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Use distrobox instead of deb packages to install Signal Desktop

https://distrobox.it/#quick-start

Better isolation, installation of Signal on a Debian/Fedora podman container

  • handle Torsocks
  • change container storage driver from 'overlay' to 'vfs', check disk write speed

It's a better solution than Flatpak:

  • it is not officially maintained, needs to trust random community people
  • 1.6Go needed, don't working so much with bad internet connection
  • isolation of $HOME not enough
  • pipewire not working: audio messages impossible to listen
Edited by Ara Gorn