Microsoft Teams Now Available for Linux

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Post by sabana » Fri, Feb 07, 2020, 3:49 PM UTC

Microsoft Teams Now Available for Linux
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Post by parvenu74 » Fri, Feb 07, 2020, 4:03 PM UTC

Is Teams not an Electron app? I gather that it's not otherwise it would have been on Linux long ago...

Re: Microsoft Teams Now Available for Linux

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Post by kup0 » Fri, Feb 07, 2020, 4:51 PM UTC

parvenu74 wrote: post #2

Is Teams not an Electron app? I gather that it's not otherwise it would have been on Linux long ago...

It is an Electron app. A couple of simple online searches lead to that conclusion. It may be that MS still wanted to test/tweak it before packaging or releasing it for Linux

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Post by ktm5j » Fri, Feb 07, 2020, 5:47 PM UTC

parvenu74 wrote: post #2

Is Teams not an Electron app? I gather that it's not otherwise it would have been on Linux long ago...

It basically has been via: https://github.com/IsmaelMartinez/teams-for-linux

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Post by blaser-waffle » Fri, Feb 07, 2020, 6:49 PM UTC

Neat. One step closer to using my own Linux laptop in lieu of the companies standard-issue M$ laptop.

Would still rather use Slack though. Teams needs to work on their interface.

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Post by pathartl » Fri, Feb 07, 2020, 7:38 PM UTC

blaser-waffle wrote: post #7

Neat. One step closer to using my own Linux laptop in lieu of the companies standard-issue M$ laptop. Would still rather use Slack though. Teams needs to work on their interface.

This is a pretty common sentiment whenever Teams comes up on HN. In what ways is Slack's interface better?

Re: Microsoft Teams Now Available for Linux

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Post by breakingcups » Fri, Feb 07, 2020, 9:01 PM UTC

Meanwhile half the signup flow of Teams still tries to convince you that using Edge is the only way to continue.

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Post by simonblack » Fri, Feb 07, 2020, 9:53 PM UTC

I predict that in 5-10 years from now, Microsoft will return to its roots as a general-software company producing apps that run on multiple operating systems. Its main cash-cow however, will be software running on Linux.