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  2. CONFSERVER-56399

Native Linux Companion App

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      Problem Definition

      Since Confluence 6.11 the Edit Files feature works with the Atlassian Companion app.

      The Companion App is available for Mac and Windows, but we don't have a release for Linux distributions.

      Suggested Solution

      Provide a release of the Companion App to Linux distributions.

      Why this is important

      Confluence users may choose to run their personal computers on Linux. This may be true for many developers, which might be the heavy users of Atlassian tools and Linux distributions.
      The Edit in Office functionality used to support Linux with Open Office.

      Workaround

      As a workaround for now, while this is not a native solution, Confluence administrators may want to check the GoEdit App by KontextWork.

      Not tested:
      Linux users might want to try installing the Companion App using WINE.

            [CONFSERVER-56399] Native Linux Companion App

            Makisa Appleton added a comment -

            Hi everyone

            Thanks for your comments, votes and watches on this suggestion. We don’t currently have plans to explore this suggestion and in order to be clear about our direction, we're closing this request.

            In case you have not yet seen, we recently made changes to Atlassian Companion, which allows you to edit any type of file, if you have a compatible application installed. This requires you to install Companion on your computer. You can also read more about these recent changes on Community: File editing in Confluence Server: Atlassian Companion updates are almost here!. Companion 1.0.0 is available with Confluence Server and Data Center customers in Confluence 7.3.1. Upgrade now or check out the Release Notes. 

            Please see Workaround in the Description, in case one of these is useful to you. Thanks again for your comments and support of this suggestion. 

            Makisa | Senior Product Manager, Confluence Server and Data Center

            Makisa Appleton added a comment - Hi everyone Thanks for your comments, votes and watches on this suggestion. We don’t currently have plans to explore this suggestion and in order to be clear about our direction, we're closing this request. In case you have not yet seen, we recently made changes to Atlassian Companion, which allows you to edit any type of file, if you have a compatible application installed. This requires you to install Companion on your computer. You can also read more about these recent changes on Community: File editing in Confluence Server: Atlassian Companion updates are almost here! . Companion 1.0.0 is available with Confluence Server and Data Center customers in Confluence 7.3.1. Upgrade now or check out the Release Notes .  Please see Workaround in the Description, in case one of these is useful to you. Thanks again for your comments and support of this suggestion.  Makisa | Senior Product Manager, Confluence Server and Data Center

            schorschii added a comment - - edited

            I wrote this Python script which provides the Companion functionality under Linux.

            https://github.com/schorschii/companion-linux

            I appreciate feedback and contributions.

            schorschii added a comment - - edited I wrote this Python script which provides the Companion functionality under Linux. https://github.com/schorschii/companion-linux I appreciate feedback and contributions.

            Alexander Luchkov added a comment - - edited

            When using Confluence to deal with engeneering projects there are a lot of Linux users with specific CAD/CAM software. Small teams may use Confluence as 10$ PDM to store drawings and specific files. 

            Dunno if there are a lot of Linux user amongst them, but I certainly am around them.

             

            Atlassian companion would be a great help to support activites to edit and versioning attached specific files.

            Alexander Luchkov added a comment - - edited When using Confluence to deal with engeneering projects there are a lot of Linux users with specific CAD/CAM software. Small teams may use Confluence as 10$ PDM to store drawings and specific files.  Dunno if there are a lot of Linux user amongst them, but I certainly am around them.   Atlassian companion would be a great help to support activites to edit and versioning attached specific files.

            Thiago Masutti added a comment -

            Dear Customers,

            We have merged the request CONFSERVER-56328 with this one as they were considered duplicates.
            The support cases related to those requests have been linked to this report to unify the interest and impact.

            Best regards.

            Thiago Masutti | Atlassian Support Team

            Thiago Masutti added a comment - Dear Customers, We have merged the request CONFSERVER-56328 with this one as they were considered duplicates. The support cases related to those requests have been linked to this report to unify the interest and impact. Best regards. Thiago Masutti | Atlassian Support Team

            Alexander Wüstner added a comment -

            +1

            Alexander Wüstner added a comment - +1

            Perry Hargrave added a comment -

            Same here, 1/2 or more of our development team is using linux.

             

            Perry Hargrave added a comment - Same here, 1/2 or more of our development team is using linux.  

            Rupa Schomaker added a comment -

            Many of our developers use linux on their desktop and would like to be able to edit documents hosted in confluence w/out having to upload/download manually each time.

            Rupa Schomaker added a comment - Many of our developers use linux on their desktop and would like to be able to edit documents hosted in confluence w/out having to upload/download manually each time.

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