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Discussion on: Ubuntu 20.04 - how to make it perfect for development & productivity

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Jan Gazda

Thanks @alexandrudanpop for both articles about Mac M1 and Ubuntu, I'm currently doing a research what machine should I buy. I've been working on Mac past few years but user interface still does not fit me on the other hand I really liked the battery life.
I've heard there are some problems with meeting programs like Zoom or MS Teams, Slack, etc..

Do you have any experience with that?

Another thing that is holding me back from MacM1 is that it comes with maximum 16GB of RAM and non-mac computers offer 32GB even 64GB for the same/similar price.

I plan to run a bunch of docker containers, so more RAM is always better however if I cannot use the communication tools for video meetings it may be a deal breakers.

Thank you!

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Alexandru-Dan Pop

Zoom, slack, Skype, all work on Ubuntu. Haven't tried MS teams but shouldn't be a problem since it's an electron app.

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Jan Gazda • Edited

Thank you for your reply,

I've heard that "drawing on someone elses screen" may be a problem, but I guess I have to try it myself, I mainly use Chrome for these apps rather than native app.

UPDATE: I installed Ubuntu 21.04 and I'm unable to share the entire scree in any application - it's just black - this issue seem to be related to the Wayland session in Gnome.

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Devang Pipaliya

There is an wayland option available in "/etc/gdm3/custom.conf"

Just uncomment it and restart. Full screen sharing should work.

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