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MS-Teams on FossaPup64

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Not tested other than to see if it starts.....

teams_1.3.00.30857_amd64.deb
from
https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/ms ... n/t/teams/

starts when run from a terminal with:

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run-as-spot /usr/share/teams/teams

It's an Electron (Chromium) app built in the same way as Skype4Linux

It could quite easily be Puppified and turned into an sfs.....

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Re: MS-Teams on FossaPup64

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I remember now why I gave this one up as a bad job!

You can install it. You can fire it up. You can sign-in with a Microsoft a/c. It then asks you to sign-up for Teams itself.....and that's where it all falls down, because the 'Sign-in' link is dead. Completely unresponsive. So you can't create a Teams a/c.....and therefore the entire thing is a total waste of time. At least, for us it is.....in Puppyland.

It may well work in the mainstream distros. But I'm not going to install one just to try this; I've already got Skype, Zoom & Google's 'Duo' all functioning here in Puppy.....and from what I can understand, 'Teams' is just that; primarily intended for work/organisation-based 'teams' of people to keep in touch with each other. It is very definitely NOT for individual, one-on-one videochats/messaging; you can sign up for Teams free of charge - I investigated this further - but to actually USE it you have to subscribe on a monthly or annual basis. (You don't find this last point out UNTIL you start to create a 'Teams' a/c.)

Sooo.....I'll once again give this one a miss. Thanks for the link though, Peter.

Mike. ;)

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Re: MS-Teams on FossaPup64

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peebee wrote: Sun Dec 13, 2020 7:49 am

Not tested other than to see if it starts.....

teams_1.3.00.30857_amd64.deb

Very helpful, thanks.

Today I had to join a meeting with my colleagues in Teams, uncommonly from home. I tried to install the package in Bionicpup64, launched in terminal and could easily sign into my organisation’s account. Everything worked very well.

I originally wanted to use Teams-webapp (via browser), but this way doesn't have full features support.

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Re: MS-Teams on FossaPup64

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Feek wrote: Tue Dec 15, 2020 2:12 pm
peebee wrote: Sun Dec 13, 2020 7:49 am

Not tested other than to see if it starts.....

teams_1.3.00.30857_amd64.deb

Very helpful, thanks.

Today I had to join a meeting with my colleagues in Teams, uncommonly from home. I tried to install the package in Bionicpup64, launched in terminal and could easily sign into my organisation’s account. Everything worked very well.

I originally wanted to use Teams-webapp (via browser), but this way doesn't have full features support.

@Feek :-

Don't get me wrong; I'm not saying it won't work - period. I'm just saying it won't work.....for ME.

From the sound of things, you and a group of work colleagues already have a Teams a/c up-and-running. My guess is that Teams detects whether there's a Teams a/c associated with your log-in details. If there is, the "Sign In" link will then be active. If it doesn't.....then the link won't do anything.

I tested this theory further last night. I attempted to create a Teams a/c. You reach a point where the process asks what you want to use Teams for; work, organization, or Private use? I chose 'Private' - I have no other use for it - and it re-directed me to Skype and wouldn't allow me to go any further. So, I guess my original hypothesis of Teams being strictly for organizations/work 'teams' is correct.

However; to hear that it does function as it should under Puppy, that's great.....it's yet another 'string' to Puppy's 'bow'! (I also wouldn't mind betting that some department, somewhere in your organization, is footing a monthly subscription bill for this....)

(*shrug*)

Mike. ;)

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Re: MS-Teams on FossaPup64

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mikewalsh wrote: Tue Dec 15, 2020 2:51 pm
Feek wrote: Tue Dec 15, 2020 2:12 pm
peebee wrote: Sun Dec 13, 2020 7:49 am

Not tested other than to see if it starts.....

teams_1.3.00.30857_amd64.deb

Very helpful, thanks.

Today I had to join a meeting with my colleagues in Teams, uncommonly from home. I tried to install the package in Bionicpup64, launched in terminal and could easily sign into my organisation’s account. Everything worked very well.

I originally wanted to use Teams-webapp (via browser), but this way doesn't have full features support.

