Windows needs a change in priorities

Re:Windows needs a change in priorities by the_snooze on Monday March 21, 2022 @12:47PM (#30756354)

My government funding overlords require me to send them PPTXs and DOCXs. And MS Teams on Linux only supports full-screen sharing, not window-specific sharing, so I can't do presenter view on my screen and slides-only on the call.

I feel a lot of responses here are missing the point. Linux doesn't do what I need it to do with respect to the established MS Office norms I have to conform to. Linux is a bad tool for my required workflow (a workflow that isn't all that uncommon), so I keep Windows around because it's a more suitable tool for that.

I'll repeat what I said: Linux is a great tool when you're a junior individual contributor, but it sucks when you're responsible for external communications with MS Office organizations.

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Re:Windows needs a change in priorities by adhesive_wombat on Monday March 21, 2022 @07:03PM (#30760880)

While I'm sympathetic to this because it's, well, simply true for many people, I think it's always important to bear in mind that

> Linux doesn't do what I need it to do with respect to the established MS Office norms I have to conform to.

Is an entirely deliberate outcome that Microsoft has pushed hard for over decades (as you'd expect, since losing that monopoly is an existential threat to them).

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Re:Windows needs a change in priorities by bigmadwolf on Monday March 21, 2022 @07:56PM (#30761274)

I have no idea why the Linux Teams application is so limited. Instead on Linux to get the missing features you can run browser based teams in Chrome or Edge. It supports window specific sharing. Can also do blurred and virtual webcam backgrounds (but does not support custom virtual background).

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