MX 21 Repository: The Telegram-Desktop Thread

[Stevo]

We now have the current release of the popular Telegram messaging app for the Linux desktop, 3.3.0, in our testing repository:

Telegram is a messaging app with a focus on speed and security, it is
super-fast, simple and free. You can use Telegram on all your devices at the
same time — your messages sync seamlessly across any number of your phones,
tablets or computers.

We have had a number of requests that this be updated for MX, so will appreciate reports here on how it installs and performs when installed from the test repo using MX Package Installer. Thanks!

[Stevo]

Now updated to 3.4.3 from upstream Debian.

[arkacsedu]

Hi everyone. I am using MX-Linux 21 KDE. I am using the latest Telegram from the MX-test repo on my system. Unfortunately, I cannot make or accept new calls on my Telegram app. The call drops all of a sudden in between the exchanging encryption key process. I am clueless about the main problem.

telegram_problem.png

Can anyone help me with this one? I will be grateful for that. I appreciate any help you can provide.

[Stevo]

I'm sorry about missing the above question, but we do now have the current Telegram 3.7.1 package backported in the MX 21 test repo for all our supported architectures.

[Stevo]

After some internal testing went well, we have added our backport of Telegram 4.0.2, rebuilt from the sources in Debian testing, to our main MX21 repository for amd64, i386, and armhf platforms.

It requires at least Qt 5.15.2 to build, so MX 19 users will have to use the binary from Telegram itself, with its limitations.

[Stevo]

4.1.1 from upstream Debian is now available in the MX 21 test repo.

It required a backport of Wayland from Debian testing in order to build, but that should not affect anybody using xorg. I don't know how many of our users use Wayland in KDE or even GNOME--I don't, so could not test for any issues.

[Stevo]

4.2.4 rebuilds are now in MX 21 main. Debian patched the source so it now can use the stock Wayland and kf5core in Bullseye, so those may become autoremovable.

[hkjz]

Hello Stevo,
could you please update repo? The utd is 4.4.1 @ https://desktop.telegram.org/ vs 4.2.4 @ MX Repo,

Thanks :-)

[Stevo]

We've gone as far as we can in Debian 11: https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.php ... am#p702618

[markol]

Flatpak version is 4.4.1
You can also try Ferdium (Franz/Ferdi fork) and enable Telegram service