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Unofficial Microsoft Teams client for Linux

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Re: Unofficial Microsoft Teams client for Linux

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Post by Aaargh20318 »

ajryan wrote: post #210
Aaargh20318 wrote: post #156

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apart from it being slow, a memory hog and having a shitty web-based UI that feels out of place regardless of what OS you’re using. It’s missing basic features. One example is the inability to share only part of your screen. This is essential if you’re working on a large, ultra-wide monitor. There’s been a feature request for this on Microsofts feedback site for years . Also, how embarrassing is it that the biggest s…

I use this - pain in the ass but it works. https://github.com/tom-englert/RegionToShare

Doesn’t support macOS unfortunately

Re: Unofficial Microsoft Teams client for Linux

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Post by lpcvoid »

woutercx wrote: post #214
jacquesm wrote: post #69

The official client is absolutely terrible. But, I've found a much better solution: I tell all my customers Microsoft Teams doesn't work for us and they'll have to pick something else. Kudos for at least trying to address this, MS should hang their head in shame, this is not the hardest problem to solve these days. If we could do it in 1995 they should be able to do it 30 years later.

We use Citrix and Windows 11 in our work environment. I keep Teams open in Citrix so that I can copy links from the browser into the chat. The links then show the title for the link, I like that functionality. I also have it open on my Laptop as well (Windows 11) for doing calls and meetings. Our Citrix is slow, so I don’t do calls there. Fun thing is that often when I get a call in Teams it is automatically picked u…

Your technical work environment sounds horrible to me. Windows + Citrix is enough to send me screaming. Kudos that you pull through like that.

Re: Unofficial Microsoft Teams client for Linux

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Post by BuildTheRobots »

GuB-42 wrote: post #193
jacquesm wrote: post #69

The official client is absolutely terrible. But, I've found a much better solution: I tell all my customers Microsoft Teams doesn't work for us and they'll have to pick something else. Kudos for at least trying to address this, MS should hang their head in shame, this is not the hardest problem to solve these days. If we could do it in 1995 they should be able to do it 30 years later.

From a UI perspective, Teams is terrible, but there is one thing it does well and that's large meeting calls. Microsoft knows their customers: large companies. The boss doesn't see that you can't properly paste a piece of code in the chat, but he wants to make sure that everyone hears him at the annual talk. He wants it to connect to the company directory, make analytics, reflect the corporate hierarchy, make announc…

> The boss doesn't see that you can't properly paste a piece of code in the chat

Of all my many gripes with Teams, it usually handles code surprisingly well. Single `inline` and triple backtick blocks usually render as you'd expect.

OneNote on the other hand doesn't support a code-block at all, and is worse (if you can believe it) than storing cli commands in Word docs.

Re: Unofficial Microsoft Teams client for Linux

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Post by sans_souse »

jacquesm wrote: post #69

The official client is absolutely terrible. But, I've found a much better solution: I tell all my customers Microsoft Teams doesn't work for us and they'll have to pick something else. Kudos for at least trying to address this, MS should hang their head in shame, this is not the hardest problem to solve these days. If we could do it in 1995 they should be able to do it 30 years later.

upvoting out of principle

Re: Unofficial Microsoft Teams client for Linux

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Post by jeena »

The Linux client is terrible.

But that is why I for work stuff use Chromium and I didn't really have issues with it. The things in this list:

System notifications - works with Chromium

System tray integration (badge support varies by desktop environment) - I don't have a system tray on Hyprland with waybar

Custom backgrounds & themes - ok, I never needed it but that is probably the only thing which is not working in Chromium

Screen sharing support - Always worked, as long as you allow it

Multiple account profiles - I'm doing that with different Chromium profiles, but yeah it kind of would be nice if it was possible in one window, so that seems also cool

But for those two features it seems it's more hassle to deal with a unofficial version.

Re: Unofficial Microsoft Teams client for Linux

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Post by SoftTalker »

StopDisinfo910 wrote: post #110
andyjohnson0 wrote: post #108

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use Teams every day (for work, the company basically runs on it) for chat and meetings, and I'm one of those strange people who never really have much problem with it. I can think of one occasion in perhaps the last six months when it crashed and I had to kill and restart it. Otherwise it just sits there on my laptop and does its thing. Same with Outlook etc. So, what am I doing wrong? How do I get the authentic Te…

You are not alone. I also personally find Teams more than ok even if I wish it was more snappy. Meetings work great. Compatible equipment in room makes everything feel seem less. Collaborative editing and file sharing are both awesome. Every time it’s brought up on HN I get the feeling that people here use collaborative tools in a very different way I do. They mostly want something to chat via text which I and most o…

Text chat is the only thing I do with Teams. Video calls and meetings we use Zoom.
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