Download Briar Desktop for Linux - Briar
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Briar Desktop is now available for download as .deb and .jar files for Linux operating systems.
  • hyperespecial
    61·
    3 years ago

    this app works so good for snowboarding in the mountains when your trying to find your friends on various lifts, as there isn’t any internet up there

    • Arthur BesseA
      2·
      3 years ago

      that makes no sense, the range of bluetooth or wifi on a phone seems insufficient to communicate with people who are far enough away that you couldn’t find them in physical space. have you actually tried this or are you speaking hypothetically?

      • Lynda
        2·
        3 years ago

        I think Briar is capable of relaying messages. As long as Briar users come into range at some point, messages will be exchanged.

        I’d be interested in battery consumption issue.

    • PapaModelo
      1·
      3 years ago

      This use case is valid I often find myself snowboarding and my friend wears black so we get lost even though at times were feet away from each other

  • beansniffer
    3·
    3 years ago

    Does the desktop version also have local connectivity through bluetooth or local wifi like the android app? Might be interesting to use at a base station to facilitate communication between multiple points in a line of sight wifi network… but then I guess you could just setup an XMPP or Matrix server to accomplish the same thing, I guess. Always liked Briar though.

  • Lynda
    1·
    3 years ago

    What’s the best AUR package? Or should I be using .jar?

    • NFT screenshotter@lemmygrad.mlOP
      1·
      3 years ago

      the jar would probably be the most convenient since the packages are probably still the same java application just bundled in a repo