Originally Posted by
jackdusty
For saying the number of people that use Whatsapp and the principle of Linux I feel it would be a backwards step to run Windows in a VM machine, I am surprised more people are not up in arms about it
Does https://snapcraft.io/whatsapp-for-linux not work? It doesn't do the audio stuff. Should be in the the Software Store for GUI users or just run
Code:
sudo snap install whatsapp-for-linux
Appears there are lots of other options to try:
Code:
$ sudo snap search whatsapp
Name Version Publisher Notes Summary
whatsapp-for-linux 1.1.7 nshecan - An unofficial WhatsApp desktop application for Linux.
whatsapp-4linux 1.1.0 chimekkoo - WhatsApp unofficial desktop app for linux
whatsie 0+git.e03ea12 keshavnrj - WhatsApp Web Client written in Qt
whatsdesk 0.3.5 zerkc - whatsdesk
ramboxpro 1.5.2 ramboxapp✓ - Rambox Pro
kesty-whatsapp 1.2.5 olubunmi708 - An unofficial fast and reliable whatsapp client for linux. Enjoy smooth notification and lock screen alerts and so on.
walc 0.2.1 cstayyab - WALC - unofficial WhatsApp Linux Client
wrapup 0.1.3 validatedev - A Whatsapp client for Linux
wazzapp 0.1.9 elpombo - Unofficial WhatsApp client for Linux.
beeper-beta 2.0.9 novachat - Beeper is a multi-network chat app
beeper 2.0.9 novachat - Beeper is a multi-network chat app
matterbridge 1.22.3 popey - MatterBridge protocol bridge
That's just the snap store.
In APT, the normal repos, there is yowsup-cli - no GUI. https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages...sup-cli.1.html
We've also learned that convincing companies like facebook to do anything for a 2-5% base of users is like blowing into a hurricane.
I don't think anyone made any suggestions for an iPhone emulator either. Apple ignores Linux all the time. I've never heard of any iPhone emulator that didn't require an apple OS and apple hardware. https://askubuntu.com/questions/5392...ation-in-linux seems to confirm this, but that's just one answer.
There are a number of Android emulators that run on Linux. If fact, you can connect to a real android device and control it from Linux all day over USB, if you like. There are a number of tools for that. I don't think the audio is integrated, just the mouse and screen. scrcpy is one of those tools. There are others. A $40 android phone, wifi-only network connection with USB cable to Linux and you're done - unless whatsapp requires a phone number? Then you'll need a cheap cell plan.
Of course, someone with an itch and the skills to scratch it by developing a solution can do amazing things.
Lots of other options, if bridges can work. Remove whatsapp and a few other tracking/social apps, but still have access from a F/LOSS tool from your desktop or phone or tablet or a websites that is under your control.
https://matrix.org/docs/guides/whats...trix-whatsapp/
https://zblesk.net/blog/setting-up-matrix-bridges/
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