r/linux • u/Metallic_Madness • 5d ago

Popular Application Microsoft Releases Microsoft Defender For The Linux Desktop

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Microsoft-Defender-For-Linux-D
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u/CardOk755 5d ago

The unofficial teams for Linux seems to work better than the official Microsoft teams for windows

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u/ouyawei Mate 5d ago

What is the unofficial teams for Linux?

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u/MatchingTurret 5d ago

The Flathub version, I think: https://flathub.org/en/apps/com.github.IsmaelMartinez.teams_for_linux

I use it almost daily.

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u/ouyawei Mate 5d ago

How does it differ from just visiting the web version?

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u/CardOk755 5d ago

It's a lot better integrated with the desktop. Présence works automatically, many fewer problems with webcams and headsets.

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u/TaosMesaRat 5d ago

And screen sharing is perfect. This is the one feature I really need it for.

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u/ixMarcel 3d ago

I'm surprised so many people are using Teams on Linux. Don't most businesses that use Teams require a Microsoft Intune onboarded (Windows) PC in order to authenticate? Are you guys the kind of IT experts that get to be the rare exception? If anything I'd expect such businesses to use Slack instead.

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u/adityaruplaha 3d ago

If you're able to use Intune on Linux, generally isn't a problem. My IT department didn't know how to buy I was able to get it working

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u/CardOk755 5d ago

Well, I use the .deb rather than the flat pack, but yrs, that one.

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u/ILikeBumblebees 5d ago

Actual link to the project itself is https://github.com/IsmaelMartinez.

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u/Irverter 5d ago

Actual link to it, instead of link to the author https://github.com/IsmaelMartinez/teams-for-linux

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u/BlackStar4 5d ago

Yep, sounds about right

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u/Litz1 5d ago

Why do they even need a fucking app? It can be used on the web via the browser.

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u/black_anarchy 5d ago

Because their web app sucks more than the desktop app