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New Teams (PWA) on Linux Not Available
I sensed hope for Teams when it had a native Linux desktop application.
Now Microsoft has terminated it in favor of the Teams PWA.
While Windows and Mac still gets a native desktop application.
It shows the disregard Microsoft has against Linux.
But the problem does not stop there.
Using Teams on Linux in the browser, you get the Old Teams. It is not possible to get the New Teams in the browser on Linux, while it is possible on Windows.
The same goes for Outlook PWA. The New Outlook is not available on Linux.
The New Microsoft Teams was released in October 2023 for both Windows and Mac. Again disregard for Linux. Still almost 4 months and no support for Linux.
Why should companies continue to use Microsoft Teams and Outlook, if Microsoft cannot properly support Linux. Many companies still use Linux.
I am sorry if I have come across hating Microsoft. I don't. I use both Windows and Linux, but I am a developer and mostly use Linux. It annoys me a lot that I cannot develop and use New Teams at the same time on my Linux. Only New Teams allow me to have multiple accounts, so I can connect to both my company and my customers.
- Exactly, Horrible.
They took Linux Sub System inside windows, but can't implement a basic chat app.
I don't see what's so hard in managing a PWA for Linux, that too for such a big company,
it seems like they are deliberately doing this. - Teams classic should remain available until the new version has feature parity with it
sverre775 I this the lack of Linux support is a combination of two factors. First, worldwide Linux market share is around 5% and if you take that percentage and isolate end-user (desktop environment) usage, it is even smaller. Second, there are multiple "flavors" (distributions) of Linux OSes out there. Which ones would be supported and trying to support multiple would require additional resources to support it. In Microsoft's eyes, there is no cost benefit given the relatively tiny market share Linux distros possess. Sad truth. The solution, unfortunately will take years to accomplish and that would simply be increased Linux desktop environment usage that rivals or surpasses MacOS.
