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How to get Whatsapp desktop app on arch linux (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/archlinux@lemmy.ml
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Whatsapp web doesnt have critical feature like calls, is there any way to get whatsapp desktop on arch?

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[–] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I've been using zapzap and it's OK. not sure if it does calls though

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Lol "native-like", ok. From their github: "ZapZap is developed as a Progressive Web Application (PWA), built with PyQt6 + PyQt6-WebEngine." So it's an embedded web browser, so no video calls and you'd get the same result going on whatsapp on your browser and going "install as app".

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    oh, you're right. well sorry. I use it so little to be honest, but I'll keep an eye out for other stuff, but that's as good as it gets atm on linux again.

    I guess you could use waydroid and install the android app :p

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    • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    You can try to install the android version, using either

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    • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    make everyone to use signal by any means and sudo pacman -S signal-desktop /s

    as an answer for your question , I actually stopped using whatsapp altogether just because of this, anyway signal is good only problem is you have to get everyone to text you on signal.

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    [–] 1 point 7 months ago (2 children)

    Nope, 'tis a web-based video calling platform that doesn't allow doing video calls through a web browser. All clients on Linux are just embedded web browsers.

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