Which program is the one that surprised you most that it is available on Linux?
Which program is the one that surprised you most that it is available on Linux?
For me, it was perhaps simple-scan, a very simple and efficient GUI to scan documents. I used it with my Brother printer / scanner and it works like a charm. Especially since I do not scan stuff often, so a program with more complex UI would have the effect that I forget how to use it until the next time.
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Microsoft Edge was a recent surprise. It's surprising both that Microsoft would create it and that any Linux users would run it. Since its Chromium based, there should be no need for developers to test Edge separately.
A very unwelcome surprise, too.
I'm pretty neutral about the mere existence of software I'm not interested in using.
I think MS assumes no one will use it. But having Linux builds of some of their software enhances their "MS loves Linux" marketing.
Teams is another example.
MS no longer produces an official Teams binary for Linux. (Correct me if they've started doing so again)
I have to build it from the AUR.
But you're missing out on all the hate! I feel sorry for you. ;)
You can also get Teams on Linux
That's a little less surprising to me. Organizations are likely to pick competing communication software if Teams is not available to everyone. Web browsers are generally interoperable after Microsoft lost the war to popularize one that wasn't.
Really? All I've seen is a Flatpak that's really just a wrapped web view. Is there now a native version of Teams for Linux?
The native windows version of teams is also only a glorified web view.
That's not been my experience. It may be using a web view under the hood, but the functionality is quite different. Additional features, breaking the video call out of the primary pane, etc. To suggest that they're essentially the same is not accurate.
I see literally no difference between the Windows, Mac, and Linux versions except 2 shortcomings on Linux:
- Camera support is abysmal and uses the lowest resolution
- No echo cancellation, so I need headphones.
Hmm, seems that you might be right. I haven’t tried but remember that there were both rpm and dep packages, however it looks like after Teams 2.0 came, the native packages are no longer a thing.
Both the Windows and Linux ones are wrapped web views.