(02-01-2021, 08:27 PM)eaglebeckle Wrote: Update - I was able to successfully install the arm64 versions of libindicator3-7 first, then libappindicator3-1, and finally teams-for-linux_1.0.6_arm64. I successfully logged into my company's instance of teams. Disappointingly the app was blurry and seemed very slow. I am guessing that is because it is not an official Microsoft version but I appreciate the efforts of the developer who created it. I hope Microsoft creates an ARM64 version of teams for linux that could be easily installed on a PBP or pinephone. For now, I'll mark this as complete and appreciate the advice & support I received in this post.
AFAIK, this being an Electron app, and knowing the performance of the teams app on my much stronger Windows Laptop I expect Teams to NEVER perform well on the Pinephone. It is simply not powerful enough to run that hog.
I'm too much of a noob to understand the impact of it being an Electron app but I have had satisfactory performance from running Teams native app on an iPhone 6s (2GB RAM) as well as on a Motorola G7 Play (2GB RAM) running lineage OS so I was hopeful that it would run well on the 3GB convergence pinephone. Perhaps if Microsoft creates an official ARM version of the app, it'll be satisfactory on the pinephone. I could probably have dealt with the slow performance, but the lack of scaling drove me crazy. Thanks for chiming in though!
(02-01-2021, 08:27 PM)eaglebeckle Wrote: Update - I was able to successfully install the arm64 versions of libindicator3-7 first, then libappindicator3-1, and finally teams-for-linux_1.0.6_arm64. I successfully logged into my company's instance of teams. Disappointingly the app was blurry and seemed very slow. I am guessing that is because it is not an official Microsoft version but I appreciate the efforts of the developer who created it. I hope Microsoft creates an ARM64 version of teams for linux that could be easily installed on a PBP or pinephone. For now, I'll mark this as complete and appreciate the advice & support I received in this post.
AFAIK, this being an Electron app, and knowing the performance of the teams app on my much stronger Windows Laptop I expect Teams to NEVER perform well on the Pinephone. It is simply not powerful enough to run that hog.
I'm too much of a noob to understand the impact of it being an Electron app but I have had satisfactory performance from running Teams native app on an iPhone 6s (2GB RAM) as well as on a Motorola G7 Play (2GB RAM) running lineage OS so I was hopeful that it would run well on the 3GB convergence pinephone. Perhaps if Microsoft creates an official ARM version of the app, it'll be satisfactory on the pinephone. I could probably have dealt with the slow performance, but the lack of scaling drove me crazy. Thanks for chiming in though!
Electron is the opposite of a native app. It's essentially a wrapper for a whole Chromium browser + some extras to allow using native file open dialogs, file access, etc. That's why it's a hog on Linux, macOS and Windows and doesn't scale well on the Pinephone screen.
(02-01-2021, 08:27 PM)eaglebeckle Wrote: Update - I was able to successfully install the arm64 versions of libindicator3-7 first, then libappindicator3-1, and finally teams-for-linux_1.0.6_arm64. I successfully logged into my company's instance of teams. Disappointingly the app was blurry and seemed very slow. I am guessing that is because it is not an official Microsoft version but I appreciate the efforts of the developer who created it. I hope Microsoft creates an ARM64 version of teams for linux that could be easily installed on a PBP or pinephone. For now, I'll mark this as complete and appreciate the advice & support I received in this post.
AFAIK, this being an Electron app, and knowing the performance of the teams app on my much stronger Windows Laptop I expect Teams to NEVER perform well on the Pinephone. It is simply not powerful enough to run that hog.
I'm too much of a noob to understand the impact of it being an Electron app but I have had satisfactory performance from running Teams native app on an iPhone 6s (2GB RAM) as well as on a Motorola G7 Play (2GB RAM) running lineage OS so I was hopeful that it would run well on the 3GB convergence pinephone. Perhaps if Microsoft creates an official ARM version of the app, it'll be satisfactory on the pinephone. I could probably have dealt with the slow performance, but the lack of scaling drove me crazy. Thanks for chiming in though!
Electron is the opposite of a native app. It's essentially a wrapper for a whole Chromium browser + some extras to allow using native file open dialogs, file access, etc. That's why it's a hog on Linux, macOS and Windows and doesn't scale well on the Pinephone screen.
Thank you for the explanation/education. Makes sense why it's not as performant as on my other phones.
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