I have Zoom on an ancient (vintage) Thinkpad T430, and on a T470. I use the internal webcam on both, as they are good enough, and for audio I have a JBL Tune510-BT, and they work very well. When the bluetooth headset isn't around, I use a 3.5mm earphone to reduce echo.

Both are using Mint 21.

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On Mon, Jan 12, 2026 at 4:52 AM William Park via Talk <talk@lists.gtalug.org> wrote:
Anyone using Zoom on Linux?
What is your camera/speaker/mic setup?  All in one, or separate?

Background:
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I want to use Zoom on my new CachyOS desktop.  Zoom package (from vendor
site) installs okay, along with its dependencies.  Problem is "mic".

     - I have lots of 3.5mm earphones/mic (from old phones) with single
combo plug.  Problem is, my desktop has separate "mic" jack.  Also, some
of 3.5mm jacks are broken.

     - So, I bought $5 bluetooth speaker from Dollarama, which has
speaker and mic.  Speaker works with CachyOS, but not mic.

     - I have old USB "webcam", that is camera only.

     - Maybe, all I need is USB "headset" (headphones + mic)?




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