Telegram is the free instant messaging application that can be used to connect to friends, family, and relatives. The application completely free, open source and ads free. Telegram is available for Linux, Android, Windows Phone, iOS, and Mac OS X.
Telegram is rapidly being developed and it is available for every mobile platform, Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Ubuntu Touch. Earlier it was not officially available for Desktop but recently developers have released for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X desktop. The most Telegram developers care for is privacy and security. All messages, photos, and chats are encrypted tightly and take care of privacy too.
I am telling here the two easy ways to install Telegram into your Linux Desktop.Download Telegram from the Telegram website and follow these simple steps –
Extract the downloaded packages and run the Telegram file.
Running it first time will create a shortcut so that you can quickly run it from dash.
There you’ve done it! Sign up or log in and enjoy.
There is an unofficial PPA available for Telegram. Here is how you can install telegram using PPA –Open terminal and type these commands –Add repository firstsudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/telegram
Update repositoriessudo apt-get update
Install Telegramsudo apt-get install telegram
There you’ve installed it!
Download Telegram from the Telegram website and follow these simple steps –
Open terminal and type these commands –
Add repository first
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/telegram