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Is there any way we can run WhatsApp natively on Ubuntu 20.04 lts desktop and "not the web-client".

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Toushik Santra
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At this time, November 2020, there is no official WhatsApp client you could install on a Linux distribution, however, you can install an unofficial WhatsApp client at your own risk.

Here are some of the unofficial WhatsApp clients available on snap store:

SMMousaviSP
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    I'd really think 10 times before using a 3rd party app for my messaging applications, as they may or may not have the time, skill set and continuous attention to vulnerabilities so as to provide a sufficiently secure application, and then also because there can only be certain amounts of accountability in that scenario, compared to a large company official core application. Some would argue otherwise, of course. – matanox Aug 05 '21 at 14:27
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    @matanster To be honest, I actually think 10 times before using anything outside official repositories, that's why I said "you can install an unofficial WhatsApp client at your own risk". My country has blocked most of the messengers and WhatsApp is the best thing we have so I use it quite often and it bothers me that I have to open it up in the browser every time but still, I never used any 3rd party app for it. – SMMousaviSP Aug 05 '21 at 23:43
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Ubuntu gets its software from people like you: Volunteer packagers and contributors. This is an important way for community members to contribute to Ubuntu.

There are few contributors working on "drive-by" packaging requests. If you truly care about getting your software into Ubuntu, you must do a bit of the work yourself.

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