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The Linux app doesn't even support screen sharing when you're using Wayland. I was forced to try out the browser based variant (meeting link opened the web vari

by MaKey 4y ago

The Linux app doesn't even support screen sharing when you're using Wayland. I was forced to try out the browser based variant (meeting link opened the web variant instantly instead of giving me the choice to use the app instead) and can now finally share my screen (even single windows!). Also I can now use backgrounds, which the app didn't support.

bsder 4y ago
> Wayland Don't blame Teams for the fact that Linux can't sort out its Desktop GUI situation.
- gcbirzan 4y ago
  Yes, the second graphical API that Linux supports in 30 years, definitely Linux's problem.
  - bsder 4y ago
    The fact that screenshots and the security around them is still a flaming ball of garbage on Linux is not Teams' fault. The fact that Wayland still sucks after 15+ years is not Teams' fault. The fact that nobody unpaid want to work on X11, Wayland, and Linux GUI stuff is not Teams' fault.
    - jacquesm 4y ago
      That may well be true, but other providers of similar services seem to have this working just fine.
- kdtsh 4y ago
  Linux ‘sorted out’ its display server protocol years ago, it’s Wayland. Fedora has been on Wayland by default since 31. Ubuntu has been on Wayland by default since 21.4. Debian has been on Wayland by default since 11. Distributions that don’t have an implementation of Wayland enabled by default are hold-outs at this point. It’s somewhat understandable that developers for Microsoft might not be fully across the status of display servers and their respective implementations in Linux, but it’s a reasonable rule of thumb to assume that Wayland is the way to go for any new projects since 2021 at the very latest. If you build your app for X today it’s probably going to be running under XWayland anyway.
kdtsh 4y ago
That always frustrated me, even more-so considering how that volunteer-built package I mentioned (https://github.com/IsmaelMartinez/teams-for-linux https://github.com/IsmaelMartinez/teams-for-linux - an Electron build of the web app, nothing flashy but does the job just fine) does support screen sharing. I haven’t checked whether it supports backgrounds as I only use voice when on calls, but I’m guessing it does if the browser variant does.

by MaKey 4y ago

bsder 4y ago

> Wayland Don't blame Teams for the fact that Linux can't sort out its Desktop GUI situation.

gcbirzan 4y ago
Yes, the second graphical API that Linux supports in 30 years, definitely Linux's problem.
- bsder 4y ago
  The fact that screenshots and the security around them is still a flaming ball of garbage on Linux is not Teams' fault. The fact that Wayland still sucks after 15+ years is not Teams' fault. The fact that nobody unpaid want to work on X11, Wayland, and Linux GUI stuff is not Teams' fault.
  - jacquesm 4y ago
    That may well be true, but other providers of similar services seem to have this working just fine.
kdtsh 4y ago
Linux ‘sorted out’ its display server protocol years ago, it’s Wayland. Fedora has been on Wayland by default since 31. Ubuntu has been on Wayland by default since 21.4. Debian has been on Wayland by default since 11. Distributions that don’t have an implementation of Wayland enabled by default are hold-outs at this point. It’s somewhat understandable that developers for Microsoft might not be fully across the status of display servers and their respective implementations in Linux, but it’s a reasonable rule of thumb to assume that Wayland is the way to go for any new projects since 2021 at the very latest. If you build your app for X today it’s probably going to be running under XWayland anyway.

kdtsh 4y ago

That always frustrated me, even more-so considering how that volunteer-built package I mentioned (https://github.com/IsmaelMartinez/teams-for-linux https://github.com/IsmaelMartinez/teams-for-linux - an Electron build of the web app, nothing flashy but does the job just fine) does support screen sharing. I haven’t checked whether it supports backgrounds as I only use voice when on calls, but I’m guessing it does if the browser variant does.