Most Linux users come across a question “is there an office Communicator for Linux?”
And the answer is “Yes, We have PIDGIN”
For Linux users Pidgin (IM Client) provides access to the Lync functionality and therefore serves the purpose, even though we don’t have features like audio/video calls and sharing.
For making Pidgin to work with the latest Ubuntu Release of 13.04, follow the below steps
1. Install using:
$sudo apt-get install pidgin pidgin-sipe
2. Run Pidgin and click on Add button
3. Select “Office Communicator” from the protocol list. Fill out the fields as necessary:
Username: yourname@company.com
Login: yourname@company.com
Password: Your Lync password
4. Once authenticated with the server, we should be able to see out Contacts.
2 replies on “is there an Office communicator for Linux?”
“Office Communicator” not displayed in the Protocol list.
Hi Sam,
Please make sure you have installed “pidgin-sipe” plugin with pidgin. For more information on sipe, please refer http://sipe.sourceforge.net/