i just use this bad boy
Was going to say. I’ve been lucky. My only experience with Discord has been
sudo pacman -S discord. I barely use it, but I have some friends I keep in touch with on it.Yay!
Btw
Help I use Debian on the desktop and don’t understand the implications
I think it’s about how Discord sends their updates, not sure tho.
If you want to install the desktop version of Discord I’d advice to install the flatpak. And if you don’t want to install it system-wide you can install it on one user only. That’s what I do anyway.
I haven’t used it on Linux, but on Windows I need to fight it to understand my headset, every freaking time the computer has been rebooted. Any other program just gets it. I feel like OP’s photo
Discord is trash software. Always has been.
Are there better alternatives you don’t have to self host?
XMPP
Revolt. It just needs a larger userbase.
It’s missing a field for multi-chat rooms.
Isn’t that just group chats? Or what do you mean with multi chat rooms?
Discord has a group chat feature and drag doesn’t really use it. It’s not what drag wants. Drag wants rooms with many chats inside. Permissions, topics, threads. A sorted hierarchy of chats with a sense of place.
Frankly, no, they all come with some caveat.
If you really need to use discord, use the flatpak version or better yet, use Vesktop.
Or better yet, host your own TeamSpeak server.
Speaking of which, are there any decent FOSS alternatives? Discord got banned in my homecountry and forcing it through VPN or proxy is a total pain in the ass. Forced my friends to move to TS as that’s what we used back in the day… like a decade ago, but maybe there’s something modern and more open nowadays?
from what i know either Matrix or Revolt
Revolt is more closer to discord but Matrix is better cause it has ee2e, you can host your own server and my favorite feature ClientsThere was a post recently on c/privacy for a self hostable (relaying) peer-to-peer web based option! Its effectively release 1.0 and has some bugs (some serious security ones at the moment), but I think it has lots of promise!!
I’ll go grab the link for the post I saw…
teamspeak 6 (beta) is pretty nice.
Sick! Are you running a Linux client? Last I checked the self-hosted V6 server binary hadn’t released, if it’s finally out I’ll drop a brick!!
Teamspeak doesn’t even have a fraction of Discord’s features. It’s a bad alternative.
Are you looking for something like mumble?
Yeah, voice chat is all we need.
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This. Use Vesktop. Expand the features of Discord while outright blocking the shit.
I’ve been using the browser client.
The browser can’t do push to talk though, right?
It can but it’s useless
It only works if the browser tab is focused.
Not very useful as a PTT key.
Same cause i dont like electron
In endeavour all I need to do is close it, run yay to update, open. “Lucky Day” gone
Why run an app when you can just run it in a browser tab?
Browser amnesia. I would have to login every time.
But that’s what cookies are for? Either way, save your creds in your password manager of choice and just let it auto fill. Easy.
My biggest problem with it is that the updates are always kinda late hitting AUR.
On my aging laptop, the Discord app consumed RAM like Goku at an all-you-can-eat buffet. Moving back to a browser tab eliminated the overhead from Electron and was dramatically more performant as a result. This completely side-steps any upgrade and/or snap issues.
Vesktop is nice.
yay discord
Yes.
Even screen share is fixed in wayland now! I believe that the flatpak version was on the cusp of supporting it too so it might already. I kinda stopped caring about it when everything worked, which is certainly a good sign.
I mean there is always the flatpak version
I must be getting old.
Yep. I didn’t realize the flatpak version worked better. I never get those manual update prompts anymore and Software Center automatically updates Discord when there are updates.
Came here to say this. I was dealing with constant required .deb downloads and switched to flatpak. All the noise stopped.
I just use the flatpak on arch, can’t be bothered to have a link to a deb or do a system update when discord wants a update.
Use the Flatpak or better yet stop using Discord.
Flatpaks are a really bad idea.
Because?
The flatpak has (had?) Issues of not being able to stream application or desktop audio. The system package can and is way more up to date.
Flatpak is not the solution to everything lolUsing the flatpak version on Fedora. That issue seems to be recently solved not sure when exactly just tried it the other day and it worked!
I believe the audio streaming issue on flatpak is resolved as of a month or two ago. But I’m typically with you, system packages for the most up to date experience in most cases.
I never said it was. The Discord Flatpak always worked for me. Not saying it didn’t for you, it just hasn’t been my experience.
That’s a wayland specific issue and I believe the Flatpack version was right behind the version that finally fixed that about 3 months ago. It should have the good version finally but I won’t bother to check.
Im not using wayland lol Too many issues in mint last time i tried :')
It is so annoying when communities really want to have a discord. Particularly when they are somewhat technical and so any solutions that they might have are not search able.
communities really want to have a discord
And
they are somewhat technical
Something seems fishy.
