Signal Desktop Freezes All the Time

$ signal-desktop &
..

(signal-desktop:181107): libnotify-WARNING **: 08:44:20.567: Failed to
connect to proxy
[181107:1021/084445.667395:ERROR:libnotify_notification.cc(50)]
notify_notification_show: domain=1250 code=24 message="Error calling
StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.Notifications: Timeout was
reached"

This was because I didn't have a notification daemon in my i3 based setup. Searching the bug track lead me to this issue which suggested either disabling notifications in the app, or installing a notification daemon. Since I find not having notification an awesome feature of any desktop or phone, I went ahead and disabled the notifications in the File → Preferences... dialogue.

The Signal Desktop preferences tab for notifications

An lo and behold, no more freezes.

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