On Friday, 31-01-2025 at 18:02 D MacDougall wrote: > 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? > > > > -- > > -- 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. (I definately agree) > > 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. +1 - To me a very sensible and well balanced responce to the original question. > > Don MacDougall > >
