Use something like Vesktop or Goofcord. They're wrappers for the web version with extra features and telemetry blocked/removed. As private as you're going to get with Discord. They have flatpaks available.
i am not a big discord-head but its my assumption that there's still pretty close parity between the web browser version and the linux package, so i personally don't have a reason to install it.
actually answer your q, no sorry i have zero well-formed reasons why you shouldn't install it, i just feel less icky loading it from browser instead of having it installed on my system. same for skype
In my experience, the ones bundled in distros work okay, but tend to eventually fall behind and stop working.
If you download the .deb from their website, it works well but sometimes, on startup, makes you download and install new one. I assume the .tar.gz version from their website works the same, but with replacing the folder manually.
I've been using it in Firefox. I was thinking about installing the Linux package. Is that a bad idea?
Use something like Vesktop or Goofcord. They're wrappers for the web version with extra features and telemetry blocked/removed. As private as you're going to get with Discord. They have flatpaks available.
This is what I reccomend too, I personally use goofcord
i am not a big discord-head but its my assumption that there's still pretty close parity between the web browser version and the linux package, so i personally don't have a reason to install it.
actually answer your q, no sorry i have zero well-formed reasons why you shouldn't install it, i just feel less icky loading it from browser instead of having it installed on my system. same for skype
In my experience, the ones bundled in distros work okay, but tend to eventually fall behind and stop working.
If you download the .deb from their website, it works well but sometimes, on startup, makes you download and install new one. I assume the .tar.gz version from their website works the same, but with replacing the folder manually.
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