I used Zoom on Ubuntu MATE 18.04 the other week, It was a support call
with a vendor so didn't use a webcam but voice and screenshare was ok.
I used the deb file from the Zoom site.
There is also the option of running Zoom within the browser which should
be fine for voice and video, while the browser only version allowed me
to show my screen, they couldn't control it which is why I went to the
.deb install.
On 26/03/2020 14:14, Patrick Wigmore wrote:
On Thu, 26 Mar 2020 11:38:48 +0000, C Wills wrote:
Linux Mint 19.08 has it in the repository but comments something
about it being a wrapper only.
Does Zoom work and is there any problem with it please?
I assume Zoom has a non-Free software license. (Free as in freedom.)
Because of that, I think the "wrapper only" comment probably means the
package only contains code that grabs the software from elsewhere,
rather than including the software in the package itself.
The same thing that's often done with other packages, like Adobe Flash
and the Microsoft core fonts for the Web, as a workaround for
restrictions on distribution.
I can't say whether it works or not, as I've never come across it
before.
I would probably try the .deb directly from their download page. It
claims compatibility with Linux Mint 17.1+.
https://zoom.us/download#client_4meeting
Patrick
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