Running Signal Desktop in a Debian VM on OpenBSD

Thanks to Anirudh for getting me started on the right path! Running Signal Desktop in a Debian VM on OpenBSD I wanted to get Signal Desktop running in a way that integrates smoothly with my OpenBSD host. Since Signal doesn’t have a native OpenBSD port, I spun up a Debian VM using vmm(4) and vmctl. Below are my notes for setting this up, including a few gotchas. Step 1: Download Debian ISO Start with the Bookworm Debian netinst ISO (I had issues with Trixie): ...

September 15, 2025 · 3 min · Nick Schmidt (oneguynick)