KI 3441 Linux @ UiB - MS Teams

2026-07-21 (updated 2026-07-28)

The best way of running Microsoft Teams under Linux is teams-for-linux installed via flatpak.

Teams Webclient

You can run MS-Teams from Firefox
https:///teams.cloud.microsoft
However the website will keep asking you to log in each time after each restart.

There are several MS Teams clients in the Ubuntu "App Centre".
Some UiB LInux people use

teams-for-linux

Developer web site is https://github.com/IsmaelMartinez/teams-for-linux

There are several ways of installing it:

Ubuntu App Centre (snap)

I do NOT recommend the snap version as you cannot share your computer's screen do to sandboxing under snap. If screensharing is part of your academic workflow, please use flatpak.

I only mention the snap version as you can install it straight rom the Ubuntu "App Centre".
On the command line:
snap install teams-for-linux

To verify the installation:

snap list
teams-for-linux 2.13.0 2141 latest/stable ismaelmartinez -

Try out the application and see if it works for you. I had problems sharing my screen with the other party. This may be a side-effect of sandboxing. Using Teams in a browser worked better.

flatpak

To install via flatpak
https://flathub.org/en/apps/com.github.IsmaelMartinez.teams_for_linux
To install via flatpak:
flatpak install flathub com.github.IsmaelMartinez.teams_for_linux

To run app, use the app's icon.
From the command line:

flatpak run com.github.IsmaelMartinez.teams_for_linux