On 1/29/25 05:39, Gregory Forster wrote:
Hi, I've been using Debian for about 3 months, still a newbie. I'm
trying to get totally off of Windows.One program I'm not sure about is
Zoom.If you go to their web site, they detect you're using Linux and ask
which distro you're using. I'm a little apprehensive about downloading
from a vendor web site. Is there anyone here that's familiar with Zoom
on Debian?
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-- Greg
Hi Greg and list,
Greg, the original poster didn't spell out why he was contemplating
installing Zoom on a Debian computer, but he did say he was still a
newbie having used Debian for about 3 mos. From this description my
assumption has been that he is probably not planning to begin hosting
Zoom meetings himself but rather to use a Zoom client to join one or
more Zoom meetings which are being hosted by others. He wanted to know
whether he should be apprehensive about doing this.
My answer to this simple question is simply no.
My reasoning for this is as follows:
1. Installing it on Debian is certainly no more dangerous than
installing it on Windows or any other operating system and quiet
possibly less so.
2. There is no absolute security in this world. All security is relative.
3. If you are not going to be a hermit and you are going to interact
with the world (and why else would you want a computer with a camera,
microphone and internet connection), you sometimes have to do so on the
world's terms.
4. If you want or need to join Zoom meetings that you do not control you
will probably not find a more secure way to do it than by installing
Zoom's own proprietary client which has been tested in the real world
and works.
Don MacDougall
