Unofficial Microsoft Teams client for Linux

>>basemi+(OP)
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.

>>jacque+G6x
The web-based one works perfectly on Linux. If anything it's better than the native Windows app.

Office 365 actually works better in Firefox in Linux than any other browser in Windows. It's like they've kind of given up on the whole OS thing, and have just decided to go with Linux.

>>Errone+2ex
True! I've been doing this for years on Linux. I use a dedicated Chromium instance in app mode:

  /usr/bin/chromium --ozone-platform=wayland --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform,WaylandWindowDecorations,WebRTCPipeWireCapturer --user-data-dir=/home/myuser/.config/chromium-ilri --app=https://teams.microsoft.com

Works incredibly well (put this in a `.desktop` file with `Exec=` and you can launch it via your desktop's launcher). Some of the settings may not be needed anymore, as Chromium has come a long way in terms of Wayland support. I use Firefox for everything else, but haven't tried Teams there.

>>aorth+Yfx
Would be great if it was also possible to have it open the Team URIs in that App Mode instance instead of the browser itself — I assume it does not.

>>cromka+Apx
What kind of URLs does it use? If it's anything with a unique prefix (like Telegram's tg://), you can add it to the desktop file:

  MimeType=x-scheme-handler/foobar;

and run `update-mime-database`.

If not, I would write a shell wrapper and set it as the default browser; something to the effect of:

  #!/usr/bin/bash
  set -eu
  for arg in "$@"; do
    if [[ $arg == *whatever-url-teams-uses.com* ]]; then
      exec gtk-launch teams "$@"
    fi
  done
  exec gtk-launch firefox "$@"

(gtk-launch uses flags from the .desktop file so you don't have to repeat them)

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