[blockmeifyoucan]

> If you need to use non-free software like Skype or Zoom you are more likely to find Ubuntu packages than Arch packages for it.

My experience has been exactly the opposite. Nowhere is it easier and as hassle free as on arch to run non-free and proprietary software without(!) depending in the vendor for distro specific packages that happen to work in your distro version.

Skype, zoom, msteams all install and work out of the box.

[usr1106]

using pacman? Or just installing from a tar or extracting a deb/rpm?

[blockmeifyoucan]

Installed from AUR with yay, but there is no difference in convenience, yay teams, select package, enter. I don't remember for Skype and zoom, but iirc teams uses the deb package from MS under the hood. The point is that the necessary work to get it running has already been done by the community, so you can just install and use it.