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this post was submitted on 16 Dec 2025
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It’s remarkable how 5 years ago, I would not have been able to do my job just with web apps. Just recently I used my personal Linux laptop for 3 weeks while away from home. It worked perfectly for the job with two minor exceptions:
‘1. There’s a proprietary web app that requires you to upload a specifically-formatted .xlsx file, couldn’t get that to work.
‘2. MS Teams - unless you have the web page pulled up and are looking at it, it will show you as Away instead of Available. Workaround was to just leave Teams open on my phone and have the screen always on.
Mine always says away. It's none of your business where I am or what I'm doing. Send me a message and I'll get back to you at my earliest availability.
But there is also a Teams for Linux app on Flathub that might solve that problem.