teams-for-linux VS nativefier

This isn't me trying to convince you to use Linux, but the listed reasons (other than LLM testing) aren't real deterrents:

> Acorn

GIMP (or Glimpse, if you want a more modern UI) or Krita can definitely do pretty much anything Acorn can.

> Keyboard Maestro

GNOME and KDE have been able to do this out of the box from pretty much the beginning. The OSes are still mostly terminal-first (one of the big complaints, actually), and that translates into the DEs and Applications. A keyboard automation is just a sequence of commands.

This is probably one of the few areas where Linux almost definitely beats macOS or Windows.

> OnniGraffle

There's a large swathe of diagramming tools in Linux. I can't speak on them directly.

> Alfred App

Yep, both KDE and Gnome are able to handle this task as well as Alfred. Like automation, this is probably an area Linux will be able to shine above macOS.

> MS Office

LibreOffice would be the common alternative.

> MS Teams

They used to have an official client. They now recommend you create a PWA, and there are some unofficial clients that do pretty much that:

https://github.com/IsmaelMartinez/teams-for-linux

This seems to be the route they'll be going all around, similar to slack (web + an electron app).

> I test LLMs locally.

LLMs run fine on Linux, but you will be limited to about 16GB on the VRAM side. Though, you could technically use Asahi + Apple Silicon as the support matured if you want.

Most of these are open source applications, with cludgy UIs/warts and all; and aren't really designed by teams with UX masters, so operate oddly and require relearning. But if you were interested in making the move, they're options.

I've never used this but apparently this wrapper is useful for linux people: https://github.com/IsmaelMartinez/teams-for-linux

Have you tried an unofficial electron client?

I use https://github.com/IsmaelMartinez/teams-for-linux . It's "just" a wrapper around the PWA but a very decent one at that.

Unofficial and not Microsoft supported, but might be an alternative to Microsoft's official PWA. How do the two compare in your experience with them?

You can try the unofficial client Teams for Linux. It's available as a Flatpak and I didn't have any issues sharing my screen with it. https://github.com/IsmaelMartinez/teams-for-linux

This client works well for me: https://github.com/IsmaelMartinez/teams-for-linux

There is also: https://github.com/IsmaelMartinez/teams-for-linux

Oh by "Web Environment" you mean "my machine" lol!

I already got caught by this - a https://github.com/nativefier/nativefier app wrapping Youtube Music doesn't work, because Google detects somehow that you are not using a trusted browser and refuses to serve.

AFAIK there's only nativefier and peppermintos' ice.

Install Nativefier from Terminal using the command npm install -g nativefier

Something like nativefier perhaps?

It's still not quite the same as Chromium webapps, which are just isolated windows in the same core process -- FFPWA spins up entire other instances of Firefox -- and in effect operates more like Nativefier (with Firefox instead of Electron/Chromium)