From: William Park via Talk <talk@lists.gtalug.org>
Anyone using Zoom on Linux?
I use Zoom more than I'd like. Mostly for meetings with a few peers and no audience. I refuse to run a binary from such an untrustable company. So I just use the web browser as a Zoom client. I suspect that the application has advantages but I don't know them. I also use Microsoft Teams, Google Meet (is that the current name), NextCloud, etc. (I use FaceTime sometimes, but on an iPad.)
What is your camera/speaker/mic setup? All in one, or separate?
I always use it with a laptop, using the built-in camera and mic. This is not optimal but seems good enough. - I like using a notebook because I join meetings from several locations. Furthermore, my main desktop doesn't get destablized by any fiddling and rebooting. It might that a separate table would be a good choice. - my original attempt was with my XPS 15 notebook. Unfortunately, its camera is in the hinge area and was christened to "up-nose camera". - I tried a Thinkpad E15 but its sound or video capture was poor. The audience complained. - I'm currently using a cheap HP notebook. It's OK. Only a few complaints from the audience. - I have a decent camera/mic from Razer. It clips onto a monitor. I find it too much bother. The rest of the meeting might disagree. This might be more practical you didn't have to place it and remove it each time (eg. on a desktop's monitor). - people who care about the quality of their camera and mic do a lot of things that I'm not going to bother with: camera placement, mic placement, lighting, background, etc.