Zoom Meetings

Zoom Meetings (commonly shortened to Zoom) is a proprietary, cross-platform, cloud-based video conferencing platform.

Installation

Preferably, install zoom^AUR 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

Note: The xf86-video-intel driver (now considered deprecated) can cause screen share flicker on Intel's integrated GPUs. See Intel graphics for the deprecation info.

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 to , 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 to false, then restart zoom.

Wayland screen share

To share your screen on Wayland, install the required packages for WebRTC screen sharing, edit ~/.config/zoomus.conf and change the value of to , then restart zoom. As of November 2022, it may be necessary to additionally set XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=gnome before launching Zoom to allow Wayland screen sharing even on non-Gnome desktop environments, because Zoom still seems to perform a legacy check for this variable before offering Wayland native screen sharing. This can be done by modifying to use .