Also connected application with your Signal account. You have successfully installed the Signal application on the Ubuntu system. Choose a name for your Linked Device and select Finish.Tap the Android + with blue circle (Android) or Link New Device (iOS).Click profile image to open Settings > Linked devices.Follow below steps to connect Signal Desktop application: To connect application with your Signal account, scan above QR code from Signal application on your mobile.
You will see the launch icon in the below screenshotĭuring the first start, a QR code will be displayed on the application screen. Search for Signal application under Activities.
Connect Signal Desktop ApplicationĪs you have installed the Signal application on your Ubuntu desktop system. This will install the Signal desktop application on your Ubuntu system. Open a terminal as sudo user and type: sudo snap install signal-desktop The Ubuntu 20.04 systems have default Snapd install and recommended for packages installation. Signal application is available as a snap package for Linux systems. You must have Ubuntu Desktop system access with sudo privileged account. This tutorial helps you to how to install a Signal desktop on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Linux system. To create a new account, install the Signal application on your Android or iOS device and create a new account. I tried to create a new account using signal-cli and a free sms verification site, but this seems to require loading a web browser and doing Google captchas for verification, with no other options available.In order to your Signal desktop application, You must have signup for the Signal application with your mobile number. The Signal developers seem to have gone back on their word and will not be allowing creation of accounts without a phone number.Ĭreation of a Signal account will also continue to require the purchase and use of a new iOS or Android device. My secondary account in a Qubes virtual machine remains active and usable for texts and calls, but there is no way to use it to link to the Signal-Desktop app on my PinePhone.
My primary account on an old iPhone has been de-registered by Signal with no way to re-register, as I do not have a phone number anymore. signal-desktop_5.17.0_b appears to work now, properly connecting and displaying the QR code in order to link to an existing Signal account.
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