I use Vesktop, it has a flatpak release and flatpak auto-updates it for me. Also it includes Vencord, so I can add as many plugins and custom themes I want.
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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
In all honesty I just use the browser now as that's been the best experience with Discord for me.
Yup this. Tho if matrix gets desktop streaming I'm gone.
Element already has desktop streaming as an experimental feature. Worked fine last i tested it. Currently planning how to trick my social circle into using it.
I also want to go check out the new TeamSpeak, it's supposed to be a decent Discord alternative - Even though Discord originally replaced it.
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When you use the Discord app, you use a browser - Chromium specifically: Discord is an electro app.
In other word, if you already run a browser that burns hundreds of megabytes of RAM, disk, and requires tons of CPU do display simplistic things, as browsers do, you might as well use it to access Discord instead of running a second insanely wasteful browser disguised as a native app.
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~/.config/discord/settings.json
"SKIP_HOST_UPDATE": true,
If you really need to use discord, use the flatpak version or better yet, use Vesktop.
This. Use Vesktop. Expand the features of Discord while outright blocking the shit.
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Why do you need to update so much, Discord? What the hell are you doing? Suspicious. Very suspicious.
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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.
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Idk about you, but for me Manjaro just auto manages that via AUR. dont even have to do anything.
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Just use a flatpak sheesh
I just use the web version of discord :)
cause i have more control on the web version and i dislike electron
i cannot leave discord at this time
"SKIP_HOST_UPDATE": true
My experience with discord on Linux :
programs.nixcord.discord.enable = true
(I use vesktop, actually, but most people donβt know what that is)
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Ever since the update where screen sharing works FINALLY natively in plasma I just used the flatpak discord
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I don't get it - on Mint I click the Discord icon and just use Discord, same as on Windows.
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Flatpak
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).
Honestly activitypub should get extended with support for realtime data
That would allow for all sorts of cool things
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Vesktop is nice.
So. Very important for everyone here. You can bypasss the forced discord update.
I'm running with native electron (sure, electron) but it works great tbh
check out vencord (or vesktop) just in time for discord to completely enshittify. while you're looking, consider something like revolt chat instead?
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