Zoom Meetings
Zoom Meetings (commonly shortened to Zoom) is a proprietary, cross-platform, cloud-based video conferencing platform.
Installation
Preferably, install zoomAUR from the AUR, since the files from the website will not allow self-updating.
Alternatively, zoom is also available as a flatpak: when choosing this option, replace ~/.config/zoomus.conf
in the #Tips and tricks section by ~/.var/app/us.zoom.Zoom/config/zoomus.conf
.
Tips and tricks
Virtual backgrounds
Zoom saves the default virtual backgrounds to ~/.zoom/data/VirtualBkgnd_Default
and the custom virtual backgrounds to ~/.zoom/data/VirtualBkgnd_Custom
.
Logs
Zoom saves the logs to /home/user/.zoom/logs/zoom_stdout_stderr.log
.
Use system theme
Edit ~/.config/zoomus.conf
and change the value of useSystemTheme
to true
, then restart zoom.
Disable Zoom mini window
Zoom's "Mini Window" feature allows to minimize the Zoom video, but keep it on top as an overlay. To disable it:
Edit ~/.config/zoomus.conf
and change the value of enableMiniWindow
to false
, then restart zoom.
To share your screen on Wayland, install the required packages for WebRTC screen sharing, edit ~/.config/zoomus.conf
and change the value of enableWaylandShare
to true
, then restart zoom.