Microsoft Teams on Linux
Microsoft Teams on Linux
The Microsoft Teams preview is available in the Pop! Shop for Pop!_OS.
Absolutely, it should be quick—most apps on Ubuntu come with native snap support available in their stores.
Use it directly in the browser. The features remain identical. Downloading from the official Microsoft page also works well for me.
There is an official debian package from Microsoft. (and an apt repo) Teams is essentially a web wrapper for skype. And yes it does run native on Linux (I pulled the binary out of that .deb file and got it running on Gentoo) albeit with some glitches and typical MS oddities.. like.. Whats the deal with the splash screen.. is this 1999? "Welcome to AOL Microsoft.." and.. WHY WHY WHY won't you use native OS notifications!!!? WTH is wrong with Microsoft! OMGF.. Copy and paste is a little messed up and WHY OMG don't they use NORMAL Markdown.. wtf. Things like that.
Attempting to set up "it" via systemd instead of openrc is proving challenging. Each try lasts around five hours, and it's hard to tell if progress is being made until the system restarts. I suspect something might be wrong with the configuration or dependencies.
If you're not using Debian or Ubuntu, just grab the .deb file and the static Teams binary. Avoid any Microsoft-related software and try Matrix or Element instead. Let me know if you need help with extraction or running it outside Debian.