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Re:Microsoft is testing ads in the Windows 11 File Explorer by hef19898 on Monday March 14, 2022 @03:38PM (#30677161)
Privately I have a Windows powered, now hardware wise obsolete, desktop and two Lenovo laptops (a main one and an old as backup). The main one is running Windows and Ubuntu. The only reasons the laptop is still running Windows are a handful of, mostly older, Steam games and MS Teams for the kids. And I was too lazy to install Linux on the desktop.

If it wasn't for MS Teams, Windows would be gone for a while now. No way I "upgrade" to Win11. Luckily, both laptops run professional Windows liscences, the backup one with only local accounts. So I hope that protects me from much of MS pressure to upgrade.

Being used to local software, with local accounts and without "telemetry", I see the benefit of tue cloud. Less for storage, but Steam is actually a charm for example. Overall so, I think software took head dive when it came to user experience, privacy and performance. The fact that my OS will be serving ads now in the file explorer can only be part of one of Dante's rings of hell...

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Re:Microsoft is testing ads in the Windows 11 File Explorer by avh02 on Monday March 14, 2022 @03:58PM (#30677421)
There is ms teams for ubuntu, it's bigger garbage than ms teams on other OS's though.
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Re:Microsoft is testing ads in the Windows 11 File Explorer by roeles on Monday March 14, 2022 @04:00PM (#30677448)
Ms teams is available for Linux... When I used it for work it ran fine on debian 10, but used enormous amounts of cpu. Not ideal for a laptop.

Perhaps it's worth trying out?

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Re:Microsoft is testing ads in the Windows 11 File Explorer by dm319 on Monday March 14, 2022 @04:11PM (#30677600)
As a long-time linux user, the MS teams linux client is woefully poor. It has ruined meetings for me by repeatedly losing the microphone. I use Windows more often for Teams meeting, and I'm not saying the Windows client is perfect in this regard either.

Zoom on linux works well for me however.

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Re:Microsoft is testing ads in the Windows 11 File Explorer by gruez on Monday March 14, 2022 @04:54PM (#30678145)
Do you even need the app? The web experience is just fine, and I suspect the "app" is just a web wrapper anyways.
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Re:Microsoft is testing ads in the Windows 11 File Explorer by hef19898 on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @05:28AM (#30683263)
Kind of, because especially for my younger one the app is easy to use. Up to the point she gave me some Teams lessons. For myself I would propably go for the web solution, I developed a true antipathy for MS and Google lately. I never was a Mac / Apple person, so Linux and some open source, de-googled versions of Android are the weapobs of choice.

Employer provided hard- and software is a different story all together.

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Re:Microsoft is testing ads in the Windows 11 File Explorer by Nextgrid on Monday March 14, 2022 @06:06PM (#30679061)
What browsers are supported? I tried in both Firefox and Safari last time with no success.
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Re:Microsoft is testing ads in the Windows 11 File Explorer by wanderingmind on Monday March 14, 2022 @07:25PM (#30679874)
Chrome works well with teams on Debian based systems
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Re:Microsoft is testing ads in the Windows 11 File Explorer by hef19898 on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @02:08AM (#30682119)
I came to the conclusion that it's nice to have a google and MS free environment. If Teams is needed, or a Windows only game, I can still boot Windows.
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Re:Microsoft is testing ads in the Windows 11 File Explorer by bitwize on Monday March 14, 2022 @04:23PM (#30677760)
Perhaps try Jitsi Meet?
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Re:Microsoft is testing ads in the Windows 11 File Explorer by aembleton on Monday March 14, 2022 @04:52PM (#30678116)
Jitsi Meet doesn't connect to Teams meetings
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