@Feek :-

Don't get me wrong; I'm not saying it won't work - period. I'm just saying it won't work.....for ME.

From the sound of things, you and a group of work colleagues already have a Teams a/c up-and-running. My guess is that Teams detects whether there's a Teams a/c associated with your log-in details. If there is, the "Sign In" link will then be active. If it doesn't.....then the link won't do anything.

I tested this theory further last night. I attempted to create a Teams a/c. You reach a point where the process asks what you want to use Teams for; work, organization, or Private use? I chose 'Private' - I have no other use for it - and it re-directed me to Skype and wouldn't allow me to go any further. So, I guess my original hypothesis of Teams being strictly for organizations/work 'teams' is correct.

However; to hear that it does function as it should under Puppy, that's great.....it's yet another 'string' to Puppy's 'bow'! (I also wouldn't mind betting that some department, somewhere in your organization, is footing a monthly subscription bill for this....)

(*shrug*)

Mike. ;)

Hi Mike,

I fully understand what you wrote and you’re right I think.

You know, I didn’t keep the install, it was one-time affair (it eats a lot of RAM too :) ). At work I have to use Win10 with Office365 and MS Teams is one of several components of it.

As you say, it’s great, that it works under Puppy. Now I know it can be used if urgent.

Feek

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Re: MS-Teams on FossaPup64

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@Feek :-

Hi, Feek.

Yes, you're right; it will eat a lot of RAM. All those Electron-based apps do; it's part & parcel of them being built around a stripped-back Chromium browser (and that's no lightweight!) For an average Puppy machine, with probably a couple of GBs of RAM, that's a large chunk of your resources....

That's where I was when I first started with Puppy, back in 2014. With my new desktop, having recently 'maxed' the RAM to 32 GB (little bit of 'future-proofing', if I'm honest), I don't even notice it; in that respect, I'm a very atypical Puppy user nowadays. I could run any OS I wanted to now.....but I stick with Puppy. I'm used to her; I understand how she works; she's easy on resources, meaning that more of those resources are available for ME to use on what I want to do.....and we have an amazing bunch of lads & lasses in this community; brilliant, every one of them. (Unlike MS Crapdows, which wants to grab every bit of your resources for itself, then has the cheek to turn round and deny you the use of them..!) :evil:

But, as you say, it's good to know it's 'do-able' if you have to. Puppy's capable of using most of today's available software; there's not much these guys can't find a 'workaround' or a 'fix' for..! :D

Mike. ;)

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Re: MS-Teams on FossaPup64

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Yes, I also like the concept of Puppy including this community. More and more...

I admire your machine ;)

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Re: MS-Teams on FossaPup64

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mikewalsh wrote: Tue Dec 15, 2020 5:08 pm

I could run any OS I wanted to now.....but I stick with Puppy.

Completely agree and confirm. We will not give a single byte to MS :thumbup:
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linux-for-teams / independent, non-MS client

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This alternative linux Teams client works on Bionic64 version 8.0. I have only tried it in a quick test meeting but it seems to do everything the official MS client can. It logs in, and loads into my employer's Teams with all the stuff that doesn't work in the web app... and it loads at all which is more than the official linux client does

https://github.com/IsmaelMartinez/teams ... x/releases
https://github.com/IsmaelMartinez/teams ... 0.5.tar.gz

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Re: MS-Teams on FossaPup64

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I tried the appimage one in Fossapup64 9.5 and it seems to work. I just started it. But not signup and use.
https://github.com/IsmaelMartinez/teams ... 5.AppImage
Did have to go into it's properties and give it exec permission to run.
Also put it in the /root/spot directory to get around having to maybe run it by using run-as-spot.
Stuff in the spot directory seems to automatically run as spot.

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Re: MS-Teams on FossaPup64

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A previous version required editing of a file in usr/bin, to allow for a mix of root + spot permissions (would work well afterwards).

The updated version is a lot simpler. Available at https://teams.microsoft.com/uswe-01/downloads

Install the .deb file. All that is required is, on terminal:

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root# teams
root# run-as-spot teams

Have signed in, working great.

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