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I used zoom today and the experience from a tech viewpoint is horrifying... It messed up my PulseAudio settings so bad I could not get my bluetooth headphone w
by gchamonlive 7y ago
I used zoom today and the experience from a tech viewpoint is horrifying...
It messed up my PulseAudio settings so bad I could not get my bluetooth headphone working until I started the app again. It really sent shivers down my spine. What the hell is this app doing to my arch installation?
Then it started going in and out of fullscreen. It launched itself back and forth from my workspace. The goddamn app was all over the place.
Not to mention the processing spikes. My CPU which under heavy compiling never goes above 80, was around 90 degrees. At one point I was actually considering opening wireshark to see if it was receiving jobs and cryptomining on my computer.
I am not paranoid, but I am neved using this piece of garbage again in my main installation. It has to be treated like a piece of malicious software that is doing god knows what to your installation. It must be run in a virtual machine, with a NAT separation from the rest of your network, with control over CPU resources and with total isolation from the rest of your config.
It really did NOT behave well.
EDIT: I guess the worst part is that I am kinda expected to use this thing. People in management just decided they were going to use zoom without consulting the tech department. And I can see the appeal. It works for one. It empowers the speaker, detects really well turn taking, and just gives a good general sense of control. But from a tech standpoint is really terrifying. Click detection? Device control hijacking (pulseaudio)? Not respecting aspect and desktop placement? Those are outrageous and I can't see people outside IT understanding these concerns.
- chapium 7y agoRuns flawlessly on win10 and OSX.
- gchamonlive 7y agoTo be fair, everyone using Ubuntu saw no problems. But Ubuntu is known to have somewhat deep system customisation. You can't expect someone using Ubuntu to respect the KISS principle. However, this no way justifies how bad it behaved under Arch. You don't see other major application doing the same kind of mess in someone's system. EDIT: I usually frown upon such comments, but in this case I think I might do that. I have a windows installation for games, I will just use it to run Zoom. If we come to think of it, it IS already running Windows, so Zoom isn't the worse thing running there...