpine</span></a>-based <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@postmarketOS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>postmarketOS</span></a></span> , <br>- <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@volla" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>volla</span></a></span> , <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Fxtec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fxtec</span></a> and <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Brax3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brax3</span></a> devices running <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/UbuntuTouch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UbuntuTouch</span></a> by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ubports" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ubports</span></a></span>,<br>- devices running <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@mobian" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mobian</span></a></span> which is part of <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Debian</span></a> project, etc. </p><p>[Apologies to any project I may have failed to include - you are all appreciated]</p><p>(1/n)</p>