I mean there is always the flatpak version
I must be getting old.
Came here to say this. I was dealing with constant required .deb downloads and switched to flatpak. All the noise stopped.
Use the Flatpak or better yet stop using Discord.
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.
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 lolThat’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 linux mint (cinnamon) last time i tried :')
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.
Using 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!
Thats good to hear. Might have to switch back to the flatpack then!
Discord is trash software. Always has been.
Are there better alternatives you don’t have to self host?
Frankly, no, they all come with some caveat.
If you really need to use discord, use the flatpak version or better yet, use Vesktop.
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This. Use Vesktop. Expand the features of Discord while outright blocking the shit.
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?
Teamspeak doesn’t even have a fraction of Discord’s features. It’s a bad alternative.
All that work, and it’s a web wrapper.
When l was on it I saw no point in running it outside a browser tab
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use the browser
Just use a flatpak sheesh
Vesktop is nice.
I started using Discord in 2015 and around 2019 uninstalled it in favor of using it exclusively through a web browser (blocking as much of it’s nonsense as possible). Discord takes too many resources hostage if anyone in your server is streaming something, even if you’re not watching it. I don’t have that issue when using Element (Matrix), Jitsi or any of Steam’s broadcasting tools. The only reason I haven’t deleted my Discord account yet is because some people I hold dear are incapable of trying something better nowadays (even when they already have it installed as is the case of Steam).
Steam is not better than discord lmao
Idk about you, but for me Manjaro just auto manages that via AUR. dont even have to do anything.
Samesies, but on EndeavourOS
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 have been using goofcord, its functional. I am moving to matrix after the enshittification of discord though.
Browser. website. basically the same experience without weird and/or shit integration into anything, share resources with the browser that’s open anyway, works fine, and allow easy customization because it’s a webpage anyway and you get to mess with the CSS/HTML/JS if you want to.
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.
