On 24 Apr 2024 16:42 -0300, from luizromario@tecgraf.puc-rio.br (Luiz Romário Santana Rios):
Earlier this month, I noticed I was no longer able to login to Zoom meetings >> using the client installed from the Debian repos. In order to join meetings, >> I had to uninstall it then install the flatpack Zoom package.I can't seem to find any Zoom client at all in the official Debian repositories. It also doesn't really sound like something that the
I think it should either be updated or outright removed in favor of the
flatpack version. What do you think? Should I report a bug?
Debian project _would_ package.
https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=zoom (which searches
everything from buster to trixie plus sid and experimental, across all architectures) lists packages named libnet-z3950-simple2zoom-perl, libnet-z3950-zoom-perl, libnet-z3950-zoom-perl-dbgsym, node-d3-zoom, ruby-zoom, ruby-zoom-dbgsym, xzoom, xzoom-dbgsym, zoom-player and zoom-player-dbgsym; none of which appear to be in any way related to
the proprietary videoconferencing service.
That said, if it's packaged for Debian somewhere and the packaged
version does not work for its intended purpose on a version of Debian
it's advertised as being packaged for, then yes, my firm belief is
that making some sort of report of this to whoever packages it that it doesn't work properly (ideally with steps to reproduce the incorrect behavior) is entirely reasonable.
_If_ that is the Debian project, then filing a bug against the
specific package through the Debian bug tracker is the correct way to
do it. _If so_, then start at <https://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting>.
Earlier this month, I noticed I was no longer able to login to Zoom meetings using the client installed from the Debian repos. In order to join meetings, I had to uninstall it then install the flatpack Zoom package.
I think it should either be updated or outright removed in favor of the flatpack version. What do you think? Should I report a bug?
Hello,
(Please cc me when replying as I'm not subscribed to the list)
Earlier this month, I noticed I was no longer able to login to Zoom meetings using the client installed from the Debian repos. In order to join meetings, I had to uninstall it then install the flatpack Zoom package.
I think it should either be updated or outright removed in favor of the flatpack version. What do you think? Should I report a bug?
Hello,
(Please cc me when replying as I'm not subscribed to the list)
Earlier this month, I noticed I was no longer able to login to Zoom
meetings using the client installed from the Debian repos. In order to
join meetings, I had to uninstall it then install the flatpack Zoom
package.
I think it should either be updated or outright removed in favor of
the flatpack version. What do you think? Should I report a bug?
Sds,
Romrio
Related, if you control the venue, then you might consider using Jitsi.
Jitsi is open source, and it does not have the obscene terms of service
that companies like Google, Microsoft and Zoom push onto people using
their service. With Jitsi, your meeting data is yours. It is not used internally for other products, and it is not shared with partners like
the Big Tech companies do.
And last but not least, Zoom is not trustworthy. The company will lie to users until the cows come home. It was so bad the FCC had to sue them to
get the company to stop. That's saying something when the FCC moves
against a company. The FCC is captured, and the regulatory body rarely
moves against any company.
Jeff
Hello,
(Please cc me when replying as I'm not subscribed to the list)
Earlier this month, I noticed I was no longer able to login to Zoom
meetings using the client installed from the Debian repos. In order to
join meetings, I had to uninstall it then install the flatpack Zoom package.
I think it should either be updated or outright removed in favor of the flatpack version. What do you think? Should I report a bug?
Sds,
Romário
On Wed, Apr 24, 2024 at 7:13 PM Van Snyder <van.snyder@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
On Wed, 2024-04-24 at 16:42 -0300, Luiz Romário Santana Rios wrote:
Hello,
(Please cc me when replying as I'm not subscribed to the list)
Earlier this month, I noticed I was no longer able to login to Zoom
meetings using the client installed from the Debian repos. In order to
join meetings, I had to uninstall it then install the flatpack Zoom package. >>
I think it should either be updated or outright removed in favor of the
flatpack version. What do you think? Should I report a bug?
I was expected to use zoom for a meeting. The zoom app didn't work at all
in Debian 10, completely refusing even to open a window. I at first started >> with the zoom support in Firefox, but it didn't have a button to select
high resolution for the camera, so the meeting host asked me to run in the >> app.
I re-opened the session on a different computer that is running Debian 12. >> The app worked OK on that computer.
Related, if you control the venue, then you might consider using Jitsi.
Jitsi is open source, and it does not have the obscene terms of service
that companies like Google, Microsoft and Zoom push onto people using their service. With Jitsi, your meeting data is yours. It is not used internally for other products, and it is not shared with partners like the Big Tech companies do.
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