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I love working on Linux, running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS on a Lenovo S540 (lightweight, 16gb ram,i7,ssd). The biggest pain point for me are mainly using tools that ot

I love working on Linux, running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS on a Lenovo S540 (lightweight, 16gb ram,i7,ssd). The biggest pain point for me are mainly using tools that other parts of the business want to use like: Slack -> No Linux support, Zoom (video conferencing) -> Early beta support, 1Password -> I use last pass instead. Macs have really dominated some areas of the tech scene especially in the non engineering sections of the business, thus collaboration tools and such seem to be Mac orientated or Mac only. In every other respect I'm far more comfortable and productive on Linux.

giancarlostoro 11y ago
I know HipChat runs on Linux very well, and on most of (if not all) my other devices. If you could convince your company to make a switch somehow, it could work. But sadly that's a nice big if, not sure if you're in a situation or position capable to convincing them. I'm also not sure of the differences between Slack and HipChat, I've only used HipChat.
- scalesolved 11y ago
  We migrated away from HipChat, I think the only thing that HipChat does better is it's support for Linux. Overall personally Slack is better but for a company with such huge funding it's surprising not to see a linux client.
Foxboron 11y ago
But slack do have Linux "support". You can just use the IRC gateway through any Linux clients, or look up a project like slk, https://github.com/drikin/slk https://github.com/drikin/slk There are also projects that wrap around 1Password. http://www.lucianofiandesio.com/1password-in-linux http://www.lucianofiandesio.com/1password-in-linux It's far from perfect. But the great thing with Linux in my opinion is that there are always alternatives.
- scalesolved 11y ago
  Oh yeah, my only minor grumblings against it are lack of one or two clients, I think with Slack's case I'd like to see them make an official client, with $160m in funding I'm sure there is leeway to get an official linux client in the works. Thanks for the slk link, gonna check it out! :)
stasm 11y ago
You can use http://refract.mkelly.me/ http://refract.mkelly.me/ to install Slack as a standalone web app (in Firefox and Chrome). I've done this to many service which I use frequently: Trello, IRCCloud, Messenger, Inbox, etc. and it works really well. The added benefit is that I don't need to be logged into these services on my main profile.

giancarlostoro 11y ago

I know HipChat runs on Linux very well, and on most of (if not all) my other devices. If you could convince your company to make a switch somehow, it could work. But sadly that's a nice big if, not sure if you're in a situation or position capable to convincing them. I'm also not sure of the differences between Slack and HipChat, I've only used HipChat.

scalesolved 11y ago
We migrated away from HipChat, I think the only thing that HipChat does better is it's support for Linux. Overall personally Slack is better but for a company with such huge funding it's surprising not to see a linux client.

Foxboron 11y ago

But slack do have Linux "support". You can just use the IRC gateway through any Linux clients, or look up a project like slk, https://github.com/drikin/slk https://github.com/drikin/slk There are also projects that wrap around 1Password. http://www.lucianofiandesio.com/1password-in-linux http://www.lucianofiandesio.com/1password-in-linux It's far from perfect. But the great thing with Linux in my opinion is that there are always alternatives.

scalesolved 11y ago
Oh yeah, my only minor grumblings against it are lack of one or two clients, I think with Slack's case I'd like to see them make an official client, with $160m in funding I'm sure there is leeway to get an official linux client in the works. Thanks for the slk link, gonna check it out! :)

stasm 11y ago

You can use http://refract.mkelly.me/ http://refract.mkelly.me/ to install Slack as a standalone web app (in Firefox and Chrome). I've done this to many service which I use frequently: Trello, IRCCloud, Messenger, Inbox, etc. and it works really well. The added benefit is that I don't need to be logged into these services on my main profile.