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[SOLVED] Teams on Linux on old Thinkpad (Debian Stable, pulseaudio)? (feddit.org)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by A_norny_mousse@feddit.org to c/linux@programming.dev

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I was just invited to do a job interview through Teams (next week).

I guess it's https://teams.live.com/free ?
And I guess they would invite me so I don't have to worry about having an MS account, afaics?

I opened the site on Ungoogled Chromium, it seems to work fine. The hardware is: Thinkpad T430s (10yo). Of course it has a web cam & microphone.
There's a device test https://devicetest.teams.microsoft.com/ which did not return any issues, but did not show me a working connection either. There is no test call functionality.

I'd prefer to test full functionality beforehand, is there a way to do this?

Or experiences?

TIA

edit: my smartphone runs an even obscurer OS than Debian.

edit2: the "make a test call" functionality seems to be part of the desktop app only. Is there one for Linux?

edit3: now support.microsoft.com is blocking me. WTF

edit4: the inofficial Teams for Linux is not an option either because I still need an MS account.

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[–] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 8 points 1 week ago (3 children)

The only thing which works is to do it in Chrome/Chromium on Linux, everything else has been broken for years.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I've been using Teams on Firefox on Linux mint for years. At first I had sound issues but since I've had Pipewire installed, everything works without a hitch.

[–] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 4 points 1 week ago

Even screen sharing?

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Thanks. Any idea about Ungoogled Chromium and/or how I can test audio/video routing on the OS?

[–] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

is there no mic/video testing functionality?

[–] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If you have a smartphone then the easiest thing is to create a meeting and then to share the meeting URL wicht your phone and join the meeting on both devices from different accounts and listen if everything works.

Otherwise I remember there was a echo call service in teams somewhere too, I'd ask ChatGPT where to find it.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago

I cannot start a meeting without an MS account.

There's no (official) app for Linux (laptop AND smartphone), which is where the echo call service is found. According to a normal web search.

[–] belluck@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago

Firefox worked for me a few months ago