[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Zoom software updates

Tue Nov 21 16:07:21 PST 2023

 Drew -- 
For Linux, when you click on the Resource Center link at the Zoom homepage, you end up on the same download page as for Windows. 
https://zoom.us/download#client_4meeting 

That page detects the OS automatically and displays a drop-down box to select which Linux downloads I want. 
When updating several Linux installs, it's often handy to have to download only one .Deb package.
As long as you are familiar with the source of a .Deb download, there is nothing wrong with going outside of the Distro Repos for Linux software. in fact, for several .Deb and Flatpak packages, I can't get the packages from Synaptic or its derivatives. 
Zoom also has a .rpm version of its installer for Fedora users. Same page exactly as for all the other OSes. (Except maybe for phone OSes, which use their Stores to download their own Apps. For phones I would never sideload anything from anywhere.)
Another program for which I download the .Deb tarball is LibreOffice. The version in the Ubuntu (or Mint) Repo is hopelessly out of date. Installation has the extra step of extracting the .Debs Directory, then using the command line terminal to issue a dpkg -i command with a wildcard. This is about as quick as updating a Flatpak or a Snap. Note that to fully use some of the Reports options in LibreOffice, a Javas Runtime is also required. In Linux, this is considered perfectly safe, unlike in Windows where the Java Runtimes have been deprecated for security reasons.
Where possible, I avoid Ubuntu Snaps. They have caused issues with not being able to back up data generated within the Snap sandbox (container). Flatpak is almost as bad on that point. 
I also do not like the idea of running system (Root) functions from the User's Home Directory. This makes data backup complicated. Root should never own anything within the User's Home Directory, and the User should never own anything in the Linux System areas. There are both security and stability reasons for this segregation of functionality. 
I will never be locked into a walled garden or a proprietary container ecosystem. I'd sooner switch Linux distros than be subjected to possible proprietary Apps with subscription fees. Ubuntu is headed in exactly that direction, as is Windows 12. Where Ubuntu goes, Mint is going to have to follow, if they want to continue to use the Apt or Synaptic Package Managers. 
-- Bob Primak 

    On Tuesday, November 21, 2023 at 04:40:08 PM EST, Drew King (dking65--- via LCTG <lctg at lists.toku.us> wrote:  

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Thanks for the update. I was not aware of this as I've never seen this problem myself.

You're actually not on the latest version if your version ends in .6

.10 is current as of last night. 
-- 
Drew King

On November 21, 2023 4:32:40 PM EST, Stan Rose <rosesta at gmail.com> wrote:

Drew,

There is an intermittent bug in Zoom in which it doesn’t always show the Check For Update line.

I’ve has this before and I uninstalled Zoom, reinstalled it and then the option was there. Over time, it disappeared again. I am currently up to date on 5.16.6 but when a new version comes along I’ll have to reinstall from their website since the update option isn’t available.

It’s a known problem:

Solved: Update option in the latest version of Zoom is mis... - Zoom Community

Stan

From: LCTG <lctg-bounces+rosesta=gmail.com at lists.toku.us> On Behalf Of Drew King via LCTG
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2023 2:35 AM
To: George Gamota <ggamota at stma-llc.com>; 'Robert Primak' <bobprimak at yahoo.com>; 'Lex Computer Group' <lctg at lists.toku.us>
Subject: Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Zoom software updates

George, All,

Here is a 2-minute video I just made showing exactly how everyone should be updating their Zoom software:

How to check for updates in Zoom software.

Drew.

On 11/20/2023 6:09 PM, George Gamota wrote:

This works, I have 5.16.2 updated on October 11, 2023. But no way to update it???

From: Drew King <dking65 at kingconsulting.us> 
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2023 1:33 PM
To: Robert Primak <bobprimak at yahoo.com>; 'Lex Computer Group' <lctg at lists.toku.us>; George Gamota <ggamota at stma-llc.com>
Subject: Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Zoom software updates

Here is a very easy way to check your version number without running any software.

Look in the Windows Control Panel:

On 11/20/2023 10:48 AM, Robert Primak wrote:

My way (free account) is to just open the Zoom App and see the display version number. It will be in a different location in the paid app, so I won't include a screenshot or anything like that.

Then I go to the Zoom Download Center (Zoom "Resources" Tab) in my web browser. I look at the available latest version of Zoom. If it's higher than what I have installed, I simply download and install the newer version.

Yes, it's a "brute force" approach and not automatic, but it works, and it takes me only a few minutes at most.

Then updates are usually at about two-week intervals. But with all the Zoom Meetings I have each week, just check for a new version each time I fire up Windows (or Linux) on my PCs. (I also check manually for Microsoft Defender definition updates each time I log in to Windows.) 

-- Bob Primak 

On Wednesday, November 15, 2023 at 08:02:21 PM EST, George Gamota via LCTG <lctg at lists.toku.us> wrote: 

Drew

I have a paid version and not sure how I find what version I have or how to update it? I get updates every once in a while automatically.

Any thoughts?

George

From: LCTG <lctg-bounces+ggamota=stma-llc.com at lists.toku.us> On Behalf Of Drew King via LCTG
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 9:48 AM
To: Lex Computer Group <lctg at lists.toku.us>
Subject: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Zoom software updates

All,

Don't forget to upgrade your Zoom client.

If it's been more than a week since your last update, there's a newer version out there.

The current version is 5.16.6

-- 
Drew King

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